Expired contract

DSP service maintenance and change

Details

Buyer: Department For Work and Pensions (DWP)
Supplier(s): RPLUS ANALYTICS SOLUTIONS LIMITED
Value: £2,115,500
Duration: 1 year
Topic: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
Published: 26 September 2024
Source: uk:contracts_finder

Tender description

The Data Service Platform is a critical service used within DWP for the management and exploitation of big data which realises approximately £0.5 bn per year in fraud and error based on future benefit spend. The platform is made up of Cloudera, Informatica and Qlik applications sitting on a Nutanix stack. A service is required to support and maintain the applications and develop ongoing changes and modernisation transformation on the platform as a Product Delivery Unit.

Timeline

Completed: Award published26 September 2024
Current notice
Completed: Award date1 October 2024
Completed: Contract expiry date30 September 2025

About the buyer

The Department For Work and Pensions (DWP) delivers the State Pension and working-age benefits to millions of claimants, and buys as a central government ministerial department with its own commercial teams. Larger contracts are advertised on Find a Tender, with suppliers registering through the Atamis eSourcing portal. Framework agreements are called off through the Government Commercial Agency using Public Sector Contract terms. Suppliers can join its low value purchasing system freely, with no cap on numbers. Dynamic purchasing systems cover welfare-to-work and employment support opportunities. Commercial teams engage the market early through in-person and online supplier events.

Procurement spend from central entities makes up 66% of overall UK public spend.

Over the past 5 years, most of DWP's contract awards have been in education and training, IT services and business services.

Relevant CPV codes

72000000 · IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

Job title	Phone number	Work email
Head of Procurement	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@department-for-work-and-pensions-dwp.gov
Commercial Director	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@department-for-work-and-pensions-dwp.gov
Procurement Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@department-for-work-and-pensions-dwp.gov
Category Lead	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@department-for-work-and-pensions-dwp.gov
Senior Buyer	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@department-for-work-and-pensions-dwp.gov
Contracts Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@department-for-work-and-pensions-dwp.gov