Published date: 5 January 2018
Last edited date: 5 January 2018
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Contract summary
Industry
Financial and insurance services - 66000000
Location of contract
South East
Value of contract
£42,000
Procurement reference
MEDWAY001-DN315692-57402483
Published date
5 January 2018
Closing date
26 January 2018
Contract start date
1 April 2018
Contract end date
31 October 2023
Contract type
Service contract
Procedure type
Other
Contract is suitable for SMEs?
Yes
Contract is suitable for VCSEs?
Yes
Description
Medway Council is to introduce risk based verification to the processing of new claims for housing benefit and the localised council tax reduction scheme. In order to facilitate this, it is looking to procure an IT system that can assist in the task and meet the following requirements:
It must:
1. Be fully compliant with DWP's HB/CTB S11/2011 circular guidance
2. Be available through the Council's e-form package supplied by Victoria Forms.
3. Be available through the Council's Govtech eCAPTURE software
4. Provide an individual risk rating for all new claims, based on the likelihood of it being fraudulent or erroneous.
5. Reduce the cost of verifying low risk claims
6. Improve the time taken to process new claims
7. Reduce fraud and error
8. Provide detailed Management Information to enable performance to be monitored
About the buyer
Contact name
Victor Ogunyemi
Address
Medway Council
Gun Wharf, Dock Road
Chatham
ME4 4TR
United Kingdom
Telephone
+44 1634337843
Website
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