The scheme, which was not able to be developed because of a succession of court cases, had been due to start in the autumn.
Now the Childcare Voucher Providers Association and Edenred have also lost their case against the Government in the Supreme Court.
The companies have previously had their case dismissed in the High Court and Court of Appeal, but appealed on both occasions.
The scheme will be run by a sole operator – National Savings and Investments (NS& I), a non-ministerial Government department, which has an existing outsourcing contract with private firm Atos since 2013. This in effect means that the company will be carrying out the work.
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