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London Borough of Hounslow

Revenue Collection and Benefits Administration Services

Business ServicesCPV 75310000
Value£40.0m
Deadline27 Jul 2026
Published20 May 2026
RegionNationwide
Timeline
Published 20 May 20263 days leftCloses 27 Jul 2026
Who to contact
procurement@hounslow.gov.uk

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

How to submit
Open the submissions portal

The submission route named on the official notice.

Contract value in context
£40.0mtotal contract value
median £400k
this tender£0£43.2m

This is a large award for Government & Public Administration — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 5,438 valued Government & Public Administration tenders in our corpus.

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The brief

The Authority is seeking a suitably qualified and experienced Service Supplier to deliver high quality, compliant and customer focused Revenue Collection and Benefits Administration Services from 1 October 2027.

The contract will include: • Fully managed Revenue Collection Service including Council Tax and Business Rates Collection • Fully managed Benefits Administration Service including Housing Benefits, Council Tax Support and Discretionary schemes • Fully managed Free School Meals administration • Customer services for Council Tax, Business Rates, Housing Benefits, Council Tax Support, Discretionary Schemes and Free School Meals • Provision of the IT systems used: Business Rates system, and Council Tax and Benefits system, and any other systems, not provided or managed by the Council, necessary to meet requirements for service delivery • Provision of system management for the Business Rates system, and Council Tax and Benefits system, and any other systems, not provided or managed by the Council, necessary to meet the requirements for service delivery • Mobilisation of the service and system implementation • Ongoing service improvement, cost savings and benchmarking • Exit and transition management support Contract start and go-live: The Contract is anticipated to commence in February 2027 to enable mobilisation and implementation.

The full live service will commence on 1 October 2027.

Contract term and end dates: The initial term will run until 30 September 2032.

The Authority may extend the Contract by a further two (2) years (to 30 September 2034) and then by a further two (2) years (to 30 September 2036).

For the avoidance of doubt, the Contract end date is aligned to 30 September and is not linked to the anniversary of the anticipated February commencement date.

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

The Authority is seeking a suitably qualified

The Authority is seeking a suitably qualified and experienced Service Supplier to deliver high quality, compliant and customer focused Revenue Collection and Benefits Administration Services from 1 October 2027.

02

Fully managed Benefits Administration Service including Housing

Fully managed Benefits Administration Service including Housing Benefits, Council Tax Support and Discretionary schemes.

03

Customer services for Council Tax, Business Rates

Customer services for Council Tax, Business Rates, Housing Benefits, Council Tax Support, Discretionary Schemes and Free School Meals.

04

Exit and transition management support

Exit and transition management support.

Derived from the notice text — always confirm against the original documents.

What it takes to bid this

4580 daysof bid-team effort
£30.8k£54.8kat typical UK bid-team rates
Compressed window — start the same week

Typical UK bid effort for the £10m+ band — an estimate, not a quote.

Qualify & bid/no-bid ~10% · SQ / PQQ ~20% · Written response ~55% · Review & presentation ~15%

Stated in this notice

  • Plan for deliveryMobilisation period…the requirements for service delivery • Mobilisation of the service and system implementation • Ongoing service…

Typical for this category — confirm against the ITT pack

  • Show at bidComparable references / case studies
  • Hold at bidFinancial standing (accounts, often ~2× contract value turnover)
  • Hold at bidInsurance cover (PL / EL, often PI)
  • Show at bidSocial value commitments

Hold at bid = pass/fail conditions of participation. Show at bid = scored in the quality response. Plan for delivery = contract obligations from day one.

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Source & provenance
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0567b0
Stage
tender · Open
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
046460-2026
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