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title: "East Sussex Welfare Benefits Service NHS/SOEPS/21.823 RFI"
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# East Sussex Welfare Benefits Service NHS/SOEPS/21.823 RFI

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/east-sussex-welfare-benefits-service-nhs-soeps-21-823-rfi-ocds-h6vhtk-02edb5). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** NHS East Sussex CCG: "East Sussex Welfare Benefits Service NHS/SOEPS/21.823 RFI". Published status: planned. Planned Pipeline Value: £2,000,000. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNED (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [NHS East Sussex CCG](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/nhs-east-sussex-ccg-GB-FTS-32009)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** £2,000,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Health and social work services
- **Delivery Location:** UKJ2
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-02edb5`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/east-sussex-welfare-benefits-service-nhs-soeps-21-823-rfi-ocds-h6vhtk-02edb5#tl-md)

## Description
East Sussex CCG is reprocuring the East Sussex Welfare Benefits Service.
The contract for this service was originally set up by East Sussex County Council in 2013 to deliver a welfare reform phone helpline. The service was then developed further to offer specialist welfare benefits advice. This current service delivery model and contract have been in place since April 2016. 
The NHS contract ending on the 30th of September 2022 has had the service specification updated. 
The current contract arrangement has a contract arrangement with a single provider who sub-contract to three advice sector partners to deliver the service.
It is anticipated that the service would be offered for tender under a standard NHS contract for a period of 3 or 4 years commencing on the 1st October 2022 with option to extend for a maximum of a further one or two years.
The purpose of this RFI is to gauge market interest and feedback via the RFI response form for the provision of the East Sussex Welfare Benefits Service and provide the CCGs with valuable information to help update and improve the current service specification.
If you would like to discuss any aspects of the requirements, please send a portal message suggesting a date/time for a telephone conversation 
Please return the questionnaire as fully as you can via the e-tendering portal by 5pm Friday 5th November 2021.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planned

- **Delivery regions:** UKJ

- **Description:** East Sussex CCG is reprocuring the East Sussex Welfare Benefits Service .
The contract for this service was originally set up by East Sussex County Council in 2013 to deliver a welfare reform phone helpline. The service was then developed further to ...

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F026184-2021)
- **Last Source Update:** 2021-10-19T17:13:52.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T14:51:31.536Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-02edb5