Student Bursary Support Service (SBSS)
Department for Education · London
Key facts
- Engagement closes
- 21 Jul 2017
- Buyer type
- Central government
Description
The current Student Bursary Support Service (SBSS) is a service to: ⢠process student applications for Care to Learn financial support, which involves eligibility checks of the student (circ 4,000 applications annually) ⢠process institution funding claims for 16 to 19 Bursary Fund vulnerable bursaries (4,000 claims annually). ⢠process student application details for Professional and Career Development Loans (circ 38,000 applications/data adjustments annually) ⢠carry out verification of course attendance at educational institutions (circ 4,000 students annually) ⢠carry out verification of child attendance at eligible/registered childcare providers (circ 4,000 students annually) ⢠carry out verification of Ofsted registration of childcare providers (circ 1,000 childcare providers annually) ⢠provide customer support for students, education institutions and childcare providers that need additional information and advice (circ 50,000 enquiries annually) ⢠The SBSS makes circa 25,000 support payments annually to educational institutions (schools, colleges and providers) and childcare providers worth approximately £40 million per academic year. DfE provides the funds to make these payments on a weekly basis. ⢠Students are the primary customers for the Student Bursary Support Service and they must receive the payments and support to which they are entitled. ⢠Data capture for the applications for financial support will be through a secure portal, which must meet government security standards for official - sensitive data. ⢠The current contract to provide the Student Bursary Support Service will expire on 31 August 2018. ⢠The Department for Education are currently exploring options and seeking supplier engagement regarding the provision of these services from the 2018/19 academic year. It is envisioned that we will be looking to procure a 3 year service with set up time of up to 9 months. ⢠Please note that the future delivery requirements are still under development and as such are subject to change.
Additional information: The DfE are currently welcoming comments and feedback in relation to this potential opportunity in the form of a survey. To access this survey please see the below link. The deadline for responses is 12noon on Friday 21st July 2017.
http://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/SBSS17EE
Categories (CPV)
- 80000000 Education and training services
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