National Framework Agreement for Financial Services

Tender 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. Lot 1: Outsourced Financial Services Lot 1 concerns the provision of a managed service for outsourced financial services. Lot 2: Accounts Payable Review Service 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 3: VAT Review Service 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 4: Total Spend Analysis 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 5: Continuing Healthcare Invoice Validation Lot 5 concerns the provision of a Continuing Healthcare Invoice Validation service, identifying and recovering overcharges and overpayments from Continuing Healthcare (CHC) suppliers. Lot 6: Privtae Patients Optimisation Service 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 7: Telecommunications Review Service 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.