Notice Information
Notice Title
Debt Recovery & Diligence Services for Local Taxation
Notice Description
North Lanarkshire Council seeks to appoint a contractor to carry out effective Debt Recovery and Diligence measures in pursuit of Council Tax and Non Domestic Rates arrears.
Lot Information
Lot 1
North Lanarkshire Council seeks to appoint a contractor to carry out effective Debt Recovery and Diligence measures in pursuit of Council Tax and Non Domestic Rates arrears. The successful contractor will be a firm of Messengers-at-Arms and Sheriff Officers who are commissioned to operate in the Sheriffdom of South Strathclyde, Dumfries and Galloway. The successful contractor will provide effective Diligence and Debt Recovery Action for Council Tax and Non-Domestic Rates arrears, including; -Enforcement of Summary Warrants; -Serving Charges for Payment; -Debtor Tracing - place of residence and place of employment; -Debtor Profiling to assist with the recovery process; -Offer a variety of payment methods; and, -Provide Debt Management and Advice throughout the recovery process. The successful contractor will be expected to: - -Maximise the collection of sums due to the Council; -Facilitate a co-ordinated approach to those with multiple debts due to the Council; -Identify support and advice, where possible, throughout the recovery process; -Apply best practice in the operation of debt collection; and, -Ensure that their technical systems can fully integrate with the Civica - Open Revenues system used by the Council for Council Tax and Non-Domestic Rates.. Please be aware: Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.
Renewal: The initial contract period will be 3 year with the option for the council to extend for a further 12 month.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-r6ebe6-0000582849
- Publication Source
- Public Contracts Scotland
- Latest Notice
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=OCT368088
- 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
- Large
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
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 4 Oct 20196 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- 27 Jun 2019Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 2 Oct 20196 years ago
- Contract Period
- 1 Oct 2019 - 30 Sep 2022 3-4 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
- NORTH LANARKSHIRE COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Paul Stewart
- Contact Email
- stewartpa@northlan.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 1698520415
Buyer Location
- Locality
- MOTHERWELL
- Postcode
- ML1 1AB
- Post Town
- Motherwell
- Country
- Scotland
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLM Scotland
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLM3 West Central Scotland
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLM34 North Lanarkshire
- Delivery Location
- TLM84 North Lanarkshire
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- Local Authority
- North Lanarkshire
- Electoral Ward
- Motherwell South East and Ravenscraig
- Westminster Constituency
- Motherwell, Wishaw and Carluke
Further Information
Notice Documents
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https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=MAY355182
Debt Recovery & Diligence Services for Local Taxation - North Lanarkshire Council seeks to appoint a contractor to carry out effective Debt Recovery and Diligence measures in pursuit of Council Tax and Non Domestic Rates arrears. -
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=OCT368088
Debt Recovery & Diligence Services for Local Taxation - North Lanarkshire Council seeks to appoint a contractor to carry out effective Debt Recovery and Diligence measures in pursuit of Council Tax and Non Domestic Rates arrears.
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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