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# Council Tax and Business Rates Recovery

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/council-tax-and-business-rates-recovery-ocds-h6vhtk-0507b3). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Settle Group: "Council Tax and Business Rates Recovery". Published status: complete. Published Value: £180,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 21 May 2025, 17:00 BST. Published submission portal: www.delta-esourcing.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Settle Group](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/settle-group-rsh-l4370)
- **Published Value:** £180,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 21 May 2025 at 17:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Business analysis consultancy services, Business and management consultancy services
- **Delivery Location:** UKH2
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 3 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/council-tax-and-business-rates-recovery-ocds-h6vhtk-0507b3#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-0507b3`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/council-tax-and-business-rates-recovery-ocds-h6vhtk-0507b3#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [delta-esourcing.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.delta-esourcing.com)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/council-tax-and-business-rates-recovery-ocds-h6vhtk-0507b3#participate

## Description
The Services to be delivered under the Contract will be a historic review of Settle’s Council Tax and Business Rates accounts across the full property portfolio to identify any overpayments, progress recovery and identify potential improvements in Settle internal processes to reduce the instance of overpayments in future. 
The objectives of the project are to:
•Identify and quantify historical overpayments of council tax and business rates made by Settle going back over as long a period as possible.
•Recover eligible overpaid amounts from relevant local authorities.
•Improve Settle internal systems and procedures to prevent future overpayments.
•Ensure legal compliance and maintain positive working relationships with the local authorities.
The project will be delivered over a 12 month period with an option to extend up to 18 months if required.
To access this opportunity, log in to the Delta eSourcing portal and use access code 4787B7CNE5.
For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at: 
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-Letchworth-Garden-City:-Business-analysis-consultancy-services./4787B7CNE5
To respond to this opportunity, please click here: 
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/4787B7CNE5

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 72221000, 79410000
- **Delivery regions:** UKH
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £180,000

- **Contract Period:** 01/07/2025 to 30/06/2026
- **Renewal published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 1 (cancelled)

  - Supplier(s): **Not published**

  - Date: 30/07/2025

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F017054-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-11-11T12:05:08.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-29T16:10:37.953Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-0507b3