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Published 25 Apr 2025, 14:05 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Council Tax and Business Rates Recovery

Official notice

Authority: Settle Group (Public body)

ServicesOpen procedureAbove threshold
Published estimate£180,000≈ £180k / year · £180,000 inc. VAT
Submissions closed 21 May 2025
Contract term 1 yrends 1 Jul 2026 · up to 31 Dec 2026 with extensions · starts 1 Jul 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The Services to be delivered under the Contract will be a historic review of Settle’s Council Tax and Business Rates accounts across the full property portfolio to identify any overpayments, progress recovery and identify potential improvements in Settle internal processes to reduce the instance of overpayments in future.

The objectives of the project are to:

•Identify and quantify historical overpayments of council tax and business rates made by Settle going back over as long a period as possible.

•Recover eligible overpaid amounts from relevant local authorities.

•Improve Settle internal systems and procedures to prevent future overpayments.

•Ensure legal compliance and maintain positive working relationships with the local authorities.

The project will be delivered over a 12 month period with an option to extend up to 18 months if required.

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CPV: Business analysis consultancy services · Business and management consultancy services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1AwardedRenewal 1 yrPublished value£180,000
Contract period: 1 Jul 2025 – 1 Jul 2026 (1 yr) · up to 31 Dec 2026 with extensionsValue: £180,000 exc. VAT · £180,000 inc. VAT
Delivery: East of England
Extensions: The project will be delivered over a 12 month period with an option to extend for 6 months if required
Pre-qualification & selection criteria (PQQ)2
  • Economic & financial standing

    See procurement documents

  • Technical & professional ability

    See procurement documents

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
How bids were scored
Quality: 70%Price: 30%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Quality: 70%
  • Cost: 30%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality: Long criteria description
  • Cost: Long criteria description
Conditions of participation2
  • Economic & financial standing

    See procurement documents

  • Technical & professional ability

    See procurement documents

What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Cancelled
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA, CPTPP)
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
25 Apr 2025, 14:05 BST
Last source update
11 Nov 2025, 12:05 GMT
Award evaluation window
Submission end – 31 May 2025
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-017054
Latest notice
Procurement termination notice (UK12)
Classification (CPV)
Business analysis consultancy servicesBusiness and management consultancy services
Delivery area
East of England (UKH2)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0507b3 Find a Tender
Contract terms summary

See procurement documents

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Delta eSourcing · Who buys & how to bid on Delta
Public notice page · account needed to bidElectronic submission allowedLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free Select account; no DUNS asked at signup
Submission deadline
21 May 2025, 17:00 BST
Clarification deadline
12 May 2025, 17:00 BST
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Accepted languages
en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

25 Apr 2025 → 11 Nov 2025 · 6 dates
  1. Tender notice published
    25 Apr 2025, 14:05 BST
  2. Clarification questions by
    12 May 2025, 17:00 BST
  3. Submission deadline
    21 May 2025, 17:00 BST
  4. Award decision expected by
    31 May 2025, 00:59 BST
  5. Contract starts
    1 Jul 2025
  6. Latest notice published352 days ago
    11 Nov 2025, 12:05 GMT

Notice history

3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 25 Apr 2025
  1. Tender notice published
    25 Apr 2025, 14:05 BST
    UK4
  2. Procurement termination notice published
    11 Nov 2025, 12:05 GMT
    UK12
  3. Status changed to complete
    11 Nov 2025, 12:05 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded toValueDateStatus
supplier not published—31 Jul 2025CancelledUpfront costs too high

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Settle Group

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PTZB-9665-XBGM Blackhorse Road, Letchworth Garden City, East of England, SG6 1HAContact name, email, phone

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Procurement termination notice tenderProcurement termination noticeUK12Procurement termination notice on Find a Tender
  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender