Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
Coventry City Council
Council House,Earl Street
COVENTRY
CV15RR
Contact
Alex Marsden
Telephone
+44 2476833757
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKG33 - Coventry
Internet address(es)
Main address
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
one.5) Main activity
Health
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
Free School Meal Vouchers - Summer Holiday
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 85000000 - Health and social work services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
On June 20th, 2021 the LGS formally ended in-line with the published timescales of the grant, however on June 22nd the DWP announced a late extension of the LGS to September 30th, 2021. The extension period covered the school summer holiday period in July/Aug which the DWP acknowledged would be LA's focus for the majority of the funding. Unfortunately, the very late notice of extension meant that there was not sufficient time to carry out a procurement exercise by time vouchers needed to be issued. Coventry schools already had existing arrangements in place to engage with the Wonde process, a decision was made to award in accordance with Reg32.
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)
Value excluding VAT: £898,198
two.2) Description
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKG33 - Coventry
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
COVID Local Grant Scheme Extension (LGS) to fund FSM vouchers for eligible pupils across Coventry
two.2.5) Award criteria
Price
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: No
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.1) Type of procedure
Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition in the cases listed below
- Extreme urgency brought about by events unforeseeable for the contracting authority
Explanation:
COVID Local Grant Scheme (LGS) funding has being used to provide food vouchers during the school holidays to school age children who were eligible for Free School Meals (FSM). On June 20th, 2021 the LGS formally ended in-line with the published timescales of the grant, however on June 22nd the DWP announced a late extension of the LGS to September 30th, 2021. The extension period (and additional £1.2M allocation) covered the school summer holiday period in July/Aug which the DWP acknowledged would be LA's focus for the majority of the funding. Unfortunately, the very late notice of extension meant that there was not sufficient time to carry out a procurement exercise by time vouchers needed to be issued only 3 weeks later.
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: No
Section five. Award of contract
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
31 August 2021
five.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Wonde Limited
Newmarket
CB8 7SG
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UK - United Kingdom
The contractor is an SME
No
five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: £898,198
Section six. Complementary information
six.3) Additional information
Awarded in accordance with Reg 32 - Use of the negotiated procedure without prior publication
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
Coventry City Council
Coventry
CV1 2GN
Country
United Kingdom