Published date: 13 February 2024

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 3 April 2024, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Financial consultancy services - 66171000

  • Financial auditing services - 79212100

  • Financial management consultancy services - 79412000

Location of contract

West Midlands

Value of contract

£320,000

Procurement reference

IA3294

Published date

13 February 2024

Closing date

3 April 2024

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

10 June 2024

Contract end date

9 June 2028

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (above threshold)

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

This procedure can be used for procurements above the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

Each District and Borough Council within Staffordshire will conduct reviews of all Council Tax reductions which are relevant to the occupancy of a property and those residents.

The Councils require the Contractor to perform a data-matching exercise, investigate any mismatches, update the Councils' systems with the results of the investigations and deal with any subsequent Council Tax payer contact. Access will be provided to relevant systems, files and information held by the Council and the Contractor will be expected to update the Councils' records throughout the project.

Data Match Stage
• Each Council will have varying requirements, therefore specific instructions shall be provided when ordering from the framework. A Council will endeavour to give every assistance in providing information that is reasonably requested but accepts no liability for failure to do so.
• The data will be supplied in the NFI or similar format and the Contractor is expected to work with this format, unless there are exceptional circumstances agreed between the parties.
• Each Council will provide the data to the Contractor using secure means such as Secure File Transfer Protocol
• If requested, to do so by a Council, the Contractor will return information regarding mis-matches in the format that it has provided as part of the bid and any proposed changes to the methodology must be approved by the Council prior to making any changes.

Review and Cancellation Stage
The Contractor will be required to provide this service in line with the method statement that it has provided as part of its bid and any proposed changes to the methodology must be approved by the Council prior to making any changes.

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Suppliers should set up a profile on Proactis by completing their company details first. Then registering their interest to this specific tender opportunity by searching under reference IA3294.

Any questions regarding this opportunity should go through the 'message function'.

Please do not contact the Buyer direct.

About the buyer

Address

Tipping Street
STAFFORD
ST162DH
England

Email

michelle.davies@staffordshire.gov.uk