Awarded without open competition
Awarded without open competition. The buyer went directly to one or a few suppliers instead of advertising the contract. Procurement rules allow this only in specific cases, such as extreme urgency, when only one supplier can do the work, or for call-offs from an existing framework.
Key facts
- Buyer
- Leicester City Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Leicestershire Voluntary Sector Resource Agency SME
- Value
- £175,000
- Procedure
- Direct award
- Sector
- Community & personal services · Other community, social and personal services (CPV 98000000)
- Region
- East Midlands
- Official notice
- View on Contracts Finder
- Timeline
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- Contract date1 Dec 2024
- Published21 Feb 2025Published 82 days after the contract date
Description
The service will offer grants for city community food banks from the Household Support Fund, with the amount of the grant directly linked to the usual number of customers supported. The Supplier will be responsible for administering this grant process, ensuring financial due diligence and robust reporting. The Supplier will be responsible for the disbursement of grants to the community food banks and for administering this scheme
About the supplier
Leicestershire Voluntary Sector Resource Agency: every public contract they have won.