Small Business Rates Review

Tender description

Why the Work is Being Done to increase business rates income for the local authorities we work with.The supplier must provide accurate information of business properties in local government areas that Powys work with, that have a small business rates relief and where that relief has a risk of being inaccurate. The Supplier must also provide evidence and reports to substantiate any discrepancies identified within set timescales. Problem to Be Solved Councils need to increase rateable values of any properties that have a small business rates relief and they are potentially inaccurate and need to be challenged and potentially amended. Who Are the Users as a local authority we need to be able to access review analysis and evidence online and via reports in respect of challenging and changing reliefs. Early Market Engagement Work Already Done Existing Team The successful supplier will be working with the Income and Awards team Current Phase Not applicable Work Location supplier to work remotely Working Arrangments supplier to work remotely Security Clearance Additional T&Cs Skills & Experience have evidence of working with local authorities be able to provide a risk based analysis of the potential risk of error or fraud in the small business rates relief group be able to provide an online platform for the Council to use to view analysis with ability to download with evidence for changes Provide ICT compliance security levels that cohere or are better than Council's standard Provide GDPR processing arrangement that is legally compliant and are acceptable to the Council must be able to demonstrate sucess level of risk based analysis Nice to Haves No. of Suppliers to Evaluate 3 Proposal Criteria Technical Solution Approach and methodology Cultural Fit Criteria work as a team with our organisation and other local authorities and agencies share knowledge and experience with the team look to develop the service in line with our changing needs Payment Approach Fixed price Assessment Method Evaluation Weighting Technical competence 25% Cultural fit 5% Price 70% Questions from Suppliers No questions have been answered yet Budget range payment as a licence fee or as a % paid to the supplier of successfully changed relief levels