Notice Information
Notice Title
Debt Recovery and Litigation Services
Notice Description
This Contract is for the provision of Debt Recovery and Litigation Services for the Department for Business and Trade (DBT). The Contract shall be for a period of 24 months with the option to extend by two further periods of 12 months (2+1+1).
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-b5fd17-7fa8f3ae-7073-4308-97e4-c1272868e389
- Publication Source
- Contracts Finder
- Latest Notice
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/013f2235-f1d6-416a-8745-2cc4f706bc0b
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Framework
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Selective
- Procurement Method Details
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Tender Suitability
- SME
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
-
- CPV Codes
79100000 - Legal services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £400,000 £100K-£500K
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- £400,000 £100K-£500K
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 2 Feb 20263 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 25 Jul 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 10 Dec 20255 months ago
- Contract Period
- 8 Dec 2025 - 7 Dec 2027 1-2 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Not Specified
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- DEPARTMENT FOR BUSINESS AND TRADE
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Buyer Location
- Locality
- LONDON
- Postcode
- SW1A 2DY
- Post Town
- South West London
- Country
- England
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- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLI London
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLI3 Inner London - West
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLI35 Westminster and City of London
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Westminster
- Electoral Ward
- St James's
- Westminster Constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/013f2235-f1d6-416a-8745-2cc4f706bc0b
2nd February 2026 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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