Contract awardedBailiffs

Enforcement Agent Services

Liverpool City Council
Open procedure
1 April 2025 to 31 March 2028

Provision of enforcement agent services for the recovery of various debt types including council tax, business rates, commercial rent, housing benefit overpayments, social care charges, and parking fines. The contract operates on a concession basis with no guaranteed volumes of referred cases throughout the term.

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Awarded value: £9.5m; As published
Published: 30 October 2024
Awarded: 20 March 2025; CDER Group, Newlyn, Bristow & Sutor and 1 more
Contract length: 36 months; Ends 31 March 2028

What the contract covers

Concession contract

Provision of professional debt collection and enforcement agent services for local government authorities, covering council tax, business rates, and parking fines.

Collect and enforce Council Tax debts
Collect and enforce Non-Domestic Rates (Business Rates) debts
Collect and enforce levies imposed by Business Improvement Districts (BIDs)
Collect and enforce Commercial Rent debts
Collect and enforce Housing Benefit Overpayment debts
Collect and enforce Social Care Charging debts
Collect and enforce Parking Fines
Collect and enforce Sundry debts

Terms and requirements

Contract type: Concession contract
Procedure: Open procedure
Initial term: 36 months
Contract dates: 1 April 2025 to 31 March 2028
Certifications asked for: None stated
Suitable for SMEs: Not stated
Category: Services
CPV codes: 79940000

Services in this contract

Enforcement agent servicesMain service£1.1m typicalEnforcement agent concession for council debts

Lifecycle

Published
30 October 2024
Contract awardedto CDER Group, Newlyn, Bristow & Sutor and 1 more
20 March 2025
Contract starts
1 April 2025
Contract ends
31 March 2028

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Liverpool City Council

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CDER Group

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Newlyn

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Cite this contract

Link: https://bidskim.com/tender/210754/enforcement-agent-services
Buyer reference: LPOOL001-DN724610-68666238
Open contracting ID: ocds-b5fd17-a9521a13-445b-42b4-a103-a3ff68b591d4
Last checked: 5 November 2026

Liverpool City Council. Enforcement Agent Services. Contract award, 30 October 2024. BidSkim, https://bidskim.com/tender/210754/enforcement-agent-services (accessed 5 November 2026).