Published date: 15 August 2022

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: 5 September 2022, 10am

Contract summary

Industry

  • Legal services - 79100000

Location of contract

England

Value of contract

£50,000

Procurement reference

OXFS001-DN628157-26274632

Published date

15 August 2022

Closing date

5 September 2022

Closing time

10am

Contract start date

31 October 2022

Contract end date

30 October 2026

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Restricted procedure

A two-stage procedure, where the first stage is used to select suppliers, who are then invited to bid in the second stage.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

This tender opportunity is only open to suppliers on the EM Law Share Framework who have already expressed an interest as part of Early Supplier Involvement, and who have been invited to tender.

The Adult Social Care Department within OCC has several debts, consisting of unpaid care contributions, where the debtor has died, and the debt cannot be recovered in the usual way because the estate is unrepresented. It is suspected that the estates are insolvent because there was either misappropriation of the debtors' capital before death or intermeddling with the estates afterwards.

Care was provided to each debtor in accordance with OCC's powers and duties under the Care Act 2014. It is known, by virtue of a financial assessment carried out in accordance with the Act, that each debtor had more than sufficient means to pay his or her assessed contributions. Income Recovery has been tasked with recovering these debts.

It was agreed that the recovery of these debts would be complex, and that the authority would need to seek outside assistance and legal expertise to recover these debts.

About the buyer

Contact name

Amy Keylock

Address

County Hall
Oxford
OX1 1ND
United Kingdom

Email

Amy.Keylock@Oxfordshire.gov.uk

Website

http://www.oxfordshire.gov.uk