# Soft Market Test - Annual Billing

> Pre-procurement notice from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Herefordshire Council](/buyers/herefordshire-council/contract-awards)
- Published: 29 November 2022
- Stage: pre_procurement
- Notice ID: 79619642-8003-4c49-88e7-4f0ce35105b7-594208
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-d5779baa-04ec-4aee-aef6-c3729a9d7883

## Description

Hoople Ltd is a private limited company with public sector shareholders namely Herefordshire Council and Wye Valley NHS Trust\. Within the organisation there is a Revenues & Benefits team whose primary duties consist of the administration of all council tax and business rates billing and recovery, the administration of council tax reduction and housing benefits and the administration and collection of sundry debt on behalf of Hoople and Herefordshire council\. In order for the Revenues & Benefits Team to conduct the above functionality, an annual billing process must take place in March of each year to issue the new council tax and business rates bills and new award letters for housing benefit & council tax reduction\. The printing of these bills/letters is currently outsourced, a specific client base and activity data IT solution is required\. Hoople are interested in exploring the market to establish if other companies are in a position to provide a more competitive quote for the services Additional information: Hoople Ltd has published this opportunity on the 'Supplying the Southwest Portal'\. To view the tender documentation related to this opportunity you will need to register on the portal, if you are not already register with Procontract, and express an interest in the opportunity\. To Register with Supplying the Southwest Portal \(Procontract\) click on the link below or copy and paste the link into your browser address bar; https://www\.supplyingthesouthwest\.org\.uk

## Related contract awards

- [Social care and education support and financial system](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-9a8e8953-a3b5-4cbf-95f7-18f0bf6706c3): Herefordshire Council
- [Renovation of Three Bedroom Flat](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-c26c1e3a-6acd-471d-a4f2-d95569033c92): Herefordshire Council
- [Contract Award for School Budget Software](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-e64a3195-52cc-4cd9-8b9b-f4767fe95b46): Herefordshire Council

## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/79619642-8003-4c49-88e7-4f0ce35105b7-594208)