Published date: 4 February 2025

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 31 August 2024, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Administration services - 75100000

Location of contract

SW1P 4DF

Value of contract

£19,488,125.29

Procurement reference

CF-0446900D8d000003VQwdEAG

Published date

4 February 2025

Closing date

31 August 2024

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

29 January 2025

Contract end date

28 January 2032

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Call-off from a framework agreement

A mini-competition or direct purchase from a pre-established framework agreement.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

The awarded contract is for a Financial Services Supplier (FSS) as an outsourced managed service to perform functions that include:
• Invoicing of not less than 8,000 Obligated Producers annually
• Collection of disposal fees from 8,000 Obligated Producers including chasers/reminders to customers.
• Contact Management for producer and LA queries related to disposal fee Notice of Liability and payments, LA grants, and scheme compliance.
• Reconciliation and escalation of overdue producer disposal fees.
• Reconciliation of debt, escalation of uncollected debt after all standard debt collection activities have finished.
• Grant Administration to pay all UK LAs via formula grant.
• Grant Monitoring using data from producers and LAs via Defra.
• Payment of LA Data charges payment to LAs for the costs of providing information to the SA.
• Balancing of Revenue and Payment for the Scheme Administrator.

Award information

Awarded date

29 January 2025

Contract start date

29 January 2025

Contract end date

28 January 2032

Total value of contract

£19,488,125.29

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Accenture (UK) Limited

Address

1 Plantation Place, 30 Fenchurch Street,, London, EC3M 3BD

Reference

None

About the buyer

Contact name

Defra Group Commercial

Address

Seacole Building, 2 Marsham Street
London
SW1P 4DF
GB

Telephone

03459 33 55 77

Email

procurement@defra.gov.uk