Stale Pre-tender

Care Service Product and Delivery Partner

Details

Buyer: Department For Work and Pensions (DWP)
Value: £20,000,000
Topic: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
Published: 16 December 2025
Submission: 9 March 2026
Source: uk:find_a_tender

Tender description

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) wish to give notice of a potential contract(s) opportunity for a DWP Care Service Product and Delivery Partner ('Care Service'). DWP is looking to improve the experience of its customers and operate more efficiently by taking a fresh look at policy, process and technology; exploring how multiple benefit lines could be administered with a common solution. DWP want to explore whether a common, core set of technical capabilities could accelerate the transformation of the Care Service benefits, allowing us to meet customer needs and do so efficiently. The Department is engaging with the market to gather insights from suppliers to help shape and inform any future procurement activity related to the Care Service.

Timeline

Completed: Pre-tender published16 December 2025
Current notice

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. 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.

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

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