Bailiff services

Tender description

The Authority wishes to appoint 4 providers to the Framework to provide Enforcement Agency Services, encompassing the following areas of debt: Standard Services: — Council Tax; — Non-Domestic Rates; — BID Levy Debts; — Former Tenant Rent Arrears; — Overpaid Housing Benefit; — Miscellaneous Sundry Debts covering areas such as Overpaid Salaries, Payroll Recharges, Outstanding Car Loans, Phone Line Charges, Balance of Risk payments, Licence Fees, Sewer Works, Environmental Health checks, permits and training, Market Rents, Shop Rents, Commercial and Industrial Unit Rents, Ground Rent, Footpath Crossings, Building Regulation Fees, Room Hire, Pest Control charges, Pool and Pitch Hire, Overpaid Residential Home Fees, Respite Care Charges, Non-residential charges subject to specific assessment, Highways and Insurance, Training Charges, Room Hire, DBS checks, SLA Charges; — Committal Warrants, Bail and No Bail Warrants; — Serving of Documents and Affidavits; — Absconded debtors for trace and collection; — Performance Frameworks in addition to those set out at Schedule 9 to the Framework Agreement shall be set by each Customer which accesses the Framework Agreement. Competed Services: — All of the Standard Services listed above and additionally; — Parking Service Warrants of Execution and Debt collection. The Total Number of Recovery Orders issued to Enforcement Agencies for April to March 2014/15 are estimated as below (Providers are asked to note that should other eligible bodies access the Framework the number of Recovery Orders shall increase along with the value although no guarantees can be provided as to exact levels): Northampton Borough Council: Council Tax: 2 358 1st Referral Cases with an estimated value of 1 777 233,64 GBP; 1 483 Welfare Cases with an estimated value of 676 493,76 GBP; 6 626 Recycled Cases with an estimated value of 4 482 218,03 GBP; 5 330 Trace Cases with an estimated value of 3 045 681,45 GBP. Norwich: Council Tax: 1 969 All Cases with an estimated value of 1 302 639,38 GBP; NNDR: 123 All Cases with an estimated value of 612 711,28 GBP; Daventry: Council Tax: 1 969 All Cases with an estimated value of 700 597,45 GBP; NNDR: 123 All Cases with an estimated value of 544 328,87 GBP; Wellingborough: Council Tax: 1 642 All Cases with an estimated value of 1 014 297,86 GBP; NNDR: 57 All Cases with an estimated value of 355 527,97 GBP. The current estimated cost for the sundry debtor service without enforcement agency, for Cambridgeshire County Council, Northamptonshire County Council and Norwich City Council working collaboratively under LGSS is currently estimated at 25 000 GBP per annum in total across the 3 authorities. Providers should note that no guarantees as to the value or use of any Sundry Debtors services under this framework agreement can be given as there is an existing contractual arrangement in place.