Enforcement Services Collection and Service of Documents.

Descriptions

Bailiff services. Basildon Borough Council (the ‘Council’) wishes to select a maximum of 6 providers (3 for each Lot) to carry out The Provision of Enforcement Services Collection and Service of Documents. However, the Council reserves the right to appoint fewer than three suppliers per lot. It is the Council's intention that the Council may use the providers in carrying out activities for other Local Authorities of which the Council may be in shared service arrangements with or for which the Council may provide Revenue and Benefits Services. This means that the quantity of services to be provided may vary over the term of the contract. The Contract shall be in the following lots: Lot 1 To include Council Tax, Housing Benefit Overpayments, Arrest warrants (with and without bail), Former Tenant Arrears collection and Evictions. Lot 2 To include Non Domestic Rates, Process Serving, Sundry Debts and Tracing. The Authority expects providers to have a flexible approach to collection and processes with regard to the new Taking Control of Goods Regulations. The Council will in the tender documentation, address social value aims in line with its considerations of the Social Value Act 2012.This is a part B service and as such is not fully subject to the Directive 2004/18/EC. However, in order to uphold the principles of an open, transparent and proportionate competitive process and to achieve value for money, the Council has advertised this contract following notification to OJEU (Official Journal of the European Union).