Bid number (for EG use) | |
Lead bidder | West Dunbartonshire Council Lynn Bradley
01389 737191
Lynn.Bradley@west-dunbarton.gov.uk |
Brief description of the aims of the project | The project's aim is to set up a shared service for the collection of non domestic rates for the councils participating in the Clyde Valley Forum. A central location would be used for all non-domestic rates collection and the individual councils would be charged a set fee for the service provided. At present the collection costs, based on published PIs, vary from £10.82 (East Dunbartonshire) to £53.75 (East Renfrewshire) , the shared service would result in reduced collection costs for all councils. |
Clear description of what the EGF money would be used to buy | The EGF money would be used in the following areas : - The project team ie staffing, admin overheads including the costs of a project team base and project team furniture and equipment
- Backfilling posts where staff are seconded to the implementation team
- Specialist consultants to provide training and skills support to the project team
- Establishing the shared service centre eg premises, computer equipment and software
- Retraining for displaced staff.
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Partners to the project likely to commit resources | The Clyde Valley Forum includes the following councils: East Dunbartonshire; East Renfrewshire; Glasgow City; Inverclyde; North Lanarkshire; Renfrewshire; South Lanarkshire; West Dunbartonshire. |
Names of other organisations with whom the project has been discussed (to assist the introductions process) | The Edinburgh consortium (City of Edinburgh, East Lothian, Mid Lothian, West Lothian, Scottish Borders and Fife) |
Evidence that suggested approach has been deployed successfully elsewhere | Shared service centres have been used successfully elsewhere but this will be the first venture of its kind for the Forum. |
Are there any restrictions to potential for enlargement of the project ( i.e. technology, number of partners etc) | Once implemented, technology may be a constraint to expansion, but there are no restrictions at this stage and the centre could be configured to allow for growth. |
Benefits projected from the project | |
Estimated financial projections | Total | 2005/6 | 2006/7 | 2007/8 | 2008/9 |
Overall project cost | 0.670 | 0.223 | 0.447 | 0 | 0 |
Estimated projected benefits | 5.175 | 0 | 1.035 | 2.070 | 2.070 |
Is a pilot required - see guidance notes | No |
Additionality: why is EG funding required | Without support from the EG Fund, the Forum members will not be able to afford to implement this project. |
Is this project complementary in anyway to other EG work | The Clyde Valley Forum is collaborating on a procurement based bid to the EGF. |
Is "stage 2 development funding" requested? | Yes, see attached. |