# Free School Meals Voucher Scheme

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Department for Education](/buyers/department-for-education/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: [Edenred \(UK Group\) Ltd](/contract-winners/edenred-uk-group/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £234,000,000
- Tender value: £234,000,000
- Award date: 27 March 2020
- Published: 1 May 2020
- Contract start: 27 March 2020
- Contract end: 21 June 2020
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 5130d4a0-c89d-4b65-aa10-533176893ce9-357070
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-b67dce8d-15a4-45b7-a6eb-05f37a716238

## Description

The Department for Education has appointed a provider of Free School Meals Voucher Scheme\. The facility for schools to be able to access supermarket vouchers for use by parents/guardians of pupils who are eligible for FSM when not at school This contract award was made pursuant to Regulation 32\(2\)\(c\) Public Contracts Regulations 2015 to provide extremely urgent deliverables as part of the response to the COVID-19 pandemic on the terms set out in the contract document\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/5130d4a0-c89d-4b65-aa10-533176893ce9-357070)