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title: "External Debt Recovery Agent Services (EDRA)"
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# External Debt Recovery Agent Services (EDRA)

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/external-debt-recovery-agent-services-edra-ocds-h6vhtk-055d80). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Leeds City Council: "External Debt Recovery Agent Services (EDRA)". Published status: active. Published Value: £79,200. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 14 Aug 2025, 00:00 BST. Published submission portal: uk.eu-supply.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Leeds City Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/leeds-city-council-ons-e08000035)
- **Published Value:** £79,200 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 14 August 2025 at 00:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Below threshold - open competition
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Collection agency services
- **Delivery Location:** UKE42
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 1 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/external-debt-recovery-agent-services-edra-ocds-h6vhtk-055d80#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-055d80`

## 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/external-debt-recovery-agent-services-edra-ocds-h6vhtk-055d80#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [uk.eu-supply.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fuk.eu-supply.com%2Fapp%2Frfq%2Frwlentrance_s.asp%3FPID%3D92517%26B%3D)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/external-debt-recovery-agent-services-edra-ocds-h6vhtk-055d80#participate

## Description
Leeds City Council (‘the Council’) is seeking to enter into a contract from 1st November 2025, with up to a maximum of 3 Service Providers for the provision of debt recovery service to support the Council’s revenues in respect of Sundry Debts and Housing Benefit Overpayments, and any such other debts as and when the Council requires. The contract will run up until 17th September 2028. The maximum value of the contract for the period to 1st November 2025 to 17th September 2028 is estimated at £99,000.

## Lots (1)
### Lot LOT-0000: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `LOT-0000`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 79940000
- **Delivery regions:** UKE
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £79,200

- **Contract Period:** 01/11/2025 to 17/09/2028

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F039201-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-07-11T10:38:25.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T09:58:06.712Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-055d80