Agenda item

(a)  Authorised commencement of procurement for the provision of an e-voucher provider.

(b)  Delegated authority to the Executive Director for Finance and Commercial following consultation with the Cabinet Member for Customer Services, Procurement & Performance to award a contract.

A report was considered that sought authority from Cabinet to commence to procure a 5-year contract to provide e-vouchers to help provide additional options for vulnerable residents who applied for help through the Housing Support Fund.

Currently support was via Paypoint and through vouchers to purchase food through the Sainsburys gifting platform with white goods supplied by Argos.  By contracting with a new provider that had wider access to other supermarket outlets it would offer residents in receipt of support a wider choice to shop closer to where they lived or to shop around and achieve better value.

After due consideration the recommendations were agreed.

Resolved –

(a)  Authorised commencement of procurement for the provision of an e-voucher provider.

(b)  Delegated authority to the Executive Director for Finance and Commercial following consultation with the Cabinet Member for Customer Services, Procurement & Performance to award a contract.