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
- Hull City Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- AVC Wise Limited
- Value
- Not published
- Procedure
- Direct award
- Sector
- Public administration & defence services · Benefit services (CPV 75310000)
- Region
- Yorkshire and the Humber
- Official notice
- View on Contracts Finder
- Timeline
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- Contract date16 Jan 2026
- Published25 Feb 2026Published 40 days after the contract date
Description
The SCAVC (Shared Cost Additional Voluntary Contribution) scheme allows employees to make additional pension contributions, the additional contributions are deducted from the employee's salary prior to Income Tax and National Insurance deductions, meaning savings are made for the employee and the employer (Hull City Council). Currently there is only one supplier in the market - AVC Wise Ltd. who are able to provide this service that is under regulation 17 of the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) Regulations 2013 (the 2013 Regulations).
About the supplier
AVC Wise Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 11406613).