Awarded contract

Synergy Business Process Services (BPS)

Details

Value
£873,410,000
Duration
7 years
Topic
Software package and information systems
Published
12 March 2026

Tender description

Provision of a best in class, Value for Money (VfM), shared Human Resources (HR) and Finance Business Process Service (BPS) solution, which meet the needs of service users. Lot 1: The Authority sought to engage the market to work with The Synergy Programme and its stakeholders to ensure the delivery of a best in class, Value for Money (VfM), shared Human Resources (HR) and Finance Business Process Service (BPS) solution, which meet the needs of service users.<br/>The Synergy Programme has been established to bring together the individual Department plans in line with the Government Business Service (GBS) published Shared Services Strategy for Government: this includes building a common operating model, BPS, single technology, and single commercial strategy.<br/>The Synergy Programme comprises the following central Government Departments (Departments) and their Arm’s Length Bodies (ALBs).<br/>- Ministry of Justice (MoJ);<br/>- Department for Work and Pensions (DWP);<br/>- Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA); and<br/>- Home Office (HO).<br/>DWP are currently the lead contracting authority for The Synergy Programme.<br/>The prime driver of the Synergy Programme is to drive significant business transformation across four cluster Departments and their ALBs.<br/>The Synergy Programme will drive significant business transformation across four major Departments and their ALBs in support of this ambition. Additionally, the government has set out ambitious objectives to put sustainability at the heart of our government services.

Timeline

  1. Completed: Award date2 March 2026
  2. Completed: Award published12 March 2026
    Current notice
  3. Next: Contract expiry date2 March 2033in 6 years

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.

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