Housing Benefit Assurance Process

Official notice

Authority: Chelmsford City Council (Local council)

ServicesAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competition

Sectors: Financial and insurance services (66) Delivery: East of England (UKH3)

Awarded value£200,000published contract · exc. VAT

Awarded 12 Dec 2025no call for competition

Awarded to Grant Thornton UK LLP

What is being bought

Published requirement description

A provider to carry out the Councils housing Benefit assurance process covering a period of 4 years. This includes the financial years of: 2024/25, 2025/26, 2026/27 and 2027/28. Award via mini-competition using Lot 2 of the CCS RM6310 framework.

CPV: Financial and insurance services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1Provider to carry out the Councils housing Benefit assurance process covering a period…Awarded

Provider to carry out the Councils housing Benefit assurance process covering a period of 4 years. This includes the financial years of: 2024/25, 2025/26, 2026/27 and 2027/28. Awarded this via mini-competition using Lot 2 of the CCS RM6310 framework.

Delivery: East of England · Essex

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached

Procedure method: Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Legal basis: CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category: Services
Notice status: Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold: Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime: Standard
Commercial structure: Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type: Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered: Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement: Unspecified in notice
First published: 9 Mar 2026, 15:57 GMT
Last source update: 9 Mar 2026, 15:57 GMT
FTS notice number: 2026/S 000-021017
Classification (CPV): Financial and insurance services
Delivery area: East of England (UKH3)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06659b Find a Tender

Why no open competition: The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
Published justification: Awarded via CCS framework RM6310

Publisher note: GO Reference: GO-202639-PRO-35119269

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1

Awarded value £200,0001 contract exc. VAT

Bids received 4

Contracts signed 1latest 12 Dec 2025

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
Grant Thornton UK LLP	£200,000 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

Contract 021017-2026-1 · Grant Thornton UK LLP
Signed
12 Dec 2025
Value
£200,000
Status
active

Bid statistics published by the authority

Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
4bids · 4 electronic	—	—	—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Chelmsford City Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services Civic Centre, Duke Street, Chelmsford, East of England, CM1 1JEContact name, email, phone

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

GRANT THORNTON UK LLPAwarded supplierOC307742 8 FINSBURY CIRCUS, LONDON,, London, EC2M 7EA

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.