Official UK procurement notice
National Framework Agreement for Financial Services
Authority: Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (Central government)·Consortium: 3 public authorities
What is being bought7 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionThe Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust's Commercial Procurement Service seeks to introduce a Framework Agreement which will allow UK public sector bodies to procure a range of financial services.
Proposed framework:
Lot 1 – Outsourced Financial Services
Lot 2 – Accounts Payable Review Service
Lot 3 – VAT Review Service
Lot 4 – Total Spend Analysis
Lot 5 – Continuing Healthcare Invoice Validation
Lot 6 – Private Patients Optimisation Service
Lot 7 – Telecommunications Review Service
Tenders may be submitted for one or more Lots.
CPV: Administrative healthcare services · Financial and insurance services · Telecommunication consultancy services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Bids received
- 2 bids on the busiest of 7 lots · 4 suppliers appointed
Lots and requirements (7)Procurement structure
7 lots · no lot values published · evaluation weights differ by lotLot #1Outsourced Financial ServicesAwarded
The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust's CommercialProcurement Service seeks to introduce a Framework Agreement which will allowUK public sector bodies to procure a range of financial services.
Proposed framework:
Lot 1 - Outsourced Financial Services
Lot 2 - Accounts Payable Review Service
Lot 3 - VAT Review Service
Lot 4 - Total Spend Analysis
Lot 5 - Continuing Healthcare Invoice Validation
Lot 6 - Private Patients Optimisation Service
Lot 7 - Telecommunications Review Service
Tenders may be submitted for one or more Lots.
Lot #2Accounts Payable Review ServiceAwarded
Lot 2 concerns the provision of an Accounts Payable Review Service. Suppliers will offer an end to end service to identify and recover savings by interrogating Accounts Payable related transactional information.
Lot #3VAT Review ServiceAwarded
Lot 3 concerns the provision of a VAT Review Service, on either an annual, or ongoing
monthly or quarterly basis. Suppliers will identify additional VAT recovery and check over paid/under declared VAT, prior to the annual HMRC deadline, to avoid legitimate VAT recovery being lost.
Lot #4Total Spend AnalysisAwarded
Lot 4 concerns the provision of a Total Spend Analysis service, providing a comprehensive analysis of non-pay spend and analysis of transactions from financial and other systems.
Lot #5Continuing Healthcare Invoice ValidationAwarded
Lot 5 concerns the provision of a Continuing Healthcare Invoice Validation service,
identifying and recovering overcharges and overpayments from Continuing Healthcare
(CHC) suppliers.
Lot #6Privtae Patients Optimisation ServiceAwarded
Lot 6 concerns the provision of a Private Patients Optimisation Service, including data
validation, consultancy services, clinical coding support and commercial support to create a robust private patient unit.
Lot #7Telecommunications Review ServiceAwarded
Lot 7 concerns the provision of a Telecommunications Review Service. Suppliers will review spend on telecommunications in detail and provide advice on implementing new strategies in order to reduce spend, increase value for money on existing contracts and support with the delivery of savings.
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Lots publish different evaluation splits; there is no single procedure weighting.
| Lot | Quality | Price | Social value | Split |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · Outsourced Financial Services | 70% | 20% | 10% | |
| 2 · Accounts Payable Review Service | 70% | 20% | 10% | |
| 3 · VAT Review Service | 70% | 20% | 10% | |
| 4 · Total Spend Analysis | 70% | 20% | 10% | |
| 5 · Continuing Healthcare Invoice Validation | 70% | 20% | 10% | |
| 6 · Privtae Patients Optimisation Service | 70% | 20% | 10% | |
| 7 · Telecommunications Review Service | 70% | 20% | 10% |
- Price carries 20 points on every lot: a 10% discount moves about 2 points.
- “National Framework Agreement for Financial Services” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 14 Jul 2022, 16:11 BST
- Last source update
- 8 Oct 2026, 14:27 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 22 Aug 2022 – …
- Authority reference
F/049/FIN/22/AB- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-095263- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03521fFind a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
Publisher note: How to express interest and bid for this opportunity 1) Browse to the esourcing portal https://www.nhssourcing.co.uk and click on view current opportunities; 2) Select the title of the ITT. 3) Review the ITT, framework agreement specification, prerequisites and list of eligible users(you may do this without registering). 4) Register your organisation on the eSourcing portal (this is only required once). 5) Accept the portal terms and conditions and click ‘continue’, enter your organisation and user details; note the username you chose and click ‘Save’ when complete; you will shortly receive an e-mail with your unique password (please keep this secure) 6) Login to the portal with the username/password. 7) Click the ‘PQQs/ITTs Open To All Suppliers’ link (These are pre-qualification questionnaires or invitations to tender open to any registered supplier). 8) Click on the relevant PQQ/ITT to access the content. 9) Click the ‘Express Interest’ button at the top of the page. This will move the PQQ/ITT into your ‘My PQQs/My ITTs’ page (This is a secure area reserved for your projects only). You can now access any attachments by clicking ‘Buyer Attachments’ in the ‘PQQ/ITT Details’ box. 10) Responding to the ITT. Click ‘My Response’ under ‘PQQ/ITT Details’, you can choose to ‘Create Response’ or to ‘Decline to Respond’ (please give a reason if declining). You can now use the messages function to communicate with the buyer and seek any clarification. Note the deadline for completion, then follow the on-screen instructions to complete the ITT There may be a mixture of online and offline actions for you to perform (there is detailed online help available). You must then submit your reply using the ‘Submit Response’ button at the top of the page. If you require any further assistance please consult the online help or contact the eTendering help desk.
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 8 Sept 2022, 14:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 90 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 22 Aug 2022, 09:00 BST
Timeline
22 Aug 2022 → 8 Oct 2026 · 3 dates- Bids opened22 Aug 2022, 09:00 BST
- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown8 Sept 2022, 14:00 BST
- Notice published16 days ago8 Oct 2026, 14:27 BST
Notice history
3 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 15 Aug 2022- Deadline moved to 8 Sept 2022, 14:00 BST15 Aug 2022, 15:42 BST+21 days · was 18 Aug 2022, 14:00 BST
- Status changed to complete15 Nov 2022, 19:28 GMT
- Buyer details updated8 Oct 2026, 14:27 BST
Published amendments (1 · 1 deadline change)
| When | What | Before | After | Shift |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | DeadlineIV.2.2 | 18 Aug 2022 | 8 Sept 2022 | +21 d |
| — | Bid openingIV.2.7 | 22 Aug 2022 | 12 Sept 2022 | +21 d |
1 amendment published without a description.
Routine re-releases (4)
- 2022-07: 1 release · 14 Jul 2022
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast13 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
All 12 of these contracts carry the same published figure, £1, the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each contract's own value. They are not eleven separate sums.
Outsourced Financial Services
- Signed
- 15 Nov 2022
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Private Patients Optimisation Service
- Signed
- 15 Nov 2022
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Telecommunications Review Service
- Signed
- 15 Nov 2022
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Telecommunications Review Service
- Signed
- 15 Nov 2022
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Outsourced Financial Services
- Signed
- 15 Nov 2022
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Accounts Payable Review Service
- Signed
- 15 Nov 2022
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Accounts Payable Review Service
- Signed
- 15 Nov 2022
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
VAT Review Service
- Signed
- 15 Nov 2022
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Total Spend Analysis
- Signed
- 15 Nov 2022
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Total Spend Analysis
- Signed
- 15 Nov 2022
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Continuing Healthcare Invoice Validation
- Signed
- 15 Nov 2022
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Continuing Healthcare Invoice Validation
- Signed
- 15 Nov 2022
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Contract 095263-2026-1-1
- Signed
- 15 Nov 2022
- Value
- £50,000,000
- Status
- active
- Change The framework agreement is being extended by six months. The modification does not materially alter the scope of nature of the existing contract. PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP have withdrawn from the framework agreement., Need for modification brought about by circumstances which a diligent contracting authority/entity could not foresee: This extension is required to ensure continuity for users to conclude procurements, as otherwise they would suffer significant inconvenience. All of the conditions of Regulation 72 (1) (c) of the Public Contracts Regulations are met.
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · Outsourced Financial Services | 2bids | — | — | — |
| 2 · Accounts Payable Review Service | 2bids | — | — | — |
| 3 · VAT Review Service | 2bids | — | — | — |
| 4 · Total Spend Analysis | 2bids | — | — | — |
| 5 · Continuing Healthcare Invoice Validation | 2bids | — | — | — |
| 6 · Privtae Patients Optimisation Service | 1bids | — | — | — |
| 7 · Telecommunications Review Service | 2bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- See www.nhssourcing.co.uk for eligible usersContracting authority
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Royal Courts of JusticeReview body
Framework contractors & participating bidders
5 commercial parties on the notice- Awarded suppliers are stated in the original F03 notice 2022/S 000-032443Framework contractor
- ELFS Shared ServicesFramework contractor
- Liaison Financial Services LtdFramework contractor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLPFramework contractor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLPFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria