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Contract Award Notice

Framework Agreement for the Provision of a Council Tax Discount and Reduction Review Service

  • First published: 16 February 2019
  • Last modified: 16 February 2019
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Summary

OCID:
Published by:
Staffordshire County Council
Authority ID:
AA20198
Publication date:
16 February 2019
Deadline date:
-
Notice type:
Contract Award Notice
Has documents:
No
Has SPD:
No
Has Carbon Reduction Plan:
N/A

Abstract

If a Council requires services from this lot 1, it shall provide details of the cases to be reviewed, in an agreed format (e.g. NFI format). The Contractor will match the data to its own records and databases and report to the Council the likelihood of undeclared occupants living at the address and the names of other occupants that it believes may be resident, and any other evidence to support the contention that other residents exist.

Full notice text

Contract award notice

Results of the procurement procedure

Section I: Contracting entity

I.1) Name and addresses

Staffordshire County Council

Staffordshire Place 1, Tipping Street

Stafford

ST16 2DH

UK

Contact person: Laura Kendall

Telephone: +44 1785854656

E-mail: laura.kendall@staffordshire.gov.uk

NUTS: UKG24

Internet address(es)

Main address: https://www.staffordshire.gov.uk/Homepage.aspx

Address of the buyer profile: https://supplierlive.proactisp2p.com/Account/Login#

I.1) Name and addresses

Lichfield District Council

Lichfield

UK

Contact person: Laura Kendall

Telephone: +44 1785854656

E-mail: laura.kendall@staffordshire.gov.uk

NUTS: UKG2

Internet address(es)

Main address: https://www.staffordshire.gov.uk/Homepage.aspx

Address of the buyer profile: https://supplierlive.proactisp2p.com/Account/Login#

I.1) Name and addresses

East Staffordshire Borough Council

Burton

UK

Contact person: Laura Kendall

Telephone: +44 1785854656

E-mail: laura.kendall@staffordshire.gov.uk

NUTS: UKG2

Internet address(es)

Main address: https://www.staffordshire.gov.uk/Homepage.aspx

Address of the buyer profile: https://supplierlive.proactisp2p.com/Account/Login#

I.1) Name and addresses

Cannock Chase District Council

Cannock

UK

Contact person: Laura Kendall

Telephone: +44 1785854656

E-mail: laura.kendall@staffordshire.gov.uk

NUTS: UKG2

Internet address(es)

Main address: https://www.staffordshire.gov.uk/Homepage.aspx

Address of the buyer profile: https://supplierlive.proactisp2p.com/Account/Login#

I.1) Name and addresses

Stafford Borough Council

Stafford

UK

Contact person: Laura Kendall

Telephone: +44 1785854656

E-mail: laura.kendall@staffordshire.gov.uk

NUTS: UKG2

Internet address(es)

Main address: https://www.staffordshire.gov.uk/Homepage.aspx

Address of the buyer profile: https://supplierlive.proactisp2p.com/Account/Login#

I.1) Name and addresses

Newcastle under Lyme Borough Council

Newcastle under Lyme

UK

Contact person: Laura Kendall

Telephone: +44 1785854656

E-mail: laura.kendall@staffordshire.gov.uk

NUTS: UKG2

Internet address(es)

Main address: https://www.staffordshire.gov.uk/Homepage.aspx

Address of the buyer profile: https://supplierlive.proactisp2p.com/Account/Login#

I.1) Name and addresses

South Staffordshire Council

Codsall

UK

Contact person: Laura Kendall

Telephone: +44 1785854656

E-mail: laura.kendall@staffordshire.gov.uk

NUTS: UKG2

Internet address(es)

Main address: https://www.staffordshire.gov.uk/Homepage.aspx

Address of the buyer profile: https://supplierlive.proactisp2p.com/Account/Login#

I.1) Name and addresses

Tamworth Borough Council

Tamworth

UK

Contact person: Laura Kendall

Telephone: +44 1785854656

E-mail: laura.kendall@staffordshire.gov.uk

NUTS: UKG3

Internet address(es)

Main address: https://www.staffordshire.gov.uk/Homepage.aspx

Address of the buyer profile: https://supplierlive.proactisp2p.com/Account/Login#

I.1) Name and addresses

Stoke on Trent City Council

Stoke on Trent

UK

Contact person: Laura Kendall

Telephone: +44 1785854656

E-mail: laura.kendall@staffordshire.gov.uk

NUTS: UKG23

Internet address(es)

Main address: https://www.staffordshire.gov.uk/Homepage.aspx

Address of the buyer profile: https://supplierlive.proactisp2p.com/Account/Login#

I.2) Joint procurement

The contract involves joint procurement

In the case of joint procurement involving different countries – applicable national procurement law:

English

I.4) Type of the contracting authority

Regional or local authority

I.5) Main activity

General public services

Section II: Object

II.1) Scope of the procurement

II.1.1) Title

Framework Agreement for the Provision of a Council Tax Discount and Reduction Review Service

Reference number: IA1110

II.1.2) Main CPV code

66171000

 

II.1.3) Type of contract

Services

II.1.4) Short description

Each Council will conduct reviews of all Council Tax reductions which are relevant to the occupancy of a property and those residents. This will typically include:

— all single person discounts,

— all other Council Tax discounts,

— all empty properties, including long term voids, which do not attract a reduction,

— all Local Council Tax Reduction (LCTR) cases, in so far as the residents occupying the household will be reviewed. Income, capital, etc. will not be reviewed as a part of this project.

II.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: Yes

II.1.7) Total value of the procurement

Value excluding VAT: 1 000 000.00  GBP

II.2) Description

Lot No: 1

II.2.1) Title

Data Matching Service

II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

79212100

II.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS code:

UKG24


Main site or place of performance:

Staffordshire

II.2.4) Description of the procurement

If a Council requires services from this lot 1, it shall provide details of the cases to be reviewed, in an agreed format (e.g. NFI format). The Contractor will match the data to its own records and databases and report to the Council the likelihood of undeclared occupants living at the address and the names of other occupants that it believes may be resident, and any other evidence to support the contention that other residents exist.

II.2.5) Award criteria

Quality criterion: Quality / Weighting: 20

Price / Weighting:  80

II.2.11) Information about options

Options: No

II.2.13) Information about European Union funds

The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No

Lot No: 2

II.2.1) Title

Full Managed Service

II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

79212100

II.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS code:

UKG24


Main site or place of performance:

Staffordshire

II.2.4) Description of the procurement

Should a Council require the Contractor to investigate any mismatches, update their systems with the results of the investigations and deal with any subsequent Council Tax payer contact, it shall request services from this lot 2. In this case, access will be provided to relevant systems, files and information held by the Council and the Contractor will be expected to update the Council’s records throughout the project.

II.2.5) Award criteria

Quality criterion: Quality / Weighting: 20

Price / Weighting:  80

II.2.11) Information about options

Options: No

II.2.13) Information about European Union funds

The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1) Description

IV.1.1) Type of procedure

Open procedure

IV.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system

The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement

IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes

IV.2) Administrative information

IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure

Notice number in the OJ S:

2018/S 192-434369

Section V: Award of contract

Lot No: 1

Contract No: IA11101

Title: Data Matching Service

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

V.2 Award of contract

V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

12/02/2019

V.2.2) Information about tenders

Number of tenders received: 5

Number of tenders received by electronic means: 5

The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No

V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

Synectics Solutions Ltd

Synectics House, The Brampton

Newcastle under Lyme

ST5 0QY

UK

NUTS: UKG2

The contractor is an SME: Yes

V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)

Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot:

Total value of the contract/lot: : 600 000.00  GBP

V.2.5) Information about subcontracting

Section V: Award of contract

Lot No: 2

Contract No: IA1110

Title: Full Managed Service

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

V.2 Award of contract

V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

12/02/2019

V.2.2) Information about tenders

Number of tenders received: 2

Number of tenders received by electronic means: 2

The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No

V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

Capita Business Services Ltd

30 Berners Street

London

W1T 3LR

UK

NUTS: UKI

The contractor is an SME: No

V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)

Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot:

Total value of the contract/lot: : 400 000.00  GBP

V.2.5) Information about subcontracting

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.4) Procedures for review

VI.4.1) Review body

Staffordshire County Council

Tipping Street

Stafford

ST16 2DH

UK

VI.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures

Staffordshire County Council

Tipping Street

Stafford

ST16 2DH

UK

VI.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained

Staffordshire County Council

Tipping Street

Stafford

ST16 2DH

UK

VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice

12/02/2019

Coding

Commodity categories

ID Title Parent category
79212100 Financial auditing services Auditing services
66171000 Financial consultancy services Financial consultancy, financial transaction processing and clearing-house services

Delivery locations

ID Description
100 UK - All

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About the buyer

Main contact:
laura.kendall@staffordshire.gov.uk
Admin contact:
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Technical contact:
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Other contact:
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