Decision Maker: Cabinet Member - Finance and Corporate Resources
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: Yes
Is subject to call in?: No
To extend the Council's current working
arrangements with Marston’s Holdings Limited. and Rundle Co.
Ltd. for 7 months (from the 1st November 2022 to the 31st May
2023). The contracts will require modification as the current
contracts finish on 31st October 2022.
RESOLVED - That:To award a 7-month extension
to the current working arrangements to allow the Revenues Service
to develop a new 3-year contract based on an optimal balance
between in-house and external enforcement.
Option 1 - To vary and extend the current
working arrangements for 7 months at the current cost of £nil
per annum. This will allow the Revenues service to develop the
optimal scope of any new external service and commission a new
3-year contract accordingly.
Option 2 - To do nothing and let the contract lapse. However, it is
a statutory obligation for the Council to collect unpaid Council
Tax and Business Rates and the in-house resource may be
insufficient to maintain current levels of Council Tax and Business
Rates collection and arrears recovery. If there was no contract in
place the Council would be almost certainly required to commission
external enforcement services outside of Local Authority
procurement rules in order to meet collection targets and ensure
the financial resilience of the Council.
Option 2
Other reasons / organisations consulted
Consultation with finance, procurement and
legal officers.
Contact: Anne Ryans, Director of Finance Email: anne.ryans@oldham.gov.uk.
Publication date: 27/09/2022
Date of decision: 31/08/2022
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