Notice Information
Notice Title
Debt Recovery Services
Notice Description
London Universities Purchasing Consortium (LUPC) is establishing a multi-provider framework agreement for the provision of debt recovery services in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The framework will be available to the members of LUPC, APUC, HEPCW, NEUPC, NWUPC, and SUPC. Members include higher education, further education, schools, the wider public sector and not for profit institutions. There are two lots under the framework. One for student focused and a second for commercial debt recovery.. The framework agreement is estimated to commence in May 2023.
Lot Information
Lot 1 - Debt Recovery (Student Focused)
The provision of debt recovery services with specific emphasis on specialist services pertaining to student debt recovery for the education sector. This includes pre-legal and legal recoveries, consumer and commercial debt. This is restricted to FCA or SRA registered bidders. Additional information: Attached as document
Renewal: 12-month extension option possible at buyer's discretion,
Lot 2 - Debt Recovery (Commercial Focused)The provision of debt recovery services with specific emphasis on specialist services pertaining to commercial debt recovery for our members. This includes pre-legal and legal recoveries, consumer and commercial debt. This is restricted to SRA registered bidders. Additional information: Attached as document
Renewal: 12-month extension option possible at buyer's discretion,
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-03ad11
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/019203-2023
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Framework
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Large, SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
-
- CPV Codes
79940000 - Collection agency services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £4,800,000 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £4,800,000 £1M-£10M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 5 Jul 20232 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- 4 Apr 2023Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 4 Jun 20232 years ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- LONDON UNIVERSITIES PURCHASING CONSORTIUM
- Additional Buyers
- Contact Name
- Roy Dennis
- Contact Email
- r.dennis@lupc.ac.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 2073072772
Buyer Location
- Locality
- LONDON
- Postcode
- W1T 7NZ
- Post Town
- West London
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLI London
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLI3 Inner London - West
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLI36 Camden
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Camden
- Electoral Ward
- Bloomsbury
- Westminster Constituency
- Holborn and St Pancras
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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