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Prior notice United Kingdom Services

Short Term Payment Contingency

Buyer: Department for Work & Pensions

Published
7 August 2026
Estimated value
£2,684,000
Procedure
Restricted procedure
Lots
1
Notice number
075445-2026
Reference
ocds-h6vhtk-0615c5
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Description

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) wish to give notice of planned procurement opportunity in relation to two linked but separate future procurements for DWP payment contingency services (together referred to in this notice as the “Payment Contingency Services (“PCS”)).   The intention of the PCS is to ensure DWP has robust contingencies in place to make benefit and pension entitlement payments to its customers on the dates they are due. The PCS are invoked only in exceptional circumstances where there is a delay in DWP releasing Bacs payment file(s).   The DWP intends for the relevant services to be provided under two separate, interdependent contracts (both of which are required to allow for invocation of PCS) as follows:  Short Term Payment Contingency (“STPC”) - Lot 1: This service reformats Bacs payments files into Faster Payment files for onward submission into the Faster Payment infrastructure   Sponsor Bank (“SB”) – Lot 2: This service is required for the settlement of funds with the Bank of England.   Please note that as these are separate procurements, different procurement processes and/or commercial approach may apply to each procurement. In addition, each p…

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