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Housing Benefit Assurance Process

Chelmsford City Council · award, contract

Tender information last checkedLast checked 4 Oct 2026, 00:41.

Opportunity overview

A provider to carry out the Councils housing Benefit assurance process covering a period of 4 years. This includes the financial years of: 2024/25, 2025/26, 2026/27 and 2027/28. Award via mini-competition using Lot 2 of the CCS RM6310 framework.

Awarded to

Amounts belong to published awards or contracts. Where several suppliers share one value, it is labelled as shared and is not a supplier-specific allocation.

GRANT THORNTON UK LLP

Matched by exact name
Contract value
£200k
Awarded
Not supplied
Contract signed
12 Dec 2025
Award ID
021017-2026-1
Status
active
Identifier
OC307742
Location
LONDON,, UKI, EC2M 7EA, United Kingdom

Classification

  • CPV66000000 — Financial and insurance services

Lots

  • Provider to carry out the Councils housing Benefit assurance process covering a period of 4 years. This includes the financial years of: 2024/25, 2025/26, 2026/27 and 2027/28. Awarded this via mini-competition using Lot 2 of the CCS RM6310 framework.Value not stated

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
ocds-h6vhtk-06659b
Status
complete
Main Procurement Category
services
Procurement Method
limited
Procurement Method Details
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Why this procedure was chosen
Awarded via CCS framework RM6310

Legal basis

Id
32014L0024
Scheme
CELEX

Classification

Scheme
CPV
Id
66000000
Description
Financial and insurance services

Covered By

GPA

Procedure reasons

Entry 1
Scheme
TED_PT_AWARD_CONTRACT_WITHOUT_CALL
Id
D_OUTSIDE_SCOPE
Description
The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Description
Provider to carry out the Councils housing Benefit assurance process covering a period of 4 years. This includes the financial years of: 2024/25, 2025/26, 2026/27 and 2027/28. Awarded this via mini-competition using Lot 2 of the CCS RM6310 framework.
Has Options
No
Status
cancelled

Award criteria

Criteria

Criterion 1
Name
Staff & Personnel
Type
quality
Description
20
Criterion 2
Name
Methodology
Type
quality
Description
20
Criterion 3
Name
Project Plan
Type
quality
Description
20
Criterion 4
Name
Cost
Type
cost
Description
40

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKH3

Delivery Location

Description
Essex

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Name
Chelmsford City Council
Id
GB-FTS-26132

Identifier

Legal Name
Chelmsford City Council

Address

Street Address
Civic Centre, Duke Street
Locality
Chelmsford
Region
UKH3
Postal Code
CM1 1JE
Country Name
United Kingdom

Contact

Name
Emma Till
Telephone
+44 1245606606

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
TED_CA_TYPE
Id
REGIONAL_AUTHORITY
Description
Regional or local authority
Entry 2
Scheme
COFOG
Id
01
Description
General public services
Organisation 2
Name
GRANT THORNTON UK LLP
Id
GB-FTS-176651

Identifier

Legal Name
GRANT THORNTON UK LLP
Id
OC307742

Address

Street Address
8 FINSBURY CIRCUS
Locality
LONDON,
Region
UKI
Postal Code
EC2M 7EA
Country Name
United Kingdom

Roles

supplier

Details

Scale
large
Organisation 3
Name
Chelmsford City Council
Id
GB-FTS-26133

Identifier

Legal Name
Chelmsford City Council

Address

Street Address
Civic Centre
Locality
Chelmsford
Postal Code
CM1 1JE
Country Name
United Kingdom

Contact

Telephone
+44 1245606606

Roles

reviewBody

Award information

Award 1
Id
021017-2026-1
Status
active

Related lots

1

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-FTS-176651
Name
GRANT THORNTON UK LLP

Contracts and changes

Entry 1
Id
021017-2026-1
Award ID
021017-2026-1
Status
active
Date Signed
12 Dec 2025, 00:00

Value

Amount
200,000
Currency
GBP

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Chelmsford · UKH3 · CM1 1JE · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKH3

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
  1. 021017-2026award, contract ·