1. Please kindly send to me, all recorded information that the local authority holds regarding its outsourcing of the provision of pre-paid debit cards in the financial years 2020/21 and 2021/22 and its current and planned outsourcing of the provision of pre-paid debit cards in 2022/23 and future financial years. Such information should include all recorded information regarding:
a) the local authority’s outsourcing of the provision of pre-paid debit cards for the use by staff, volunteers, council tax payers service users;
b) the ways in which the local authority uses pre-paid debit cards;
To meet the councils Adult Social Care and Children’s Services Direct Payment offering and Deputyship personal allowances.
c) the full name(s) of any outsourced service provider(s) supplying the local authority;
Prepaid Financial Services Ltd
d) the contract(s) with any outsourced service provider(s) supplying the local authority;
Prepaid Financial Services Ltd
e) the date(s) on which contract(s) with outsourced service provider(s) expire;
Initial contract term commencement 1st October 2021 for 3 years with optional 2-year extension.
f) the total fees paid by the local authority, or budgeted to be paid, by supplier, for each of the financial years requested above;
In 2020/21 we paid £24,000 in fees to Prepaid Financial Services Ltd
In 2021/22 we paid £33,600 in fees to Prepaid Financial Services Ltd
Currently in 2022/23 we are expecting to pay £43,200 in fees.
g) the number of pre-paid debit card users the local authority had, or anticipates having, for each of the financial years listed above;
850 cards
h) the tendering process, or other procurement method, under which the outsourced contract(s) were awarded;
North East Procurement Organisation (NEPO) Call-off from NEPO framework
i) the tendering process, or other procurement method, under which the service will be re-contracted; and
j) the date on which the process referred to in (h), for the re-contracting of the outsourced service, will commence.
The future procurement route is unknown at this time however options will be reviewed before nearer the time of the initial term.
k) the name and email address of the person within the local authority who has responsibility for the authority’s management and provision of pre-paid debit cards.
Enquiries should be sent to procurement@wokingham.gov.uk