VTN - Contract for Potentially Fraudulent COVID Loan Application Investigation (open cases)
Reference ocds-b5fd17-84b5ce38-7189-4ce0-8582-8089551dc61e · DEPARTMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL TRADE
Closed. Submission deadline: 7 January 2025. Estimated value: £45,000,000.
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Following a Request for Proposal, Submission, Review and Negotiation DBT intends to direct award a contract to NATIS (The National Investigation Service) to continue to deliver an enforcement function for DBT in relation to Bounce Back Loans. During the Covid-19 pandemic, DBT (formerly BEIS) guaranteed ~£46bn through the Bounce Back Loan Scheme (BBLS) via the British Business Bank. Ministers are keen to see action taken to recover the fraudulently taken loans. Natis currently provide the service and DBT is looking to award a new contract from expiry of the current one 31st March 2025 to NATIS to ensure continuation of the services in respect of cases which are already open. This contract will not include submitting new cases to NATIS. Options in respect of new cases or cases where investigations have not yet begun are being considered by DBT. The requirement covered by the new contract will be for 3 further years activity (plus 3 options of 6 month consecutive extensions). There are 169 open cases, some of which include Serious Organised Crime (SOC). DBT requires NATIS to continue with the existing caseload and recover funds that have been fraudulently obtained in the BB…
Official publications
| Medium | Reference | Date |
|---|---|---|
| FTS | 23b77a9c-6a7c-4708-bcd6-46b386780d49-809658 | 10 December 2024 |
| Contracts Finder | 23b77a9c-6a7c-4708-bcd6-46b386780d49-809658 | 10 December 2024 |
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