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title: "Spend Recovery Audit Service"
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# Spend Recovery Audit Service

Buyer: LEEDS CITY COUNCIL  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-d6b9b3a0-833b-483b-b091-976f51e717f0

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## Summary

Leeds City Council has awarded a contract for a Spend Recovery Audit Service to Liberata UK Limited. This involves auditing the Council's payments since January 2020 to identify and recover overpayments, duplicate payments, and unclaimed credit balances. The procurement falls under the financial auditing services category (CPV code 79212100) and is located in Yorkshire and the Humber, United Kingdom. The contract period starts on 1 January 2025 and ends on 31 December 2026, with a value of £27,000 GBP. The procurement was a further competition under Crown Commercial Services RM6226 Debt Resolution Services - Lot 15 Spend Analytics and Recovery Services.

This tender offers significant growth opportunities for companies specialising in financial auditing and spend recovery services. Large firms with extensive experience in handling complex financial data and recovery operations are particularly well-suited to compete for similar contracts. The successful bidder, Liberata UK Limited, exemplifies the type of business that can leverage this service to build relationships with local government authorities and expand their portfolio in the public sector.

## Notice

Further competition under Crown Commercial Services RM6226 Debt Resolution Services - Lot 15 Spend Analytics and Recovery Services. Leeds City Council are seeking to procure one experienced and professional service to undertake a spend recovery audit (SRA) of the payments made by the Council since January 2020 to identify and ensure that any over payments, duplicate payments and unclaimed credit balances are effectively recovered.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/be0c4492-0622-49d3-8cd6-aec8da17cb96 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Not Specified |
| Procurement method details | Other - |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 2 Apr 2025 |
| Submission deadline | 12 Jun 2024 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 1 Apr 2025 |
| Contract period | 1 Jan 2025 - 31 Dec 2026 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £27,000 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | LEEDS CITY COUNCIL |
| Locality | LEEDS |
| Post town | Leeds |
| Postcode | LS1 1UR |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLE Yorkshire and The Humber |
| ITL 2 | TLE4 West Yorkshire |
| ITL 3 | TLE42 Leeds |
| Local authority | Leeds |
| Electoral ward | Little London & Woodhouse |
| Westminster constituency | Leeds Central and Headingley |
| Delivery location | TLE Yorkshire and The Humber |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | LIBERATA |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

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

### Codes

- 79212100 - Financial auditing services

## Release History

- 2 Apr 2025 at 14:12 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/be0c4492-0622-49d3-8cd6-aec8da17cb96

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/be0c4492-0622-49d3-8cd6-aec8da17cb96
  2nd April 2025 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder
- https://uk.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=79362&B=UK
  Additional data
- https://uk.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/104105
  User / Company

## Notice URLs

- https://www.leeds.gov.uk/

## Provenance

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