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Civil news: HPCDS and Housing and Debt opportunity

Expressions of interest welcome to deliver Housing Possession Court Duty Scheme (HPCDS) services in five areas and Housing and Debt Contract Work in Cheshire.

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Deadline for expressions of interest in delivering this service has now expired.

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We are inviting expressions of interest from 2018 Standard Civil Contract holders currently delivering housing and debt services to deliver services in the following HPCDS, starting as soon as possible:

  • Cambridge
  • Chester and Crewe
  • Sunderland
  • Stockport
  • Hull (delivery of services at Hull to start from 1 November 2021)

This is for the delivery of the HPCDS services until 30 September 2022.

This opportunity is open to all 2018 Standard Civil Contract holders currently delivering housing and debt services and is not limited to current HPCDS providers.

We are also inviting expressions of interest to deliver Housing and Debt contract work in the Cheshire procurement area until 31 August 2022. This opportunity to deliver Housing and Debt services is open to all holders of the 2018 Standard Civil Contract and is not limited to current housing and debt providers.

There is no limit to the number of contracts that can be awarded to deliver Housing and Debt services in Cheshire.

There is no limit to the number of providers that may be successful in applying to deliver Housing and Debt services in Cheshire. However, for the Chester and Crewe HPCDS we will give preference to an organisation who expresses an interest in delivering both Chester and Crewe HPCDS and Housing and Debt Services in the Cheshire Procurement Area. Organisations can chose to apply to deliver either one or both of the two services.

How to apply

You can apply to deliver this service by downloading and completing the relevant expression of interest document from our civil tenders’ page on GOV.UK – see below.

Organisations interested in delivering this service must complete and return the relevant expression of interest document by the deadline of 5pm on Thursday 9 September 2021.

Further information

civil.contracts@justice.gov.uk – to return the expression of interest document

Civil tender activity 2021 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) – to find out more and download documents

Published 26 August 2021