Scope
Reference
C417999
Description
NHS BSA require an API solution that allows us to check whether organisations are linked via parent and child structure.
Contract dates (estimated)
- 1 April 2026 to 31 March 2027
- 1 year
Main procurement category
Services
CPV classifications
- 48517000 - IT software package
- 48000000 - Software package and information systems
- 72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
Engagement
Engagement deadline
25 February 2026
Engagement process description
The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) is an Arm’s Length Body of the Department of Health and Social Care, responsible for providing platforms and delivering services that support the priorities of the NHS, Government and local health economies. Over £100 billion of NHS spend flows through our systems annually.
Our purpose is to deliver business service excellence to the NHS to help people live longer, healthier lives. Our vision is to be the provider of national, at scale business services for the health and social care system, transforming and delivering these services to maximise efficiency and meet customer expectations.
The Adult Social Care (ASC) Learning and Development Support Scheme (LDSS) provides funding to help the non-regulated adult social care workforce complete training courses and qualifications.
It gives organisations and staff in the adult social care sector the opportunity to gain recognition for existing expertise and develop new skills and specialisms and allows ASC employers to claim towards costs they have incurred when putting their staff on certain courses and qualifications.
The NHS BSA administer the LDSS on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care. Adult social care providers can claim for funding on behalf of employees through our online claims service.
Background and high-level requirements:
The NHS BSA and DHSC are seeking an improved way for the LDSS Service to map parent organisations to child (subsidiary) organisations within the Adult Social Care sector, making it easier to apply the cap per parent organisation, track reimbursement accurately and reduce fraud risk. DHSC has requested that the parent and child structure to be implemented on LDSS follows the definition in section 1162 of the Companies Act 2006 (Companies Act 2006, Section 1162).
Each organisation is responsible for entering their own data via the ASC Workforce Data Set (WDS) system and allows for a parent-child account structure managed by Skills for Care (SfC), but this is not applied in the Companies House legal definition required for LDSS funding. Therefore, when the data is transferred from SfC we have no way of seeing if organisations are related and applying the cap.
In order to achieve this, once an organisation has entered their details we want to be able to run an automatic check via an API to pull back the organisations that are legal subsidiaries or be able to identify if they are a subsidiary of a parent organisation, one that is already registered or not. Currently we will need to run approximately 1,000 – 2,000 organisations per year via the API to check their company details.
Please download the documentation and send your response to this RFI via the Atamis portal ( https://atamis-1928.my.site.com/s/Welcome).
Participation
Particular suitability
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)
Contracting authority
NHS Business Services Authority
- Public Procurement Organisation Number: PRLZ-1599-JGTT
Stella House, Goldcrest Way, Newburn Riverside
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE15 8NY
United Kingdom
Contact name: Jacqueline Netherton
Email: commercialservicesteam@nhsbsa.nhs.uk
Website: https://www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/
Region: UKC22 - Tyneside
Organisation type: Public authority - central government