--- title: "Open Banking CRA Learning Partner" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-e324f06c-9c5b-422e-9c4d-1552661fb6dc" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-e324f06c-9c5b-422e-9c4d-1552661fb6dc" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-e324f06c-9c5b-422e-9c4d-1552661fb6dc.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-e324f06c-9c5b-422e-9c4d-1552661fb6dc.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "MONEY AND PENSIONS SERVICE" published: "2019-08-27" --- # Open Banking CRA Learning Partner Buyer: MONEY AND PENSIONS SERVICE Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-b5fd17-e324f06c-9c5b-422e-9c4d-1552661fb6dc [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-e324f06c-9c5b-422e-9c4d-1552661fb6dc) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-e324f06c-9c5b-422e-9c4d-1552661fb6dc.json) ## Summary The Money and Pensions Service (MaPS) is currently in the planning stage of its procurement for the 'Open Banking CRA Learning Partner' project, with a budget of approximately £75,000. This tender is set to provide insights for the Pilot on Adviser Capacity and Efficiency (PACE) and is located in London, United Kingdom. The procurement method is a competitive quotation process, with the contract period proposed to commence on 1st October 2019 and ending on 1st January 2020. Bidders should note that the tender submission deadline is 12th September 2019, and further notifications will be published on 2nd September 2019. This tender presents significant opportunities for businesses specialising in open banking systems and credit reference agency services. Companies that are already operating in the financial consultancy and banking services sectors, particularly those providing related technologies, will find this opportunity particularly relevant. This is an excellent chance for SMEs and relevant stakeholders in the debt sector to engage with MaPS, address their learning objectives, and potentially partner in pioneering initiatives that could lead to future growth and expansion in the financial services market. ## Notice Background: The Money and Pensions Service (MaPS) is an arms length body of the Department of Works and Pension (DWP). It has brought together the Money Advice Service, The Pensions Advisory Service and Pension Wise. * We are funded through levies on the financial services industry * We give free, unbiased money and pensions guidance to help people make informed choices. * For people facing unmanageable debt, we help them access free, high-quality debt advice Opportunity: This is a prior information notice with future call for competition and its purpose is to make the market aware of the MaPS commissioning intentions. MaPS are seeking to competitively tender an opportunity for an Open Banking and Credit Reference Agency (CRA) Learning Partner to provide insight for our Pilot on Adviser Capacity and Efficiency (PACE). Through the test and learn phases of PACE we will be going through a series of proof of concept outside of the live customer environments and then UAT environments. The Potential Provider would be required to assist MaPS and our partners in the Debt Sector, with our learning objectives in the thematic areas of customer, data, compatibility, thought leadership and functionality. To further give guidance on legislative requirements, test routes to integrate with our systems and provide environments for customer trails. It is a pre requisite that the Potential Providers have CRA and Open Banking systems in place at the time of the call for competition. The indicative Tender value will be Circa PS50k to PS75k. Procurement: The service will be commissioned via an open procurement process, advertised to all providers. The formal call for competition will be published on Contracts Finder and be competed through the MaPS e-sourcing Bravo Portal. We recommend any current providers of similar services, providers who may be interested in providing this service in the future, or other stakeholders who may have an interest in providing this service to register on Contracts Finder and on the MaPS eProcurement portal Bravo for alerts, please see links below and follow the on screen options for supplier registration. https://maps.app.jaggaer.com/web/login.html Nature of Agreement: It is proposed that the terms and conditions of all the services, will reflect those contained in the Gov.uk Standard Short form contract. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/short-form-terms-and-conditions Proposed Period of Agreement: 3 months with the potential to extend Additional information: MaPS Published the formal call for competition on 24th August 2019 - Bidders interested in competing for this requirement are advised to follow the link to the published notice attached above. The tender submission deadline is 12th September 2019 ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/22dec65b-ca5b-4b33-b9b7-ef647d6445e7 | | Notice type | Planned Procurement Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Not specified | | Procurement method | Limited | | Procurement method details | Competitive quotation (below threshold) | | Tender suitability | SME | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Planning | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 27 Aug 2019 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 1 Sep 2019 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | 30 Sep 2019 - 1 Jan 2020 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £75,000 | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Planned | | Lots status | Not specified | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | MONEY AND PENSIONS SERVICE | | Locality | LONDON | | Post town | Central London | | Postcode | EC1N 2TD | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLI London | | ITL 2 | TLI3 Inner London - West | | ITL 3 | TLI36 Camden | | Local authority | Camden | | Electoral ward | Holborn & Covent Garden | | Westminster constituency | Holborn and St Pancras | | Delivery location | TLI London | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 66 - Financial and insurance services ### Codes - 66110000 - Banking services - 66171000 - Financial consultancy services - 66520000 - Pension services ## Release History - 27 Aug 2019 at 15:17 - Planning - Planned Procurement Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/22dec65b-ca5b-4b33-b9b7-ef647d6445e7 - 30 Jul 2019 at 15:18 - Planning - Planned Procurement Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/22dec65b-ca5b-4b33-b9b7-ef647d6445e7 - 25 Jul 2019 at 11:55 - Planning - Planned Procurement Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/22dec65b-ca5b-4b33-b9b7-ef647d6445e7 ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/22dec65b-ca5b-4b33-b9b7-ef647d6445e7 27th August 2019 - Future opportunity notice on Contracts Finder - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/0938485d-47f5-4a63-853e-f9e979772453?p=@FQxUlRRPT0=NjJNT08=U Link to formal call for competition publication ## Notice URLs - https://maps.app.jaggaer.com/web/login.html - https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/short-form-terms-and-conditions ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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