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title: "MBC-1728 Income Recovery IT Solutions"
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# MBC-1728 Income Recovery IT Solutions

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/mbc-1728-income-recovery-it-solutions-ocds-h6vhtk-078917). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Melton Borough Council: "MBC-1728 Income Recovery IT Solutions". Published status: planning. Planned Pipeline Value: £200,000. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNING (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Melton Borough Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/melton-borough-council-ons-e07000133)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** £200,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
- **Delivery Location:** UKF22
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 1 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/mbc-1728-income-recovery-it-solutions-ocds-h6vhtk-078917#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-078917`

## 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/mbc-1728-income-recovery-it-solutions-ocds-h6vhtk-078917#tl-md)

## Description
The aim of this soft market testing exercise is:
To understand the different options available to reduce rent arrears, maximise officer time and increase rent recovery.
In particular, the Council are looking to respondents to: -
- Share learning on a range of delivery solutions to automate rent collection
- Share learning on different procurement approaches
- Share learning on rent arrears monitoring
- Share learnings on caseload management of rent income
The soft market testing exercise is intended to allow interested organisations with appropriate experience to outline their views and ideas about the future provision of rent income management.
The Council will consider the responses received as a result of this exercise to help inform the options appraisal and the decision-making process.
Potential bidders will not be prejudiced by any response or failure to respond to the soft market testing. Potential bidders must also note that a response to this soft market testing exercise does not guarantee an invitation to participate in this or any future procurement exercise that the Council may conduct.
Participants are invited to respond to the questions within the Soft Market Testing Questionnaire; the advert for this can be found below:
https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert?advertId=0712fce8-b1c8-f111-813c-005056b64545&p=527b4bbd-5c58-e511-80ef-000c29c9ba21
You can also find this by searching MBC-1728 on the EastMids Tenders website below:
https://www.eastmidstenders.org/

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planning
- **CPV codes:** 72000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKF
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB

- **Contract Period:** 01/10/2027 to 30/09/2030
- **Renewal published:** yes

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F097738-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-10-16T08:48:41.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-21T04:31:54.356Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-078917