Healthy Start Prepaid Cards Tender in United Kingdom - 140029972

Procurement Summary

Country: United Kingdom

Summary: Healthy Start Prepaid Cards

Deadline: 13 May 2026

Posting Date: 23 Apr 2026

Other Information

Notice Type: Tender

TOT Ref.No.: 140029972

Document Ref. No.: C442089

Competition: ICB

Financier: Self Financed

Purchaser Ownership: Public

Tender Value: Refer Document

CPV Classification

66000000 - Financial and insurance services
30162000 - Smart cards
30160000 - Magnetic cards
31712112 - SIM cards
66170000 - Financial consultancy, financial transaction processing and clearing-house services
66172000 - Financial transaction processing and clearing-house services
60520000 - Experimental payload services

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Tender Details

The NHSBSA is a Special Health Authority and an Arm's Length Body of the Department of Health and Social Care. We provide a range of critical central services to NHS organisations (our 'clients'), NHS contractors, health bodies, patients and the public (our 'customers'). The NHSBSA requires the delivery of payments to citizens who are eligible in accordance with the Healthy Start Scheme and Welfare Food (Amendment) Regulations 2005. The NHSBSA processes applications, performs eligibility checks and calculates the payments due on a rolling 4-week cycle for every beneficiary. The typical monthly payment for a beneficiary is currently £17.00. Payments are currently made to beneficiaries by adding funds to a pre-paid card, which the cardholder can then use to buy healthy food items from retailers. Once an application is received and accepted, a prepaid card is sent by post to the beneficiary, along with a carrier letter and Healthy Start information leaflet. The 4-digit PIN code is sent separately. Cardholders are required to activate the card either by using an interactive telephone system or by calling NHSBSA to pass verification and activate the card. Use of the card is limited by way of specific Merchant Category Codes being blocked and currently online purchases are not enabled. It is not possible to use the card to withdraw cash from an ATM. The NHSBSA's current solution is cloud based and has integration with The Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) to facilitate eligibil...

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