Expired contract

BDUK Debt Management Services

Details

Buyer: Department for Culture, Media & Sport
Supplier(s): INTEGRATED DEBT SERVICES LTD
Value: £500,000
Duration: 5 years
Topic: Collection agency services
Published: 2 June 2020
Source: uk:contracts_finder

Tender description

Within the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS), Building Digital UK (BDUK) support the government's commitment to deliver full-fibre roll-out across the UK through a large and varied portfolio of programmes and projects. The Gigabit Broadband Voucher Schemes (GBVS) is part of this portfolio and supports this objective by providing micro-grants to registered suppliers who have delivered eligible gigabit capable connections to voucher beneficiaries through the deployment of new fibre. Registered suppliers must adhere to the Scheme's Terms and Conditions and there are numerous processes in place to detect and address cases of non-compliance and fraud. The Scheme however remains at risk of not being able to recover funds from a supplier following a compliance investigation.

Timeline

Completed: Award date12 March 2020
Completed: Award published2 June 2020
Current notice
Completed: Contract expiry date11 March 2025

About the buyer

The Department for Culture, Media & Sport is a ministerial department for culture, media, sport and civil society, buying directly and through a network of arm's-length bodies. Arm's-length bodies such as Arts Council England, the British Museum and Sport England run their own contracts and purchasing separately from the department. Suppliers register on the Atamis DCMS Supplier Portal to bid for tenders. Larger opportunities are advertised on Find a Tender, with Contracts Finder used for lower-value competitions. Central framework arrangements from the Crown Commercial Service are used wherever possible and cost-effective.

Procurement spend from central entities makes up 66% of overall UK public spend.

Over the past 5 years, most of the Department for Culture, Media & Sport's contract awards have been in research and development, business services and IT services.

Relevant CPV codes

79940000 · Collection agency services

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

Job title	Phone number	Work email
Head of Procurement	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@department-for-culture-media-sport.gov
Commercial Director	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@department-for-culture-media-sport.gov
Procurement Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@department-for-culture-media-sport.gov
Category Lead	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@department-for-culture-media-sport.gov
Senior Buyer	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@department-for-culture-media-sport.gov
Contracts Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@department-for-culture-media-sport.gov