Notice Information
Notice Title
Open Referral Tool
Notice Description
The Department for Work & Pensions (DWP). referred to as "the Authority", is conducting market research to assess the availability, capability, and indicative costs of off the shelf solutions for storing and managing service information that supports individuals. These solutions must comply with the Open Referral UK standard and be suitable for use across multiple organisations and use cases.<br/><br/>This RFI does not commit the DWP to undertaking any formal procurement activity. This notice has also been published on Contracts Finder.<br/><br/>For further information and details on how to respond to this RFI, please refer to the attachment found on the documents section of the Atamis e-Procurement portal:<br/><br/>https://dwp2.my.salesforce-sites.com/ProSpend__CS_ContractPage?SearchType=Projects&uid=a1MdO000002h4wrUAA&searchStr=&sortStr=Recently+Published&page=1&filters=&County=
Lot Information
Lot 1
The Authority supports individuals to access appropriate services and interventions (collectively "referrals"), including local and national support offers delivered by public, voluntary, community, and private sector partners.
The Authority's objective is to improve:
* Data standardisation across organisations
* Interoperability between systems
* Data quality (accuracy, completeness, timeliness); and
* Reusability of referral data across multiple channels and users.
The Authority is exploring a tool aligned to Open Referral UK (currently v3.x) to enable consistent publication, search, validation, and reuse of referral data.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-065399
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/013741-2026
- 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
72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
-
- CPV Codes
72222300 - Information technology services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 16 Feb 20266 days ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- 31 Mar 20262 months to go
- 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
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- DEPARTMENT FOR WORK & PENSIONS
- Contact Name
- Commercial Team
- Contact Email
- cddigital.ucwa@dwp.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- LONDON
- Postcode
- SW1H 9NA
- 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
- TLI London
-
- Local Authority
- Westminster
- Electoral Ward
- St James's
- Westminster Constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
The Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS) is a framework designed to increase transparency and access to public procurement data in the public sector. It is widely used by governments and organisations worldwide to report on procurement processes and contracts.
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