# Provision of risk based verification services \(RBVS\)

> Tender notice from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Medway Council](/buyers/medway-council/contract-awards)
- Tender value: £42,000
- Published: 5 January 2018
- Planned start: 1 April 2018
- Planned end: 31 October 2023
- Stage: open_tender
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 937fa69e-c013-4053-b7c8-ef5e5be3a55b-189728
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-823f3806-7e21-4fe8-9422-496321ad7bab

## Description

Medway Council is to introduce risk based verification to the processing of new claims for housing benefit and the localised council tax reduction scheme\. In order to facilitate this, it is looking to procure an IT system that can assist in the task and meet the following requirements: It must: 1\. Be fully compliant with DWP's HB/CTB S11/2011 circular guidance 2\. Be available through the Council's e-form package supplied by Victoria Forms\. 3\. Be available through the Council's Govtech eCAPTURE software 4\. Provide an individual risk rating for all new claims, based on the likelihood of it being fraudulent or erroneous\. 5\. Reduce the cost of verifying low risk claims 6\. Improve the time taken to process new claims 7\. Reduce fraud and error 8\. Provide detailed Management Information to enable performance to be monitored

## Related contract awards

- [Provision of an Assessment Bed Service](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-ba0939b7-7217-424e-a0b0-a8389c878280): Medway Council
- [GB-Chatham: TPPL Medway Council NEPO HGV Lot 2 - 46 x RCVs \(20302\)](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-a2798e0b-29e9-4468-acdb-83f45e70bd05): Medway Council
- [Support to Live at Home Services](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-01b96ec3-ee75-4b2c-8587-22f34534e3cb): Medway Council

## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/937fa69e-c013-4053-b7c8-ef5e5be3a55b-189728)