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# Council Tax, Benefits & Business Rates Services

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/council-tax-benefits-business-rates-services-ocds-h6vhtk-02f2f3). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Swindon Borough Council: "Council Tax, Benefits & Business Rates Services". Published status: complete. Framework Ceiling: £45,600,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 24 Jan 2022, 12:00 GMT. Published submission portal: www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Swindon Borough Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/swindon-borough-council-ons-e06000030)
- **Framework Ceiling (notional):** £45,600,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 24 January 2022 at 12:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Administration, defence and social security services, Benefit services, Temporary disablement benefits
- **Delivery Location:** UKK14
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-02f2f3`

## 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-benefits-business-rates-services-ocds-h6vhtk-02f2f3#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk](/out?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/council-tax-benefits-business-rates-services-ocds-h6vhtk-02f2f3#participate

## Description
To enhance and modernize the Council Services administering the billing, collection and recovery of Council Tax from over 99,000 households and Business Rates from approximately 5,800 businesses. Including calculating discounts, exemptions, rate reliefs and Business Improvement District charges in accordance with legislation and Council policies. Determine applications for Housing Benefits, Discretionary Housing Payments and Council Tax Support from new claimants and administering and amending the claims of 12,200 existing claimants when their circumstance change or when reviews are required. Invoicing and recovery of Overpayments of Housing Benefit.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Council Tax, Benefits & Business Rates Services
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 75310000, 75313100
- **Delivery regions:** UKK

- **Estimated Value:** £45,600,000
- **Description:** Swindon Borough Council entered into a contract with Liberata UK Ltd for the administration of the Council tax service including collection and recovery of council tax.  Under the existing contract, the supplier has to meet targets to collect debts f...

- **Options published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (2)
- **Award:** 010953-2022-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Liberata UK Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-168122`
  - Value: £29,880,000 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** 029486-2024-1-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Liberata UK Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-168122`
  - Value: £30,072,500 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (2)
- **Contract:** 029486-2024-1-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £30,072,500
  - Signed Date: 02/09/2024

- **Contract:** 010953-2022-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £29,880,000
  - Signed Date: 23/03/2022

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F029486-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-09-13T17:06:10.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-23T12:45:58.568Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-02f2f3