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title: "National Framework Agreement for Financial Services"
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# National Framework Agreement for Financial Services

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/national-framework-agreement-for-financial-services-ocds-h6vhtk-03521f). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust: "National Framework Agreement for Financial Services". Published status: complete. Framework Ceiling: £50,000,000. 7 published lots. Recorded submission deadline: 8 Sept 2022, 14:00 BST. Published submission portal: www.nhssourcing.co.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/countess-of-chester-hospital-nhs-foundation-trust-nhs-rjr)
- **Framework Ceiling (notional):** £50,000,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 8 September 2022 at 14:00 BST
- **Lots:** 7
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Administrative healthcare services, Financial and insurance services, Telecommunication consultancy services
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/national-framework-agreement-for-financial-services-ocds-h6vhtk-03521f#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-03521f`

## Before you bid
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- **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/national-framework-agreement-for-financial-services-ocds-h6vhtk-03521f#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [nhssourcing.co.uk](/out?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nhssourcing.co.uk)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/national-framework-agreement-for-financial-services-ocds-h6vhtk-03521f#participate

## Description
The 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.

## Lots (7)
### Lot 1: Outsourced Financial Services
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 66000000, 71316000, 75122000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** 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 Fi...

- **Options published:** yes

### Lot 2: Accounts Payable Review Service
- **Lot id:** `2`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 66000000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** 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.

- **Options published:** yes

### Lot 3: VAT Review Service
- **Lot id:** `3`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 66000000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** 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 legi...

- **Options published:** yes

### Lot 4: Total Spend Analysis
- **Lot id:** `4`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 66000000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** 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.

- **Options published:** yes

### Lot 5: Continuing Healthcare Invoice Validation
- **Lot id:** `5`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 66000000, 75122000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** Lot 5 concerns the provision of a Continuing Healthcare Invoice Validation service,
identifying and recovering overcharges and overpayments from Continuing Healthcare
(CHC) suppliers.

- **Options published:** yes

### Lot 6: Privtae Patients Optimisation Service
- **Lot id:** `6`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 66000000, 75122000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** 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.

- **Options published:** yes

### Lot 7: Telecommunications Review Service
- **Lot id:** `7`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 66000000, 71316000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** 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 contract...

- **Options published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (13)
- **Award:** Outsourced Financial Services (active)
  - Award id: `032443-2022-1`
  - Supplier(s): **ELFS Shared Services**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-68584`
  - Value: £1 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** Private Patients Optimisation Service (active)
  - Award id: `032443-2022-10`
  - Supplier(s): **Liaison Financial Services Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-135083`
  - Value: £1 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** Telecommunications Review Service (active)
  - Award id: `032443-2022-11`
  - Supplier(s): **Liaison Financial Services Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-135083`
  - Value: £1 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** Telecommunications Review Service (active)
  - Award id: `032443-2022-12`
  - Supplier(s): **PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-76960`
  - Value: £1 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** Outsourced Financial Services (active)
  - Award id: `032443-2022-2`
  - Supplier(s): **PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-76960`
  - Value: £1 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** Accounts Payable Review Service (active)
  - Award id: `032443-2022-3`
  - Supplier(s): **Liaison Financial Services Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-135083`
  - Value: £1 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** Accounts Payable Review Service (active)
  - Award id: `032443-2022-4`
  - Supplier(s): **PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-76960`
  - Value: £1 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** VAT Review Service (active)
  - Award id: `032443-2022-5`
  - Supplier(s): **Liaison Financial Services Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-135083`
  - Value: £1 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** Total Spend Analysis (active)
  - Award id: `032443-2022-6`
  - Supplier(s): **Liaison Financial Services Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-135083`
  - Value: £1 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** Total Spend Analysis (active)
  - Award id: `032443-2022-7`
  - Supplier(s): **PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-76960`
  - Value: £1 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** Continuing Healthcare Invoice Validation (active)
  - Award id: `032443-2022-8`
  - Supplier(s): **Liaison Financial Services Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-135083`
  - Value: £1 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** Continuing Healthcare Invoice Validation (active)
  - Award id: `032443-2022-9`
  - Supplier(s): **PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-76960`
  - Value: £1 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** 095263-2026-1-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Awarded suppliers are stated in the original F03 notice 2022/S 000-032443**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-NAME:AWARDED-SUPPLIERS-ARE-STATED-IN-THE-ORIGINAL-F03-NOTICE-2022-S-000-032443`
  - Value: £50,000,000 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (13)
- **Contract:** Outsourced Financial Services (active)
  - Signed Value: £1
  - Signed Date: 15/11/2022

- **Contract:** Private Patients Optimisation Service (active)
  - Signed Value: £1
  - Signed Date: 15/11/2022

- **Contract:** Telecommunications Review Service (active)
  - Signed Value: £1
  - Signed Date: 15/11/2022

- **Contract:** Telecommunications Review Service (active)
  - Signed Value: £1
  - Signed Date: 15/11/2022

- **Contract:** Outsourced Financial Services (active)
  - Signed Value: £1
  - Signed Date: 15/11/2022

- **Contract:** Accounts Payable Review Service (active)
  - Signed Value: £1
  - Signed Date: 15/11/2022

- **Contract:** Accounts Payable Review Service (active)
  - Signed Value: £1
  - Signed Date: 15/11/2022

- **Contract:** VAT Review Service (active)
  - Signed Value: £1
  - Signed Date: 15/11/2022

- **Contract:** Total Spend Analysis (active)
  - Signed Value: £1
  - Signed Date: 15/11/2022

- **Contract:** Total Spend Analysis (active)
  - Signed Value: £1
  - Signed Date: 15/11/2022

- **Contract:** Continuing Healthcare Invoice Validation (active)
  - Signed Value: £1
  - Signed Date: 15/11/2022

- **Contract:** Continuing Healthcare Invoice Validation (active)
  - Signed Value: £1
  - Signed Date: 15/11/2022

- **Contract:** 095263-2026-1-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £50,000,000
  - Signed Date: 15/11/2022

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F095263-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-10-08T13:27:16.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-25T02:09:25.134Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-03521f