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title: "Debt Collection (Pre-Claim)"
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# Debt Collection (Pre-Claim)

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/debt-collection-pre-claim-ocds-h6vhtk-033cd5). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** NORTHUMBRIAN WATER GROUP LIMITED: "Debt Collection (Pre-Claim)". Published status: active. Published Value: Value not published. 3 published lots. Recorded submission deadline: 10 Jun 2022, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: s1.ariba.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [NORTHUMBRIAN WATER GROUP LIMITED](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/northumbrian-water-group-limited-coh-04760441)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** 10 June 2022 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 3
- **Procurement Method:** Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Collection agency services
- **Delivery Location:** UKC, UKH14, UKH3
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0025
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-033cd5`

## 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/debt-collection-pre-claim-ocds-h6vhtk-033cd5#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [s1.ariba.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fs1.ariba.com)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/debt-collection-pre-claim-ocds-h6vhtk-033cd5#participate

## Description
Northumbrian Water Group (NWG) is a statutory water undertaker operating in the north east of England under the trading name Northumbrian Water Ltd (NWL) and in the southern area of England under the trading name of Essex and Suffolk Water (ESW).
This Procurement is split into three lots, those being:
Lot 1- Pre or post litigation visit to single domestic properties (circa 10-12000 per annum)
Lot 2- Pre or post litigation to managing agents/companies regarding charges for domestic properties (circa 1000 per annum)
Lot 3- Service of Court paperwork and return of Court required evidence to allow certificate of service under the Attachment of Earnings or Order to Attend processes* (circa 1000 per annum)
We would invite parties to bid for all or part of this work.
Where our internal activity of letters, mms and outbound calling has been unsuccessful in engaging with customers who have no agreed payment arrangement in place, our intent is to outsource visits to a domestic supply address either before or after legal action is taken against the customer. Customers will be mainly domestic, there will be a small proportion of commercial customers who are being billed for a domestic property.
The visit will look to re-engage with the customer in a professional and timely manner to understand their current financial situation, identify vulnerability and identify the most suitable tariff option for the customer.
Visit requirements could include the following (but not exclusive to):
· Confirmation of occupier
· Priority Services Registration
· Signposting to third party debt advice for support
· Agreeing an appropriate payment arrangement
· Appropriate mechanism for taking a payment
· Identifying most affordable tariff for the customer and supporting both meter and tariff applications
· Completion of Income & Expenditure
· Serving of court paperwork (provided)

## Lots (3)
### Lot 1: Pre or post litigation visit to single domestic properties
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 79940000
- **Delivery regions:** UKC, UKH

- **Description:** Northumbrian Water Group (NWG) is a statutory water undertaker operating in the north east of England under the trading name Northumbrian Water Ltd (NWL) and in the southern area of England under the trading name of Essex and Suffolk Water (ESW).
Thi...

- **Options published:** yes

### Lot 2: Pre or post litigation to managing agents/companies regarding charges for domestic properties
- **Lot id:** `2`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 79940000
- **Delivery regions:** UKC, UKH

- **Description:** Northumbrian Water Group (NWG) is a statutory water undertaker operating in the north east of England under the trading name Northumbrian Water Ltd (NWL) and in the southern area of England under the trading name of Essex and Suffolk Water (ESW).
Thi...

- **Options published:** yes

### Lot 3: Service of Court paperwork and return of Court required evidence to allow certificate of service under the Attachment of Earnings or Order to Attend processes
- **Lot id:** `3`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 79940000
- **Delivery regions:** UKC, UKH

- **Description:** Northumbrian Water Group (NWG) is a statutory water undertaker operating in the north east of England under the trading name Northumbrian Water Ltd (NWL) and in the southern area of England under the trading name of Essex and Suffolk Water (ESW).
Thi...

- **Options published:** yes

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F013872-2022)
- **Last Source Update:** 2022-05-23T14:12:07.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-25T14:58:04.867Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-033cd5