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title: "Health Systems Support Framework: Provision of Financial Wellbeing and Salary Advance Solutions"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-02a216"
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# Health Systems Support Framework: Provision of Financial Wellbeing and Salary Advance Solutions

Buyer: NHS ENGLAND  
Current stage: Tender  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-02a216

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## Summary

NHS England is currently managing a procurement process for the Health Systems Support Framework, titled "Health Systems Support Framework: Provision of Financial Wellbeing and Salary Advance Solutions." This initiative falls under the goods category, specifically within the software package and information systems industry. The procurement is at the active tender stage, with submissions due by 6th May 2021. The contract will span a duration of four years, and interested suppliers must register on the specified online portal to access the Invitation to Tender (ITT) documents and further information. The total value of this procurement opportunity is approximately £40 million.

This tender presents an excellent opportunity for businesses specialising in financial services, software development, and health technology. Companies offering innovative solutions in financial wellbeing, such as software for salary advance programmes, financial education services, or management platforms, would be well-positioned to compete. This framework is designed to enhance the financial education and management capabilities of health and care organisations across the UK, which could lead to long-term partnerships and growth in this vital sector.

## Notice

The Health Systems Support Framework (HSSF) was established to provide a mechanism for ICS and other health and social care organisations to access the support and services they need to transform how they deliver care. NHS England and Improvement have determined a requirement to expand the scope of the HSSF in order to provide access to workforce and HR solutions which can help to deliver the NHS Long Term Plan and NHS People Plan. The scope of the current opportunity is for Financial Wellbeing and Salary Advance solutions providing access to software and services that promote a fair and ethical approach to financial management with a focus on financial education and the provision of guidance to help employees reduce current debt. Further details, including a description of the services, is provided in the ITT documents available at the address above.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

NHS England and NHS Improvement are inviting suppliers to bid for accreditation to a new Service Line within the Workforce Service Category of the Health Systems Support Framework covering Financial Wellbeing and Salary Advance Solutions. This Service Line will provide access to software and services that promote the fair and ethical approach to financial management with a focus on financial education and the provision of guidance to help employees reduce current debt alongside any future use of high interest loans or other lending, this does not include the provision of credit products. Enabling Financial wellbeing requires an approach which includes employees ease of access to, education on financial management and to products that enable fairer access to money. Salary Advance Schemes are one option that can be used within a wider Financial Well Being offer. Solutions should include, but are not limited to: Advance, on demand access to earned but unpaid wages The delivery of financial education (promoting good financial management, advice helpline and online training sessions on subjects such as reducing debt, understanding interest rates, building up savings) or have links to a financial education support service (e.g. Money Advice Service) that can provide this range of offers Access to webpage(s) or app enabled services reading good financial management offer (for ease of use) Proactively work with trusts to provide "push messages" relevant to employees' needs (for example January messaging on resetting your finances) Provide employers utilisation dashboards and trend data for example illustrating how staff are using the product, what average draw down amounts are, frequency of use, total number of advances requested, monetary total of advances requested (by month etc) to enable trusts to monitor the use and impact of the product for their employees An interface with ESR (streamlined process to reduce admin procedures and to reduce timescales in-between submitting an advance request and receiving the money) or commitment to ESR interoperability within 12 months of accessing the framework

Renewal: The framework lot may be refreshed on its own or in line with the refresh of any other Service Lines within the scope of the HSSF in advance of the framework end date.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/006821-2021 |
| Notice type | Tender Notice |
| Procurement type | Framework |
| Procurement category | Goods |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Not specified |
| All stages | Tender |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 1 Apr 2021 |
| Submission deadline | 6 May 2021 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £40,000,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Active |
| Lots status | Active |
| Awards status | Not specified |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | NHS ENGLAND |
| Locality | LEEDS |
| Post town | Leeds |
| Postcode | LS2 7UE |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLE Yorkshire and The Humber |
| ITL 2 | TLE4 West Yorkshire |
| ITL 3 | TLE42 Leeds |
| Local authority | Leeds |
| Electoral ward | Little London & Woodhouse |
| Westminster constituency | Leeds Central and Headingley |
| Delivery location | TLE42 Leeds |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 48 - Software package and information systems
- 66 - Financial and insurance services
- 72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
- 79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
- 80 - Education and training services

### Codes

- 48000000 - Software package and information systems
- 48100000 - Industry specific software package
- 48190000 - Educational software package
- 48400000 - Business transaction and personal business software package
- 48422000 - Software package suites
- 48440000 - Financial analysis and accounting software package
- 48442000 - Financial systems software package
- 48812000 - Financial information systems
- 66171000 - Financial consultancy services
- 72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
- 72220000 - Systems and technical consultancy services
- 72224100 - System implementation planning services
- 72227000 - Software integration consultancy services
- 72250000 - System and support services
- 72260000 - Software-related services
- 72261000 - Software support services
- 72262000 - Software development services
- 79412000 - Financial management consultancy services
- 80420000 - E-learning services
- 80511000 - Staff training services
- 80520000 - Training facilities

## Release History

- 1 Apr 2021 at 11:42 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/006821-2021

## Notice URLs

- http://health.atamis.co.uk
- https://www.england.nhs.uk/
- https://www.england.nhs.uk//

## Provenance

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