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Derby Homes Ltd

GB-Derby: Provision of Former Tenant Arrears and Sundry Debt Collection for Derby Homes

Business ServicesCPV 79940000
Value£32k
Awarded24 Nov 2016
Published4 Jan 2017
RegionEast Midlands
Outcome — awarded

This is a contract result notice, not an open opportunity. Details from the official award data.

Contract value in context
£32ktotal contract value
median £66k
this tender£0£1.6m

This sits in the lower-middle of the Business Services band — a mid-scale opportunity. Based on 57,319 valued Business Services tenders in our corpus.

The brief

Derby Homes is an Arm's Length Management organisation owned by Derby City Council.

Derby Homes manage and maintain a portfolio of domestic housing stock currently standing at around 13,200 dwellings.

These properties are owned by a number of different clients.

Derby Homes has a policy of increasing its portfolio wherever it is able to do so.

Both Derby Homes and Derby City Council have a goal of delivering a high quality housing service for Derby.

Former Tenant Arrears- Sundry Debt Former tenants can owe money for a variety of reasons such as Rent Arrears, Rechargeable Repairs and Court Costs.

Derby Homes is responsible for attempting to collect these debts where possible and if unsuccessful, referring the same to a professional organisation who work in this area for collection.

We currently have around 2.5 million outstanding and expect a year on year increase of 400,000 Within the period of this contract Current tenant's debts may also be referred.

Invoice Debts Derby Homes is also responsible for pursuing and recovering debt for invoices raised to organisations and individuals for external debt which is entirely separate to former tenant arrears.

These debts may comprise a variety of non-payments The total cost of external debt owed to Derby Homes stands at £80k.

Of this, around £10k may need referring to a Debt Recovery Agency.

This must first be reviewed on a case by case situation following consultation with the invoice originator.

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

Derby Homes manage and maintain a portfolio

Derby Homes manage and maintain a portfolio of domestic housing stock currently standing at around 13,200 dwellings.

02

Derby Homes has a policy of increasing

Derby Homes has a policy of increasing its portfolio wherever it is able to do so.

03

Derby Homes is responsible for attempting

Derby Homes is responsible for attempting to collect these debts where possible and if unsuccessful, referring the same to a professional organisation who work in this area for collection.

04

Derby Homes is also responsible for pursuing

Derby Homes is also responsible for pursuing and recovering debt for invoices raised to organisations and individuals for external debt which is entirely separate to former tenant arrears.

05

This must first be reviewed on

This must first be reviewed on a case by case situation following consultation with the invoice originator.

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

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Source & provenance
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Stage
contract · Contract
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