# CWC25130 - Debt Recovery and Management Systems Mini Competition \(NEPO Legal Services\)

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Wolverhampton City Council](/buyers/wolverhampton-city-council/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: Muckle LLP
- Award value: £400,000
- Tender value: £400,000
- Award date: 28 September 2026
- Published: 12 October 2026
- Contract start: 30 September 2026
- Contract end: 29 September 2028
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: d3af0dd4-d601-41b1-ae67-eca76ef4e17b-917349
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-8a9ded34-603b-482b-b65a-372c7f95fa8f

## Description

This contract is required to increase income collected in respect of debts where legal action is required to encourage payments, through procurement of an external provider\. There is a requirement for an external provider to undertake high volume and variety of debt for pre-legal and legal services, using appropriate software for data cleansing and enhanced recovery rates, as the capacity and systems are not currently present within the Council\. Once Enforcement Agents for Council Tax and Business Rates, or External Collection Agents for Sundry Debts have exhausted their attempts to collect amounts due to the council, debts will be referred to identify propensity to pay and then progress to individually authorised legal stages where appropriate or identified as irrecoverable for the Council to proceed to write of the debt\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/d3af0dd4-d601-41b1-ae67-eca76ef4e17b-917349)