Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-11-04
Buyer: The City of Edinburgh Council
Country: UK
Region: Edinburgh, City of
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 72260000: Software-related services
Estimated value: 1000000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2016-12-01
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The City of Edinburgh Council is responsible for the collection of council tax for approximately 244 000 dwellings. Around 90 000 of these are currently in receipt of a single occupancy discount (SOD). The Council is seeking to procure a third party to undertake a fully managed service that will review, validate, and update the Council's SOD accounts.
Bidders should note that, subject to the successful Contractor's ‘Right of Refusal’, the services in the proposed contract will be made available to any Scottish Local Authority.
The City of Edinburgh Council (the Council) is responsible for the collection of council tax for approximately 244 000 dwellings. Around 90 000 of these are currently in receipt of a single occupancy discount (SOD). The Council is seeking to procure a third party to undertake a fully managed service that will review, validate, and update the Council's SOD accounts. The last SOD review was undertaken for the Council by Northgate Public Services in 2014. The Council uses Northgate Public Services Revenues and Benefits database system (also known as iWorld), supplemented by Civica Workflow 360 Electronic Document Management System (Comino).
Bidders should note that, subject to the successful Contractor's ‘Right of Refusal’, the services in the proposed contract will be made available to any Scottish Local Authority.
The Council intends to award a contract for delivery of the service for an initial period from 31.1.2017 to 30.9.2021. Subject to satisfactory performance, potential future requirements and the agreement of the successful Contractor, the Council may wish to extend delivery of the contract for an additional period of up to 2 years.
Subject to satisfactory performance, potential future requirements and the agreement of the successful Contractor, the Council may wish to extend delivery of the contract for an additional period of up to 2 years.
Bidders should note that, subject to the successful Contractor's ‘Right of Refusal’, the services in the proposed contract will be made available to any Scottish Local Authority.
Potential bidders should note that the contract will be open to use by any Scottish Local authority constituted under the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994.
Note: to register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Public Contracts Scotland Web Site at http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=468992
The buyer has indicated that it will accept electronic responses to this notice via the Postbox facility. A user guide is available at http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/sitehelp/help_guides.aspx.
Suppliers are advised to allow adequate time for uploading documents and to dispatch the electronic response well in advance of the closing time to avoid any last minute problems.
Community benefits are included in this requirement. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2361
As detailed in the Council's Sustainable Procurement Policy, the Council is committed to maximising social, economic and environmental benefits through the delivery of Council contracts (known as ‘Community Benefits’).
The supplier will be required to provide sponsorship of the Edinburgh branch of one or more Registered Charities or recognised community groups. This sponsorship should relate to a specific project which will target improvements within local community environments with a view to generally improving the lives of local citizens in some way. The value of the proposed sponsorship should be a minimum of 1 % of the anticipated contract value over the 56 month period of the proposed contract.
Download the ESPD document here: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/ESPD/ESPD_Download.aspx?id=468992


Award value: 1000000