Bailiff services

Tender description

Somerset County Council and Dorset County Council tendered for a four-year, two (2) Lot Framework Agreement for the provision of civil debt enforcement agency services to Somerset County Council (Lot 1) and Dorset County Council (Lot 2). Somerset County Council (SCC) lead the procurement of this Framework Agreement; however the evaluation of submissions relating to Lot 2 consisted of officers from Dorset County Council (DCC). The call-off contracts that arise out of that Framework Agreement shall operate as a service concession and shall be for the provision of Enforcement Agent Services in respect of unpaid penalty charge notices (PCNs). Somerset County Council undertakes enforcement of on-street parking restrictions and off-street on behalf of the District Councils in the SCC administrative area. Enforcement of bus lanes by ANPR/CCTV is currently undertaken in two locations. Debt enforcement services are required to recover PCNs that remain outstanding following the receipt of the required statutory enforcement documentation by the registered keeper of the vehicle incurring the PCN. The approximate number of warrants issued annually is 2 500 but is not a guaranteed volume. The Service shall be provided on a concessionary basis under the Framework Agreement. This means no price weighting will apply just quality as operating the Fee structure is to be in accordance with the relevant legislation, currently SI 1/2014 The Taking Control of Goods (Fees) Regulations 2014 and SI 1894/2013 Taking Control of Goods Regulations 2013. Full details are provided in the ITT documents.