Public Contracts Scotland

CT1542 Sheriff Officer Services

The City of Edinburgh Council

Awarded
services
Framework agreement
Scotland
2 lots

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Key details

Contracting authority
Region
Edinburgh, City of
Contract value
£1,750,000ex VAT
Submissions closed
2 October 2025
Published
31 August 2025

Procurement

Submission method
Electronic Submission
Procedure type
Open procedure
CPV classifications
  • 79940000 Collection agency services
  • 75242110 Bailiff services

What happened

The City of Edinburgh Council awarded this contract to Scott & Co (Scotland) LLP worth £1,050,000 on 19 Dec 2025.

Description

The City of Edinburgh Council (the Council) is seeking to establish a Framework Agreement for the provision of Sheriff Officer Services. This service recovers funds from debt streams including unpaid Council Tax, Business Rates, Housing Benefit Overpayments, Parking Fines and Sundry Debt.

Full description

The City of Edinburgh Council (the Council) is seeking to establish a Framework Agreement for the provision of Sheriff Officer Services. This service recovers funds from debt streams including unpaid Council Tax, Business Rates, Housing Benefit Overpayments, Parking Fines and Sundry Debt.

The Provider for Lot 2 shall receive cases from the Council where the collection and recovery efforts of the Lot 1 Provider have been unsuccessful. If a customer's case has been passed to the Lot 2 Provider and a new debt arises from the same customer, this debt will also be passed to the Lot 2 Provider for consistency and to ensure the case is dealt with in its entirety.

Additional information

Please see tender documentation for further information.

The buyer is using PCS-Tender to conduct this ITT exercise. The Project code is 29530. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2343

Community benefits are included in this requirement. For more information see: https://www.gov.scot/policies/public-sector-procurement/community-benefits-in-procurement/

A summary of the expected community benefits has been provided as follows:

Please see document entitled CT1542 Community Benefits Guidance.

Awarded supplier

Supplier
Scott & Co (Scotland) LLP
Award value
£1,050,000
Award date
19 December 2025

Contact

Address
Waverley Court, 4 East Market Street, Edinburgh, EH8 8BG
Contact name
Susan Lowrie

Bid documents

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Identifiers

Notice ID
rls-89-SEP538153
OCID
ocds-r6ebe6-0000783364

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