Birmingham City Council wishes to establish a contract for the provision of a service to Maximise Business Rate Retention. This contract is for Birmingham City Council only.

This work had 4 key objectives:

— To identify any non-domestic properties that are not assessed for Business Rates,

— To identify any non-domestic properties that are under-assessed due to, for example, alterations made to the property that are not reflected in its current assessment,

— To report these to the Valuation Office Agency and monitor to ensure they are reflected in the rating list,

— To subsequently record and monitor the additional Business Rates income achieved as a result of the rateable value change,

The Framework will be for up to a maximum of 4 years.

— To identify any non-domestic properties that are not assessed for Business Rates,

— To identify any non-domestic properties that are under-assessed due to, for example, alterations made to the property that are not reflected in its current assessment,

— To report these to the Valuation Office Agency and monitor to ensure they are reflected in the rating list,

— To subsequently record and monitor the additional Business Rates income achieved as a result of the rateable value change.