Notice Information
Notice Title
Burnley Borough Council and Liberata UK Limited - Strategic Partnership, Deed of Variation
Notice Description
The further extension of the agreement to deliver outsourced services, via a deed of variation, on behalf of Burnley Borough Council to include Revenues and Benefits, Customer Services and IT Services within a strategic partnership with Liberata UK Ltd.
Procurement Information
Due to Local Government Reorganisation (LGR), there is insufficient management capacity to bring the services back in house prior to LGR. Running a new procurement exercise is costly and unless the council offers a minimum 8 year term the opportunity is highly unlikely to attract competitive bids. Any such long term agreements will bind the successor authority under LGR to a borough level strategic partnership. While the council should not make decisions now, that could fetter the decision making of future councils, it can make decisions that are necessary to ensure a smooth transition and to secure ongoing and future best value in service delivery. A short period of continuity reduces the risk of disruption to core service delivery for Burnley Borough residents in the immediate aftermath of reorganisation. The extension of this agreement falls within the remit of the permitted modifications to public procurement rules within schedule 8 regulation 74 of the Procurement Act 2023. This extension, in advance of LGR in Lancashire, will also align Burnley's Liberata contract end date with that of Pendle Council's. In addition to the reasons for the contract extension set out above, given the shared resources across the contracts, Burnley's exit from the contract by the current date of 31st December 2027, could have destabilising effect for services in Pendle.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-06836c
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/034382-2026
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK5 - Transparency Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Direct
- Procurement Method Details
- Direct award
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
75 - Administration, defence and social security services
79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
-
- CPV Codes
72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
75310000 - Benefit services
79342300 - Customer services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- £7,720,667 £1M-£10M
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 15 Apr 20261 weeks ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 15 Apr 20261 weeks ago
- Contract Period
- 1 Jan 2028 - 1 Feb 2030 2-3 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Complete
- Awards Status
- Pending
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- BURNLEY BOROUGH COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Buyer Location
- Locality
- BURNLEY
- Postcode
- BB11 9SA
- Post Town
- Blackburn
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLD North West (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLD4 Lancashire
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLD46 East Lancashire
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Burnley
- Electoral Ward
- Daneshouse with Stoneyholme
- Westminster Constituency
- Burnley
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/034382-2026
15th April 2026 - Transparency notice on Find a Tender
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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