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title: "Flexible Benefits Platform (including Brokering Service) and Employee Reward & Recognition Platform"
url: "https://tenderline.uk/tenders/flexible-benefits-platform-including-brokering-service-and-employee-reward-recognition-pla-ocds-h6vhtk-06023a"
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# Flexible Benefits Platform (including Brokering Service) and Employee Reward & Recognition Platform

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/flexible-benefits-platform-including-brokering-service-and-employee-reward-recognition-pla-ocds-h6vhtk-06023a). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** NATIONAL ENERGY SYSTEM OPERATOR LIMITED: "Flexible Benefits Platform (including Brokering Service) and Employee Reward & Recognition Platform". Published status: planned. Planned Pipeline Value: £13,180,000. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNED (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [NATIONAL ENERGY SYSTEM OPERATOR LIMITED](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/national-energy-system-operator-limited-gov-pc1425)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** £13,180,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Competitive flexible procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Business transaction and personal business software package, Miscellaneous business and business-related services, Miscellaneous services
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 3 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/flexible-benefits-platform-including-brokering-service-and-employee-reward-recognition-pla-ocds-h6vhtk-06023a#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-06023a`

## 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/flexible-benefits-platform-including-brokering-service-and-employee-reward-recognition-pla-ocds-h6vhtk-06023a#tl-md)

## Description
The National Energy System Operator (NESO) is an independent, public corporation at the centre of the energy system  with a view to create  access to reliable, clean and affordable energy in the UK.
Following its transition into public ownership, NESO is seeking to appoint a provider(s) to provide for the  People function a reward and benefit software as a service platform solution for their 2,800 primarily UK based employees.
Lot 1 Flexible Benefits Platform and brokering service
(Estimated spend £7681779 of which 52% is pass through spend to benefit providers)
Lot 2 Employee Reward & Recognition Platform
(Estimated spend £5498319)
NESO is exploring competitive options via public sector frameworks and is therefore starting the process as a PA23  engagement  to get market insight.  We are releasing the Pre Market Engagement questionnaire which will help us validate the strategy at Gate 0 and to understand what the market is able to offer.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planned
- **CPV codes:** 48400000, 79900000, 98300000
- **Delivery regions:** UK
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB

- **Contract Period:** 31/10/2026 to 30/10/2030
- **Renewal published:** yes

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F004650-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-01-20T10:15:09.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T05:05:28.527Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-06023a