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The Department for Work and Pensions: Secure Card Payment Services Procurement

DEPARTMENT FOR WORK AND PENSIONS

This public procurement record has 2 releases in its history.

TenderUpdate

28 Feb 2023 at 14:02

Planning

17 Feb 2023 at 14:46

Summary of the contracting process

The Department for Work and Pensions is seeking to procure Secure Card Payment Services (SCPS) to support their operations in administering welfare, pensions, and child maintenance in the UK. This procurement aims to ensure PCI DSS compliance for customer payment processing and outbound call routing. The DWP is in the planning stage and looking to conclude the competitive procurement by June 2023. An online engagement event is scheduled for 23rd March 2023, to inform potential suppliers about the procurement plans and requirements.

The procurement of Secure Card Payment Services by the Department for Work and Pensions presents business growth opportunities, particularly for firms in IT services, consulting, and software development. Businesses with expertise in PCI DSS compliance and secure payment processing are well-suited to compete for this contract. The procurement process includes early market engagement and a Request for Information phase, allowing suppliers to contribute insights that can shape the final approach to market. Registering for the online event via techUK's website can provide further details for interested businesses looking to participate.

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Notice Title

The Department for Work and Pensions: Secure Card Payment Services Procurement

Notice Description

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is responsible for administering welfare, pensions, and child maintenance policy in the UK, serving around 20 million claimants. The DWP operates the largest contact centre in the UK government, providing support to customers from around 135 locations and offering specialist services such as debt recovery, card payments, and assistance for customers with complex needs. The current DWP Secure Card Payment Services (SCPS) allows business groups to receive customer payments in a Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) compliant manner, including an Interactive Voice Recognition (IVR) capability to facilitate payments. The DWP service and SCPS contract currently supports approximately 9,000 agents. The current SCPS service and contract also includes the routing of outbound calls via the PCI DSS compliant service provider. There is additional potential for approximately 2,000 more agents in the future that is not currently accounted for in the current SCPS contract. The DWP is planning to procure a new SCPS that can meet the current and future needs of the service while providing value for money and service continuity. The new SCPS contract is required to ensure continuing capability for DWP to receive customer payments in a PCI DSS compliant manner and route all related outbound telephony calls via a PCI DSS compliant service provider. DWP is currently looking to conduct early market engagement with a view to concluding the competitive procurement activity by June 2023. The DWP is holding an online event via techUK on 2nd March 2023 at 2pm with a view to preparing the procurement and informing suppliers of DWP's procurement plans and requirements for SCPS and answer questions regarding the planned procurement. Following the event, the DWP will issue a Request for Information (RFI) to gain further insight from the supply market that may help to shape the approach to market. Register for the event via the techUK website. https://www.techuk.org/what-we-deliver/events/dwp-market-engagement-event-secure-card-payment-services-procurement.html

Lot Information

Lot 1

The current DWP Secure Card Payment Services (SCPS) allows business groups to receive customer payments in a Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) compliant manner, including an Interactive Voice Recognition (IVR) capability to facilitate payments. The DWP service and SCPS contract currently supports approximately 9,000 agents. The current SCPS service also includes the routing of outbound calls via the PCI DSS compliant service provider due to technical decision for all agent activity to use the DWP managed contact centre platform. There is additional potential for approximately 2,000 more agents in the future that is not currently accounted for in the current SCPS contract. The DWP is planning to procure a new SCPS that can meet the current and future needs of the service while providing value for money and service continuity. The new SCPS contract is required to continuing capability for DWP to receive customer payments in a PCI DSS compliant manner and route all outbound telephony calls via a PCI DSS compliant service provider. DWP is currently looking to conduct early market engagement with a view to concluding the competitive procurement activity by June 2023.

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-03a687
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/005854-2023
Current Stage
Tender
All Stages
Planning, Tender

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Planning Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Not Specified
Procurement Method Details
Not specified
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

64 - Postal and telecommunications services

72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support


CPV Codes

64200000 - Telecommunications services

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

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
28 Feb 20232 years ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
8 Oct 2023Expired
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Planned
Lots Status
Planned
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
DEPARTMENT FOR WORK AND PENSIONS
Contact Name
Paul Corre
Contact Email
paul.corre1@dwp.gov.uk
Contact Phone
+44 7958314188

Buyer Location

Locality
LONDON
Postcode
SW1H 9DA
Post Town
South West London
Country
England

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLI London
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLI3 Inner London - West
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLI35 Westminster and City of London
Delivery Location
Not specified

Local Authority
Westminster
Electoral Ward
St James's
Westminster Constituency
Cities of London and Westminster

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