Notice Information
Notice Title
Single Occupancy Discount Review Service
Notice Description
The City of Edinburgh Council is responsible for the collection of council tax for approximately 244,000 dwellings. Around 90,000 of these are currently in receipt of a single occupancy discount (SOD). The Council is seeking to procure a third party to undertake a fully managed service that will review, validate, and update the Council's SOD accounts. Bidders should note that, subject to the successful Contractor's 'Right of Refusal', the services in the proposed contract will be made available to any Scottish Local Authority.
Lot Information
Lot 1
The City of Edinburgh Council (the Council) is responsible for the collection of council tax for approximately 244,000 dwellings. Around 90,000 of these are currently in receipt of a single occupancy discount (SOD). The Council is seeking to procure a third party to undertake a fully managed service that will review, validate, and update the Council's SOD accounts. The last SOD review was undertaken for the Council by Northgate Public Services in 2014. The Council uses Northgate Public Services Revenues and Benefits database system (also known as iWorld), supplemented by Civica Workflow 360 Electronic Document Management System (Comino). Bidders should note that, subject to the successful Contractor's 'Right of Refusal', the services in the proposed contract will be made available to any Scottish Local Authority. The Council intends to award a contract for delivery of the service for an initial period from 31st January 2017 to 30th September 2021. Subject to satisfactory performance, potential future requirements and the agreement of the successful Contractor, the Council may wish to extend delivery of the contract for an additional period of up to 2 years.. Bidders should note that, subject to the successful Contractor's 'Right of Refusal', the services in the proposed contract will be made available to any Scottish Local Authority.
Renewal: Subject to satisfactory performance, potential future requirements and the agreement of the successful Contractor, the Council may wish to extend delivery of the contract for an additional period of up to 2 years.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-r6ebe6-0000468992
- Publication Source
- Public Contracts Scotland
- Latest Notice
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=FEB273879
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- OJEU - F3 - Contract Award 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
-
- CPV Codes
72260000 - Software-related services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £1,000,000 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- £1,000,000 £1M-£10M
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 16 Feb 20179 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- 1 Dec 2016Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 25 Jan 20179 years ago
- Contract Period
- 31 Jan 2017 - 30 Sep 2021 4-5 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Complete
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- THE CITY OF EDINBURGH COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Brian McCreadie, Lynn Hemsley, Paul Bell
- Contact Email
- brian.mccreadie@edinburgh.gov.uk, lynn.hemsley@edinburgh.gov.uk, paul.bell@edinburgh.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 1314693543, +44 1315292160, +44 1315294569
Buyer Location
- Locality
- EDINBURGH
- Postcode
- EH8 8BG
- Post Town
- Edinburgh
- Country
- Scotland
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLM Scotland
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLM1 East Central Scotland
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLM13 City of Edinburgh
- Delivery Location
- UKM25 Edinburgh, City of
-
- Local Authority
- City of Edinburgh
- Electoral Ward
- City Centre
- Westminster Constituency
- Edinburgh East and Musselburgh
Further Information
Notice Documents
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https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=NOV262399&idx=11
18th November 2016 - Responses to additional questions received. -
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=NOV262399&idx=9
10th November 2016 - Instructions to Tenderers v2.1 -
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=NOV262399&idx=10
10th November 2016 - Instructions to Tenderers v2.2 -
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=NOV262399&idx=1
3rd November 2016 - Instructions to Tenderers -
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=NOV262399&idx=7
3rd November 2016 - Information Security Protocol -
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=NOV262399&idx=8
3rd November 2016 - Single Occupancy Discount Review Service - ESPD v1.8 document -
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=NOV262399&idx=2
3rd November 2016 - Pricing Schedule -
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=NOV262399&idx=3
3rd November 2016 - Specification -
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=NOV262399&idx=4
3rd November 2016 - Tenderer's Submission Document -
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=NOV262399&idx=5
3rd November 2016 - Terms and Conditions -
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=NOV262399&idx=6
3rd November 2016 - Externally hosted 'Cloud' ICT Services Procedure for Procurement & Adoption -
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=NOV262399
Single Occupancy Discount Review Service - The City of Edinburgh Council is responsible for the collection of council tax for approximately 244,000 dwellings. Around 90,000 of these are currently in receipt of a single occupancy discount (SOD). The Council is seeking to procure a third party to undertake a fully managed service that will review, validate, and update the Council's SOD accounts. Bidders should note that, subject to the successful Contractor's 'Right of Refusal', the services in the proposed contract will be made available to any Scottish Local Authority. -
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=FEB273879
Single Occupancy Discount Review Service - The City of Edinburgh Council is responsible for the collection of council tax for approximately 244,000 dwellings. Around 90,000 of these are currently in receipt of a single occupancy discount (SOD). The Council is seeking to procure a third party to undertake a fully managed service that will review, validate, and update the Council's SOD accounts. Bidders should note that, subject to the successful Contractor's 'Right of Refusal', the services in the proposed contract will be made available to any Scottish Local Authority.
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