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title: "Social Care Debt Recovery"
ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-c01f7c96-b98a-458f-8784-687c12c8ad8d"
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current_stage: "Tender"
buyer: "OXFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL"
published: "2022-08-15"
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# Social Care Debt Recovery

Buyer: OXFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL  
Current stage: Tender  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-c01f7c96-b98a-458f-8784-687c12c8ad8d

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## Summary

The Oxfordshire County Council is seeking legal services for the Social Care Debt Recovery tender. The contract value is £50,000 and the procurement method is a selective process with a restricted procedure. The tender period ends on 5th September 2022, and the contract period runs from 31st October 2022 to 30th October 2026. Interested suppliers must be on the EM Law Share Framework and have been invited to tender.

This opportunity presents a chance for legal service providers with expertise in debt recovery to engage with Oxfordshire County Council. Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary, community, and social enterprise sector (VCSE) organisations are encouraged to participate. The procurement process is at an active stage, providing business growth opportunities for suitable firms in the services industry category in England, United Kingdom.

## Notice

This tender opportunity is only open to suppliers on the EM Law Share Framework who have already expressed an interest as part of Early Supplier Involvement, and who have been invited to tender. The Adult Social Care Department within OCC has several debts, consisting of unpaid care contributions, where the debtor has died, and the debt cannot be recovered in the usual way because the estate is unrepresented. It is suspected that the estates are insolvent because there was either misappropriation of the debtors' capital before death or intermeddling with the estates afterwards. Care was provided to each debtor in accordance with OCC's powers and duties under the Care Act 2014. It is known, by virtue of a financial assessment carried out in accordance with the Act, that each debtor had more than sufficient means to pay his or her assessed contributions. Income Recovery has been tasked with recovering these debts. It was agreed that the recovery of these debts would be complex, and that the authority would need to seek outside assistance and legal expertise to recover these debts.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/41a8e55d-9afa-4f1b-a27b-31e1fdcaa5a3 |
| Notice type | Tender Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Selective |
| Procurement method details | Restricted procedure |
| Tender suitability | SME, VCSE |
| Awardee scale | Not specified |
| All stages | Tender |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 15 Aug 2022 |
| Submission deadline | 5 Sep 2022 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | 31 Oct 2022 - 30 Oct 2026 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £50,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Active |
| Lots status | Not specified |
| Awards status | Not specified |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | OXFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL |
| Locality | OXFORD |
| Post town | Oxford |
| Postcode | OX1 1ND |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLJ South East (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLJ1 Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire |
| ITL 3 | TLJ14 Oxfordshire CC |
| Local authority | Oxford |
| Electoral ward | Osney & St Thomas |
| Westminster constituency | Oxford West and Abingdon |
| Delivery location | TLC North East (England), TLD North West (England), TLF East Midlands (England), TLG West Midlands (England), TLH East (England), TLJ South East (England), TLK South West (England) |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

### Codes

- 79100000 - Legal services

## Release History

- 15 Aug 2022 at 11:02 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/41a8e55d-9afa-4f1b-a27b-31e1fdcaa5a3

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/41a8e55d-9afa-4f1b-a27b-31e1fdcaa5a3
  15th August 2022 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder

## Notice URLs

- http://www.oxfordshire.gov.uk

## Provenance

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