News from Southwark Council – Revs & Bens: Back in House

Revs & Bens: Back in House

On 29th September Southwark Council Executive Committee voted to bring Revs& Bens back in house.

Some quotes from the report:

“Lack of direct control on the part of the Council, leading to slow and reluctant responses to Council-led initiatives to improve the service for the people of Southwark.”

“The main benefits of bringing the service in-house are:

  • “the authority can directly implement new initiatives and methods of working for service improvement quickly and without the need for contract variation.
  • “the authority is able to build more robust relationships with key departments and external stakeholders.
  • “Bringing the service back in-house will eliminate a major 3rd party interface.”
  • “the authority can have direct day to day management of the service and speed of making decisions and implementing change will be quicker.”

To view the full report click here

http://moderngov.southwarksites.com/Published/C00000118/M00002832/AI00002969/$Gateway1ProcurementStrategyApprovalProvisionofRevenuesandBenefitBackofficeservice.docA.ps.pdf