Free School Meal Vouchers - Easter Holiday

Concepts

• health and social work
• coventry
• dwp
• free school meal vouchers
• easter holidays
• easter holiday
• coventry schools
• fsm vouchers
• covid winter grant
• city council

Location

Coventry:

Description

The COVID Winter grant was initially issued in November and could be used up until 31st March 2021. In mid-late February, the DWP suggested through webinars that the grant could be used to purchase FSM vouchers before 31st March for use during the Easter holidays (after 31st March). The City Council had previously understood the Easter holidays were outside of the scope of the Winter Grant Scheme, but following this new information from the DWP, elected to utilise some of the available resource within the grant to purchase FSM vouchers for eligible families for the Easter holidays. There was not enough time to go through a thorough procurement process, and Coventry schools already had existing arrangements in place to engage with the Wonde process, a decision was made to award in accordance with Reg32.

Total Quantity or Scope

COVID Winter grant to fund FSM vouchers for eligible pupils across Coventry

Award Detail

Award Criteria

CPV Codes

• 85000000 - Health and social work services

Legal Justification

The COVID Winter grant was initially issued in November and could be used up until 31st March 2021. In mid-late February the DWP suggested through webinars that the grant could be used to purchase FSM vouchers before 31st March for use during the Easter holidays (after 31st March). The City Council had previously understood the Easter holidays were outside of the scope of the Winter Grant Scheme, but following this new information from the DWP, elected to utilise some of the available resource within the grant to purchase FSM vouchers for eligible families for the Easter holidays. There was not enough time to go through a thorough procurement process, and schools already had existing arrangements in place to engage with the Wonde process.

Other Information

** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. ** Awarded in accordance with Reg 32 - Use of the negotiated procedure without prior publication