--- title: "Soft Market Test - Annual Billing" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-d5779baa-04ec-4aee-aef6-c3729a9d7883" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-d5779baa-04ec-4aee-aef6-c3729a9d7883" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-d5779baa-04ec-4aee-aef6-c3729a9d7883.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-d5779baa-04ec-4aee-aef6-c3729a9d7883.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "HEREFORDSHIRE COUNCIL" published: "2022-11-29" --- # Soft Market Test - Annual Billing Buyer: HEREFORDSHIRE COUNCIL Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-b5fd17-d5779baa-04ec-4aee-aef6-c3729a9d7883 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-d5779baa-04ec-4aee-aef6-c3729a9d7883) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-d5779baa-04ec-4aee-aef6-c3729a9d7883.json) ## Summary The Herefordshire Council is initiating a planning stage procurement process titled "Soft Market Test - Annual Billing" within the industry category of Printed matter and related products. The Revenues & Benefits team of Hoople Ltd seeks to explore the market for competitive quotes to outsource their annual billing process, including the printing of council tax, business rates bills, and award letters for housing benefits. The engagement end date for this market test is February 28, 2023. This tender presents an opportunity for businesses providing printing and delivery services to compete for providing specific client-based IT solutions. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) organisations are well-suited to participate in this procurement process. Interested businesses should register with the 'Supplying the Southwest Portal' to access the tender documentation and express their interest by the specified deadline. ## Notice Hoople Ltd is a private limited company with public sector shareholders namely Herefordshire Council and Wye Valley NHS Trust. Within the organisation there is a Revenues & Benefits team whose primary duties consist of the administration of all council tax and business rates billing and recovery, the administration of council tax reduction and housing benefits and the administration and collection of sundry debt on behalf of Hoople and Herefordshire council. In order for the Revenues & Benefits Team to conduct the above functionality, an annual billing process must take place in March of each year to issue the new council tax and business rates bills and new award letters for housing benefit & council tax reduction. The printing of these bills/letters is currently outsourced, a specific client base and activity data IT solution is required. Hoople are interested in exploring the market to establish if other companies are in a position to provide a more competitive quote for the services Additional information: Hoople Ltd has published this opportunity on the 'Supplying the Southwest Portal'. 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To Register with Supplying the Southwest Portal (Procontract) click on the link below or copy and paste the link into your browser address bar; https://www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/79619642-8003-4c49-88e7-4f0ce35105b7 | | Notice type | Market Engagement Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Not specified | | Procurement method | Not Specified | | Procurement method details | Not specified | | Tender suitability | SME, VCSE | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Planning | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 29 Nov 2022 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 28 Feb 2023 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | Not specified | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | Not specified | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Planning | | Lots status | Not specified | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | HEREFORDSHIRE COUNCIL | | Locality | HEREFORD | | Post town | Hereford | | Postcode | HR4 0LE | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLG West Midlands (England) | | ITL 2 | TLG1 Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire | | ITL 3 | TLG11 Herefordshire, County of | | Local authority | Herefordshire, County of | | Electoral ward | Widemarsh | | Westminster constituency | Hereford and South Herefordshire | | 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 - 22 - Printed matter and related products - 79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security ### Codes - 22000000 - Printed matter and related products - 79823000 - Printing and delivery services - 79824000 - Printing and distribution services ## Release History - 29 Nov 2022 at 09:07 - Planning - Market Engagement Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/79619642-8003-4c49-88e7-4f0ce35105b7 ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/79619642-8003-4c49-88e7-4f0ce35105b7 29th November 2022 - Early engagement notice on Contracts Finder ## Notice URLs - https://www.herefordshire.gov.uk - https://www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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