Notice Information
Notice Title
Local Delivery of Government COVID Local Support Grant and Extension 2021
Notice Description
Gloucestershire delivery of the Government COVID Local Support Grant and Extension 2021 between April and September 2021.
Lot Information
Lot 1
The supply of food, energy, water bills and other essentials for the Government COVID Local Support Grant and Extension 2021 between April and September 2021 in Gloucestershire
Procurement Information
This award relates to the delivery of the Government COVID Local Support Grant and Extension 2021 between April and September 2021. The direct contract award to Auriga Service Ltd described is justified under Regulation 32(2)(c) PCRs because, for reasons of extreme urgency brought about by unforeseeable events (i.e., the unforeseeability of the decision by Government on 14th April 2021 to require Councils to distribute the COVID Local Support Grant fund with effect from 17th April 2021 and the further extension, notified on 20th June 2021 to distribute from 21st June 2021) it would not have been possible to comply with the time limits for conducting a regulated procurement process, nor would it have been possible to implement an alternative solution and then mobilise appropriate resources in the time available. Moreover, Auriga Ltd had operated the Council's Welfare Contract and assisted the council with the distribution of the Summer Emergency Assistance Grant and the Winter COVID Grant, in which case it already had in place the necessary resources and systems to provide the required services at short notice. The administration costs are very low (circa 1%) with almost all the support going directly to vulnerable families.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-030393
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/031772-2021
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Limited
- Procurement Method Details
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
75 - Administration, defence and social security services
-
- CPV Codes
75330000 - Family allowances
75340000 - Child allowances
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £1,354,000 £1M-£10M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 20 Dec 20214 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 15 Apr 20214 years ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- GLOUCESTERSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Strategic Procurement
- Contact Email
- commercialservicescentralmailbox@gloucestershire.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 1452328632
Buyer Location
- Locality
- GLOUCESTER
- Postcode
- GL1 2TH
- Post Town
- Gloucester
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLK South West (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLK7 Gloucestershire and Wiltshire
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLK73 Gloucestershire CC
- Delivery Location
- TLK13 Gloucestershire CC
-
- Local Authority
- Gloucester
- Electoral Ward
- Westgate
- Westminster Constituency
- Gloucester
Further Information
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