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title: "AME Payments - Strategic Platform and Product Development"
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# AME Payments - Strategic Platform and Product Development

Buyer: Department for Work and Pensions  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-a4a6cee1-fb18-4eab-aa67-01d1d3028362

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## Summary

The Department for Work and Pensions bought strategic platform and product development support for its digital payment teams within Core Digital Services. The requirement is for DDaT resources supporting the delivery of digital payment services, including IT consulting, software development, internet-related services and technical support. The work is associated with the AME Payments programme and is delivered across the United Kingdom and a wide international footprint, including the British Overseas Territories, the Channel Islands, Europe, the Isle of Man and the rest of the world. This is a public-sector digital and payments technology requirement, rather than a conventional construction works contract. It is relevant to technology consultancies, software engineering providers, digital delivery specialists and suppliers able to provide experienced teams for a government payments environment.

The procurement is complete and was awarded on 26 May 2026 to Accenture (UK) Ltd. It was run as a selective call-off from a framework agreement. The tender deadline was 26 March 2026 at 12:00. The award value is £8.5 million, against an estimated procurement range of £8.5 million to £10.625 million, all in GBP. The contract runs from 30 May 2026 to 29 May 2028. The Department for Work and Pensions selected one supplier. The opportunity was identified as suitable for small and medium-sized enterprises and not reserved for voluntary, community or social enterprises. Evaluation was undertaken through the framework call-off process, with the published requirement focused on supplying DDaT resources for delivery by the Digital Payment teams.

This award demonstrates substantial, sustained demand from the Department for Work and Pensions for specialist digital delivery capability supporting public-sector payments. A credible future competitor would need to assemble skilled DDaT teams able to work across strategic platform development, product development, software engineering, technical consulting and operational support. Experience of delivering complex digital services in a government or similarly regulated payments environment would strengthen a supplier’s position, alongside the ability to integrate with established digital teams and manage delivery across a broad geographic footprint. The requirement is marked as suitable for SMEs, so a focused specialist, a consortium or an SME-led delivery model could be relevant where it can provide sufficient technical depth, delivery capacity and dependable programme support. The selected supplier’s large scale indicates the importance of organisational capacity as well as individual expertise.

## Notice

This contract is to support the Department of Works and Pension (DWP) with the provision of DDaT resources across Core Digital Services (CDS) specifically supporting the Digital Payment teams in the delivery

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/af512443-0aa9-445d-9c36-bbdafc56d75d |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Framework |
| Procurement category | Works |
| Procurement method | Selective |
| Procurement method details | Call-off from a framework agreement |
| Tender suitability | SME |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 27 Aug 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 26 May 2026 |
| Contract period | 30 May 2026 - 29 May 2028 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £10,625,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £8,500,000 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Not specified |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | Department for Work and Pensions |
| Locality | LONDON |
| Postcode area | South West London |
| Postcode | SW1H 9NA |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLI London |
| ITL 2 | TLI3 Inner London - West |
| ITL 3 | TLI35 Westminster and City of London |
| Local authority | Westminster |
| Electoral ward | St James's |
| Westminster constituency | Cities of London and Westminster |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | Accenture (UK) Limited |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

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

### Codes

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

## Release History

- 27 Aug 2026 at 11:01 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/af512443-0aa9-445d-9c36-bbdafc56d75d

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/af512443-0aa9-445d-9c36-bbdafc56d75d
  27th August 2026 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder

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