# Student Bursary Support Service \(SBSS\)

> Pre-procurement notice from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Department For Education](/buyers/department-for-education/contract-awards)
- Published: 10 January 2018
- Stage: pre_procurement
- Notice ID: df38f8ff-6550-4bc5-8d9d-34429aa2b45a-158309
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-b65d35b3-6d1b-48dc-a9d5-6199340c40ee

## 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

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/df38f8ff-6550-4bc5-8d9d-34429aa2b45a-158309)