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title: "Cash Disbursement - Prior Information Notice"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-03e3fc"
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current_stage: "Planning"
buyer: "DEPARTMENT FOR WORK AND PENSIONS"
published: "2023-07-20"
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# Cash Disbursement - Prior Information Notice

Buyer: DEPARTMENT FOR WORK AND PENSIONS  
Current stage: Planning  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-03e3fc

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## Summary

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is planning a procurement process titled "Cash Disbursement – Prior Information Notice" in the services category, specifically for banking services. The procurement process is in the planning stage and involves inviting market operators to provide insights on services supporting national UK & NI cash disbursement. Key dates include a pre-market engagement event on 2nd August 2023 and a follow-up 1-1 session available until 25th August 2023. The main purpose of this initiative is to assess market suitability, understand available services, and identify innovations for cash disbursement to unbanked citizens.

The planned tender by DWP for banking services presents an opportunity for businesses, particularly those in the financial consultancy, transaction processing, and clearing-house services sectors, to engage in providing strategic services for benefit customers without bank accounts. Businesses with capabilities in administration services and experience in regulatory standards such as FCA and payment industry standards would be well-suited to participate. The procurement process aims to involve multiple government departments and ensure national coverage, including Northern Ireland, thus offering growth opportunities for businesses interested in providing critical payment services and ensuring benefit entitlement to citizens.

## Notice

The purpose of this PIN is to inform market operators of a potential future exercise to procure services supporting national UK & NI cash disbursement. This PIN is to seek insight from market operators to assess market suitability, support DWP's understanding of the available services, and identify market innovations that support cash disbursement to unbanked citizens. We invite market operators to attend a pre-market engagement event planned for 2/8/2023. This will be recorded and can be viewed by market operators unable to attend the live event (available until 20/8/23). In addition, we would like to offer interested parties a follow up 1-1 session to allow market operators to provide further insight to DWP. If operators are interested, in a 1-1 session please notify DWP through the provided address, this option again can be considered at a later date (until 25/8/23) once market operators have viewed the recorded event. A further Prior Information Notice may be issued should DWP proceed to a procurement, however market operators should be aware DWP is not committed to or guarantees a procurement at this stage. DWP reserves the right to withdraw or amend the intentions of this Prior Information Notice at any time. Any costs incurred in attending the pre-market engagement or 1-1 sessions will be borne by the market operator.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

A Strategic Service to ensure payment of benefit entitlement to benefit customers who do not have a bank account. Additional information: DWP is considering at this time a service proposition that includes DWP alongside other government departments including Department for Communities. The service most would likely need to be assured to regulatory standards, including Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and all payment industry standards.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/021011-2023 |
| 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 |
| All stages | Planning |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 20 Jul 2023 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | 31 Mar 2024 |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Planned |
| Lots status | Planned |
| Awards status | Not specified |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | DEPARTMENT FOR WORK AND PENSIONS |
| Locality | BLACKPOOL |
| Post town | Blackpool |
| Postcode | FY4 5ES |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLD North West (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLD4 Lancashire |
| ITL 3 | TLD42 Blackpool |
| Local authority | Blackpool |
| Electoral ward | Stanley |
| Westminster constituency | Blackpool South |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 66 - Financial and insurance services
- 75 - Administration, defence and social security services

### Codes

- 66110000 - Banking services
- 66170000 - Financial consultancy, financial transaction processing and clearing-house services
- 75100000 - Administration services

## Release History

- 20 Jul 2023 at 15:39 - Planning - Planning Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/021011-2023

## Notice URLs

- https://dwp.bravosolution.co.uk/
- https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-work-pensions

## Provenance

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