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NHS Business Services Authority

NHS Pensions Medical Services

Financial ServicesCPV 66520000 85120000 85100000 85121200 85140000
Value£9.6m
Awarded1 Dec 2023
Published12 Jun 2024
RegionLondon
Outcome — awarded

This is a contract result notice, not an open opportunity. Details from the official award data.

Contract value in context
£9.6mtotal contract value
median £150k
this tender£0£10.3m

This is a large award for Financial & Insurance Services — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 8,013 valued Financial & Insurance Services tenders in our corpus.

The brief

This contract has been awarded for the provision of Medical Services on behalf of NHS Pensions.

The Supplier is required to medically certify applications from pension members for ill health retirement with an independent medical advisor.

The NHS Pension Scheme provides two levels of Ill Health Retirement benefits, which are dependent on the severity of the condition of a member.

The supplier will be required to: - Understand the NHS Pension Scheme regulations and the potential differences between each Section/Scheme on each application. - Make and convey the decisions on initial applications for ill health retirement benefits and permanent injury benefits in line with the provisions of the NHS Pension Scheme Regulations and NHS Injury Benefit Regulations. - Provide medical advice and recommendations in relation to claims for temporary injury allowance. - Provide medical advice and recommendations for disputes under the Internal Dispute Resolution (IDR) procedures and in response to investigations by the Pensions Ombudsman within the Statutory Target dates. - Provide advice and recommendations in other cases where reasonably requested by the NHS Pensions of NHSBSA, e.g. incapacitated child. - Provide advice and recommendations for Severe Ill Health retirement application in line with the HMRC Guidance. - Ensure UK GDPR Regulations and Quality Control is in place in accordance with NHS Pension Scheme Regulations. - Ensure, if required, that Further Medical Evidence is requested to support the decision outcome of a members ill health application. - To provide a digital solution for customers to be able to track their application and comply with verification and security checks prior to disclosing sensitive information. - Re-assess c6,000McCloud cases following the McCloud judgement.

This contract has been awarded for an initial four year term which will end on 22nd July 2028 with the option to extend for a further three years until 22nd July 2031.

Requirements

What the notice asks for

01

The Supplier is required to medically certify

The Supplier is required to medically certify applications from pension members for ill health retirement with an independent medical advisor.

02

The supplier will be required

The supplier will be required to:.

03

Provide medical advice and recommendations in relation

Provide medical advice and recommendations in relation to claims for temporary injury allowance.

04

Provide medical advice and recommendations for disputes

Provide medical advice and recommendations for disputes under the Internal Dispute Resolution (IDR) procedures and in response to investigations by the Pensions Ombudsman within the Statutory Target dates.

05

Provide advice and recommendations in other cases

Provide advice and recommendations in other cases where reasonably requested by the NHS Pensions of NHSBSA, e.g. incapacitated child.

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The gates

What this notice demands of you

1 named, none in explicit obligation language. Each one is quoted from the notice.

UK GDPR / data protectionContract conditions
Ensure UK GDPR Regulations and Quality Control is in place in accordance with NHS Pension Scheme Regulations.

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