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# Free School Meal Voucher Scheme (Christmas / Spring Half Term)

[Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council](https://tendernation.io/buyers/solihull-metropolitan-borough-council)

Estimated value

£400,000

Published

22 Dec 2020

Deadline

Closed

27 Nov 2020

## About this tender

Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council (SMBC) have appointed a provider in response to the emergency

situation caused by the Covid 19 pandemic to supply Free School Meal Vouchers to eligible children who

attend Solihull public funded schools in the Borough this winter over the Christmas holidays covering the period

Monday 21st December 2020 to Friday 1st January 2021 and the the half term break between 15th February

2021 and 19th February 2021

To supply Free School Meal Vouchers, eVouchers to every eligible family with a Free School Meal Entitlement

child attending a Solihull publicly funded school before schools break up for Christmas on Friday 18th

December 2020. A second phase would be available for the half-term break from 15th February 2021 to 19th

February 2021 supplying the same vouchers under the same conditions. Vouchers for this phase would be

supplied before schools broke up on Friday 12th February 2021.

This facility would allow vouchers for use by parents/guardians of pupils who are eligible for FSM when they are

not at school. These are vouchers that can be used in named supermarkets and their use is limited to products

agreed by the authority/provider/ supermarket and will exclude age restricted products .

The scope includes All pupils, aged 3 to 19, that are currently eligible for free school meals that attend Solihull

publicly funded schools. This includes any pupils that live out of borough.

3-year old children that attend a setting all day and are eligible to receive a free school meal.

### The contract award is based on Regulation 32(2)(c)

Public Contracts Regulations 2015 to provide extremely urgent deliverables. Due to the current Covid-19

pandemic, the SMBC believes that the condition set out in Regulation 32(2)(c) of the Public Contracts

Regulations 2015 has been fulfilled in respect of the direct award of this contract.

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## CPV classification

Luncheon vouchers

Source

Contracts Finder (UK)

[View official notice](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/notice/283b42a5-cc4f-4ee7-92cb-68c1d7e612c3)

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