Official UK procurement notice
Local Delivery of Government COVID Local Support Grant and Extension 2021
Authority: Gloucestershire County Council- (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionGloucestershire delivery of the Government COVID Local Support Grant and Extension 2021 between April and September 2021.
CPV: Child allowances · Family allowances
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1The supply of food, energy, water bills and other essentials for the Government COVID…Awarded
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
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 20 Dec 2021, 13:36 GMT
- Last source update
- 20 Dec 2021, 13:36 GMT
- Authority reference
DN588360- FTS notice number
2021/S 000-031772- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-030393Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
Extreme urgency brought about by events unforeseeable for the contracting authority/entity and in accordance with the strict conditions stated in the directive
- Published justification
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.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auriga Services Limited,SME | £1,354,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 031772-2021-1 · Auriga Services Limited,SME
- Signed
- 16 Apr 2021
- Value
- £1,354,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids · 1 electronic · 1 from abroad | 1 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Auriga Services LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.