INFOSHARE+ LIMITED

BetterOff Welfare & Employment

BetterOff is a public-facing welfare solution, bringing together employment and benefits into one easily accessible digital space. BetterOff combines benefits eligibility, applications, appeals, job searching and job journaling, speeding up the applications process, and enabling claimants to make informed decisions as to whether they will be better off in work.

Features

• High volume benefit forms with embedded multi-media guidance
• Embedded benefit entitlement calculator
• Benefit form co-production capability
• Integration with national & local job feeds
• Fully managed cloud solution
• Embedded translation engine enabling completion in any language
• Re-engineered benefit forms
• Designed in partnership with experienced benefit advisors
• Job journalling via structured e-form templates
• Supporting content around budgeting, money management & job seeking

Benefits

• Reduces welfare advice budget
• Speeds up benefit application & appeals processes
• Self-service solution for 100% of all claimants
• Redefines complex paper-based process; removing high levels of contact
• Enables claimants to clearly compare potential benefits entitlement versus employment
• Decreases financial sanctions on claimants
• Improves realised income for claimants
• Improves success rate at tribunals
• Promotes sustainable employment
• Pre-populates job journal in line with Claimant Commitment

Service documents

• Pricing document

  PDF

• Service definition document

  PDF

• Terms and conditions

  PDF

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Framework

G-Cloud 15

Service ID

765727844688298

Contact

Tenders
020 8541 0111
tenders@infoshareplus.com

About your service

• Service categories:

  Applications

  Production and operations

  Service industry and public sector operations

  • Other
• Multi cloud support: Yes

Service scope

• Software add-on or extension: Yes, but can also be used as a standalone service
• What software services is the service an extension to: BetterCare Finance
• Cloud deployment model: Public cloud
• Service constraints: None
• System requirements: None

User support

• Email or online ticketing support: Yes
• Support response times: Infoshare+ uses four different priority levels - Low, Medium, High or Critical. Detailed response times would be covered in our SLA although they are generally between 2 business hours and 24hrs depending on the severity of the issue, and recovery times of 4-8 business hours - again depending on the severity of the issue.
• User can manage status and priority of support tickets: No
• Phone support: Yes
• Phone support availability: 9 to 5 (UK time), Monday to Friday
• Web chat support: No
• Onsite support: No
• Support levels: We have a dedicated service portal that all customers are given access to, allowing customers to create tickets. Staff assess all cases and triage into a priority level that reflects the impact of the reported problem on the customer’s business and our agreed SLAs. ; ; Infoshare+ uses four different priority levels - Low, Medium, High or Critical. Detailed response times would be covered in our SLA although they are generally between 2 business hours and 24hrs depending on the severity of the issue, and recovery times of 4-8 business hours - again depending on the severity or the issue. ; ; The costs for this support are included in the overall ongoing management costs. All support provided via telephone and email is included within the annual charges.
• Support available to third parties: No

Onboarding and offboarding

• Getting started: Full training to up to 8 staff users. BetterOff Welfare & Employment is a customer and agent-focused solution, which has been through significant user testing and is straightforward in its operation and usability. Training is therefore focused on internal culture change in terms of staff and the move to digital-first service delivery, rather than how to use the solution itself.; ; Deployment, customisation, testing and ongoing management are all included as part of the initial contract. Work carried out outside of the terms of the contract (e.g. change requests or out-of- scope features) are scoped separately.
• Service documentation: Yes
• Documentation formats: PDF
• End-of-contract data extraction: We provide data on-demand.
• End-of-contract process: At the end of the contract Infoshare+ Ltd will decommission the service and delete all supporting data from the relevant systems for which it is responsible.; ; Historical usage data can be provided on request prior to deletion.; ; References to the service may be removed from Infoshare+ Ltd literature and websites.
• Documentation accessibility standard: WCAG 2.2 AA

Using the service

• Web browser interface: Yes
• Supported browsers:
  • Microsoft Edge
  • Firefox
  • Chrome
  • Safari
• Application to install: No
• Designed for use on mobile devices: Yes
• Differences between the mobile and desktop service: Optimised for mobile devices.
• Service interface: Yes
• User support accessibility: WCAG 2.2 AA
• Description of service interface: The service is web-based and can be accessed via a browser using an intuitive, accessible user interface.
• Accessibility standards: WCAG 2.2 AA
• Accessibility testing: All solution deployments are tested against WCAG 2.2 AA standards or higher where possible. Some aspects are AAA compliant but we try to achieve a balance between accessibility and browser coverage and have found that AAA compliance sometimes rules out older browsers to the detriment of other users. The solution is tested using an automated testing tool as well as a variety of assistive technology interfaces from Windows Narrator to Jaws.
• API: No
• Customisation available: Yes
• Description of customisation: A number of standard service elements may be customised during the onboarding process, including but not limited to: Supporting content and links to local benefit forms / Reminder messaging / Branding (logos and colours) / Non-functional content (privacy policy, terms & conditions) / Information, advice and guidance text.; ; Infoshare+ Ltd manage the customisation, as directed by the customer.; ; The solution has no user customisable areas.

Scaling

• Independence of resources: The solution is hosted in an 'elastic' environment within the UK that offers a broad set of global compute, storage, database, analytics, application, and deployment services that scale on demand applications. This generally ensures that users are never affected by performance issues.

Analytics

• Service usage metrics: Yes
• Metrics types: The service provides a full audit trail via a management console. They cover access times and published dates along with the standard Google analytics of Audience Demographics, Real Time Behaviour, Geo Locations and session data. In addition business metrics are provided covering a range of areas.
• Reporting types: Real-time dashboards
• Resource tagging: No
• FOCUS resource tagging: No

Resellers

• Supplier type: Not a reseller

Staff security

• Staff security clearance: Staff screening not performed
• Government security clearance: Developed Vetting (DV)

Asset protection

• Knowledge of data storage and processing locations: Yes
• Data storage and processing locations: United Kingdom
• User control over data storage and processing locations: Yes
• Datacentre security standards: Complies with a recognised standard (for example CSA CCM version 4.0)
• Penetration testing frequency: At least once a year
• Penetration testing approach: Another external penetration testing organisation
• Protecting data at rest:
  • Physical access control, complying with CSA CCM v4.0
  • Scale, obfuscating techniques, or data storage sharding
• Data sanitisation process: Yes
• Equipment disposal approach: Complying with a recognised standard, for example CSA CCM v4.0, CAS (Sanitisation) or ISO/IEC 27001
• Data sanitisation type:
  • Deleted data can’t be directly accessed / Cryptographic Erasure
  • Explicit overwriting of storage before reallocation / Secure Erase

Data importing and exporting

• Data export approach: Buyers can export analytics data on an ad hoc basis from within the Google Analytics console console. Buyers may request bulk data export on decommissioning of the service. Individual service users may download their prior applications from within the product.
• Data export formats:
  • CSV
  • Other
• Other data export formats:
  • ANSI SQL
  • PDF/A
• Data import formats: Other
• Other data import formats: No data is imported to the system.

Data-in-transit protection

• Data protection between buyer and supplier networks: Private network or public sector network
• Data protection within supplier network:
  • TLS (version 1.2 or above)
  • IPsec or TLS VPN gateway

Availability and resilience

• Guaranteed availability: Historically, our availability has remained above 99.5%. Our solution is monitored in real time and SMS alerts are relayed to our technicians in the event of an outage lasting more than a few seconds. ; ; Service unavailability refunds are not provided.
• Approach to resilience: Resilience information is available on request but built into the solution at the outset.
• Outage reporting: The solution is monitored by Uptime Robot and notifies technicians of any outages via SMS notification, email, and API to dedicated MS Teams channels.

Identity and authentication

• User authentication needed: Yes
• User authentication:
  • Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)
  • Public key authentication (including by TLS client certificate)
  • Identity federation with existing provider (for example Google Apps)
  • Username or password
• Access restrictions in management interfaces and support channels: Access to management interfaces are restricted using either IP address or with secure login and OTP.
• Access restriction testing frequency: At least once a year
• Management access authentication:
  • Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)
  • Public key authentication (including by TLS client certificate)
  • Identity federation with existing provider (for example Google Apps)
  • Username or password

Audit information for users

• Access to user activity audit information: Users contact the support team to get audit information
• How long user audit data is stored for: At least 12 months
• Access to supplier activity audit information: Users contact the support team to get audit information
• How long supplier audit data is stored for: At least 12 months
• How long system logs are stored for: At least 12 months

Security governance

• Named board-level person responsible for service security: Yes
• Security governance certified: Yes
• Security governance standards:
  • ISO/IEC 27001
  • Other
• Other security governance standards: Cyber Essentials+
• Information security policies and processes: We have an ethical, legal, and professional duty to ensure that the information the solution holds complies with the principles of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. We endeavour to ensure that the information we have or are responsible for is safeguarded where necessary against inappropriate disclosure; is accurate, timely and attributable; and is available to those who should be able to access it. As such, we have our own Information Security Policy in place that covers processes such as Legal & Regulatory Obligations, Information Classification, Compliance, Policy Awareness, Disciplinary Procedures, Incident Handling and Codes of Practice. We ensure this policy is enforced through periodic reviews by the senior leadership team. We hold the following accreditations; ISO9001:2015 - Quality management ISO27001:2022 - Information security management Cyber Essentials Plus
• Software Security Code of Practice: Yes

Operational security

• Configuration and change management standard: Supplier-defined controls
• Configuration and change management approach: Infoshare+ operates documented change and configuration management processes as part of its Integrated Management System (IMS), aligned to ISO 9001 and ISO 27001.; ; All changes are raised through a controlled change request process and assessed for risk, security, and service impact before approval. Changes are reviewed and authorised by appropriate operational and technical stakeholders, with records retained to provide a clear audit trail.; ; Configuration records and system assets are maintained to ensure accuracy and integrity, with exceptions investigated and addressed in line with defined procedures. These controls help ensure services remain secure and consistent while enabling controlled improvement.
• Vulnerability management type: Supplier-defined controls
• Vulnerability management approach: BetterOff is hosted on Amazon Web Services, which operates documented vulnerability management policies and processes assessed against ISO/IEC 20000 and ISO/IEC 27001, and aligned with ITIL v3 guidance. For all other systems and software within Infoshare+’s environment, designated personnel are responsible for continuously monitoring technical forums, vendor channels, and specialist security groups to identify emerging vulnerabilities, patches, or updates. Any relevant items are promptly assessed and actioned in line with our internal vulnerability management procedures.
• Protective monitoring type: Supplier-defined controls
• Protective monitoring approach: Following best practice from the National Cyber Security Centre, AWS protects both its Assured and Elevated platforms with enhanced protective monitoring services (SIEM), at the hypervisor level and below. Our approach to protective monitoring continues to align with the Protective Monitoring Controls (PMC 1-12) outlined in CESG document GPG13 (Protective Monitoring for HMG ICT Systems). It includes checks on time sources, cross-boundary traffic, suspicious activities at boundaries, network connections, and the status of backups, among others. All alerts are immediately notified for prompt investigation.
• Incident management type: Supplier-defined controls
• Incident management approach: Users can report incidents through our self-service ticketing system or by email to their account manager. Most incidents follow predefined workflows for quick resolution, while unique issues are handled case-by-case and followed up with an incident report to relevant stakeholders based on severity.
• Post-quantum cryptography secure: No

Secure development

• Approach to secure software development best practice: Supplier-defined process

Public sector networks

• Connection to public sector networks: No

Pricing

• Discount for educational organisations: No
• Free trial available: No

Discount percentage by annual call-off contract value (excluding VAT)

• Less than £250,000: 0%
• Between £250,000 and £500,000: 5%
• Between £500,001 and £1,000,000: 7.5%
• Between £1,000,001 and £2,500,000: 10%
• Between £2,500,001 and £5,000,000: 12.5%
• Over £5,000,001: 15%

Non-mandatory Standards and certifications

• ISO/IEC 27001 certification: No
• ISO 28000:2022 certification: No
• ISO 9001 certification: No
• Quality management systems (QMS): Yes
• CSA STAR certification: No
• PCI certification: No
• Cyber essentials: No
• Cyber Essentials Alternative: None of the criteria
• Cyber essentials plus: Yes
• Please provide your Cyber Essentials Plus Certificate Number: Ffad9268-8e5a-4835-b6d3-cf76548352fa
• Other security certifications: No

Social value

• Section B - Commitment for Future: Delivery:

  • Mission: Kick start economic growth. To secure the highest sustained growth in the G7 - with good jobs and productivity growth in every part of the country making everyone, not just a few, better off.

    Policy Outcome 1: Fair work: That offers fair wages and good working conditions. Help people get a job, stay in work, and progress in their careers, with good employment opportunities across the country. Notes: Where there is a large proportion of labour costs in the contract, commercial teams should consider MAC in Outcome 1 as a priority

    • New or retained jobs on the contract workforce in the relevant area that meet the criteria set out in MAC 1b, 1c and 1d
    • Providing opportunities for, and measuring and monitoring of, staff workforce conditions over time, including employee engagement, involvement in decision-making and satisfaction and adapting to any changes in the results, with clear processes for acting on issues identified
    • Plans to engage the contract workforce in deciding the most important workplace issues to address
    • Monitoring of employee engagement rates (by protected characteristic) and, where necessary, the development of actions to ensure all voices are heard across the diversity of the workforce
    • Employment contracts that reflect actual hours worked; steps taken to ensure employees understand their contracts and have the ability to review and adjust them if actual hours regularly exceed contracted hours
    • Activities that support an environment where staff are educated about, and feel empowered to, address their physical wellbeing
    • Activities that support an environment where staff are educated about and feel empowered to report and address bullying and harassment
    • Activities to cascade good practice on fair working conditions throughout the supply chain
    • Offer a pay and leave entitlement to all eligible staff who become kinship carers, ideally equivalent to statutory adoption pay and leave
    • Payment of more than the National Minimum Wage or National Living Wage (as appropriate) to the contract workforce
    • Understanding of in-work progression issues affecting the market, industry or sector relevant to the contract, and in the supplier’s own organisation and those of its key sub-contractors
    • Measures to support in-work progression to help people in the contract workforce, to move into higher paid work by developing new skills relevant to the contract
    • Support for educational attainment relevant to the contract, including training schemes that address skills gaps and result in recognised qualifications
    • Volunteering opportunities for staff
    • Understanding of the modern slavery risks and issues affecting the market, industry, sector or country (of origin or of source) relevant to the contract, and the workforce in the supplier’s own organisation and those of its key subcontractors
    • Measures to identify, mitigate and manage modern slavery risks relating to the contract and how these will be implemented
    • Outline policies and practices to be applied to or put in place for the contract to mitigate and manage modern slavery risks, including: Pre-employment checks, recruitment practices. Workplace conditions, safeguarding plans and processes in place and regular monitoring with relevant groups considered, which may include sampling

  • Mission: Kick start economic growth. To secure the highest sustained growth in the G7 - with good jobs and productivity growth in every part of the country making everyone, not just a few, better off.

    Policy Outcome 2: Skills for growth: Supporting growth sectors and addressing skills gaps.

    • Understanding of employment and relevant skills issues, and of the education and training issues relating to the contract. Illustrative examples: demographics, skills shortages, new opportunities in high growth sectors, geographic/local community and skills/employment challenges
    • Support for educational attainment relevant to the contract, including training schemes that address skills gaps and result in recognised qualifications
    • Activities to support relevant sector related skills growth and sustainability in the contract workforce. Illustrative examples: careers talks, curriculum support, literacy support, safety talks and volunteering

  • Mission: Kick start economic growth. To secure the highest sustained growth in the G7 - with good jobs and productivity growth in every part of the country making everyone, not just a few, better off.

    Policy Outcome 3: Resilient, innovative and flexible supply chains: Support economic growth through enabling resilient businesses, opportunities for small businesses and voluntary, community and social enterprises

    • Understanding of the types of businesses in the market and the level of participation by new businesses, entrepreneurs, start-ups, SMEs, VCSEs and mutuals
    • Activities to identify opportunities to open up sub-contracts under the prime contract to a diverse range of businesses, including new businesses, entrepreneurs, start-ups, SMEs, VCSEs and mutuals
    • Activities that demonstrate a collaborative way to work with a diverse range of businesses as part of the supply chain

  • Mission: Make Britain a clean energy superpower: To cut bills, create jobs and deliver security with cheaper, zero-carbon electricity by 2030, accelerating to net zero

    Policy Outcome 4: Sustainable procurement practices: Reducing carbon footprints, minimising waste, and promoting the use of clean energy and green technologies.

    • Understanding of opportunities for additional environmental benefits delivery in the performance of the contract, including working towards net zero carbon emissions and use of clean energy and green technologies

  • Mission: Break down barriers to opportunity: By reforming our childcare and education systems, to make sure there is no class ceiling on the ambitions of young people in Britain

    Policy Outcome 6: Employment and training: For those who face barriers to employment

    • Understanding of the issues affecting inequality in employment, skills and pay in the market, industry or sector relevant to the contract, and in the supplier’s own organisation and those of its key sub-contractors. Measures to tackle inequality in employment, skills and pay in the contract workforce
    • Inclusive and accessible development practices, including guidance for line managers on recruiting, managing and developing people with a disability or health condition

  • Mission: Build an NHS fit for the future: That is there when people need it; with fewer lives lost to the biggest killers; in a fairer Britain, where everyone lives well for longer.

    Policy Outcome 8: Increasing productivity through physical and mental wellbeing: In the supply chain and communities in the relevant area.

    • Understanding of issues relating to health and wellbeing, including physical and mental health, in the contract workforce
    • Understanding barriers to access to health and social care services or employment opportunities e.g. digital inclusion
    • Inclusive and accessible recruitment practices, development practices and retention policies that support-focused activities including those provided in the Guide for line managers on recruiting, managing and developing which support people with a disability or health condition

Service documents

• Pricing document

  PDF

• Service definition document

  PDF

• Terms and conditions

  PDF

Request an accessible format

If you use assistive technology (such as a screen reader) and need versions of these documents in a more accessible format, email the supplier at tenders@infoshareplus.com. Tell them what format you need. It will help if you say what assistive technology you use.