Decision details

A decision was made to increase the use of the existing LCPF award payment solution (Tesco supermarket vouchers) to be able to assist more families and to possible greater extent and increase their contract value.

Following the outbreak of COVID 19 there has been increased pressure on the Council’s Local Crisis and Prevention Fund (LCPF) for Emergency Payments. Additional funding from central government has been used to bolster this scheme to assist low income families in emergency need with relation to food poverty by awarding supermarket vouchers.

A full tender exercise was considered but rejected on the basis that the existing provision provides good value and has already been delivered through a competitive tender exercise.