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
- Liverpool City Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Blackhawk Network EMEA Limited
- Value
- £793,308.99
- Procedure
- Direct award
- Sector
- Office & computing equipment · Luncheon vouchers (CPV 30199770)
- Region
- North West
- Official notice
- View on Contracts Finder
- Timeline
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- Contract date16 Mar 2026
- Published24 Mar 2026Published 8 days after the contract date
Description
Children's Services have been allocated grant funding from Household Support Fund, with the remaining funding provided through the crisis and Resilience Fund. This will be used to provide supermarket food vouchers to support vulnerable households disproportionately affected by the cost of living crisis.
About the supplier
Blackhawk Network EMEA Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 04155659).