Notice Information
Notice Title
Council Tax and Business Rates Recovery
Notice Description
The Services to be delivered under the Contract will be a historic review of Settle's Council Tax and Business Rates accounts across the full property portfolio to identify any overpayments, progress recovery and identify potential improvements in Settle internal processes to reduce the instance of overpayments in future. The objectives of the project are to: *Identify and quantify historical overpayments of council tax and business rates made by Settle going back over as long a period as possible. *Recover eligible overpaid amounts from relevant local authorities. *Improve Settle internal systems and procedures to prevent future overpayments. *Ensure legal compliance and maintain positive working relationships with the local authorities. The project will be delivered over a 12 month period with an option to extend up to 18 months if required. To access this opportunity, log in to the Delta eSourcing portal and use access code 4787B7CNE5. For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-Letchworth-Garden-City:-Business-analysis-consultancy-services./4787B7CNE5 To respond to this opportunity, please click here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/4787B7CNE5
Lot Information
Lot 1
Renewal: The project will be delivered over a 12 month period with an option to extend for 6 months if required
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-0507b3
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/072746-2025
- Current Stage
- Tender
- All Stages
- Tender
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK12 - Procurement Termination Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
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- CPV Codes
72221000 - Business analysis consultancy services
79410000 - Business and management consultancy services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £180,000 £100K-£500K
- Lots Value
- £180,000 £100K-£500K
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 11 Nov 20256 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 21 May 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 1 Jul 2025 - 30 Jun 2026 6-12 months
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Complete
- Awards Status
- Cancelled
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- SETTLE GROUP
- Additional Buyers
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Buyer Location
- Locality
- LETCHWORTH GARDEN CITY
- Postcode
- SG6 1HA
- Post Town
- Stevenage
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLH East (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLH2 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLH26 North and East Hertfordshire
- Delivery Location
- TLH2 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire
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- Local Authority
- North Hertfordshire
- Electoral Ward
- Letchworth Norton
- Westminster Constituency
- North East Hertfordshire
Further Information
Notice Documents
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https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/072746-2025
11th November 2025 - Procurement termination notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/017054-2025
25th April 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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