Invitation to Supplier Day

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Purpose of this Notice: The purpose of this notice is to inform the market operators of a Supplier Day which the NHSBSA is hosting on 30th November 2015. The Supplier Day is part of the NHSBSA's preliminary market consultation phase and we are looking for market operators to engage with us on the day and to subsequently provide us with responses to a Request for Information on their products and services. Background: The NHSBSA is looking to engage the market to investigate solutions for handling inbound and outbound (mainly refunds) PCI compliant payments across a number of our services and, additionally, any potential new services we may take on. Prior to September 2014 in house solutions handled the majority of credit/debit card payments; these are now dealt with by 3rd parties. The NHSBSA receives more than £90m per annum in payments via c.8m transactions. Contracts expire in 2016 for both direct debit and credit/debit card payment handling. The NHSBSA is seeking insight to inform our future direction for payment handling including future methods of payment. How to Register for the Supplier Day: The NHSBSA invites suitably experienced and capable organisations to attend the Supplier Day. The details are: Date: 30 November 2015 Time: half day event Location: Newcastle upon Tyne (venue TBC) Suppliers are required to register their attendance via the NHSBSA's esourcing tool: https://nhsbsa.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.shtml Once logged in, details of how to register can be found in PQQ_133 Electronic Payment Services - Supplier Day. Interested parties must use the messaging function within the e-tendering system to register a request to attend. The deadline for registering attendance is 23 November 2015. Please note that spaces will be allocated on a first come, first served basis and restricted to two per organisation.