Published date: 24 October 2018

Last edited date: 16 December 2022

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 1 November 2018, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Education and training services - 80000000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£0 to £20,000,000

Procurement reference

tender_158031/721875

Published date

24 October 2018

Closing date

1 November 2018

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

1 November 2018

Contract end date

30 September 2024

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (above threshold)

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

This procedure can be used for procurements above the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

NB: The closing date for this DPS is open ended and not 1 November 2018 as stated on this Opportunity Notice.

As set out in the Green Paper 'Improving Lives: Work, Health and Disability' , published in October 2016, the department is looking to deliver a number of new proof of concept' (PoC) to improve the support that it can offer and to understand what best works.

This is a Contract Notice for social and specific services in accordance with Directive 2014/24/EU Article 24. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) intends to establish a Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) to procure these activities in in England, Scotland and Wales. The DPS is for the procurement of social and other services referred to in Regulation 74 of the Public Contracts Regulations (2015) and as such, the intention is to use a light touch regime, rather than the full regime described in Regulation 34 (Dynamic Purchasing System).
This DPS will present opportunities for organisation, with a focus on innovation and local specialist support, to be involved and test the development of new approaches for employment and health related activity. This will be key to building evidence to support the delivery of future provision at both national and local level.
DWP cannot confirm or guarantee any future business through the DPS, but it is anticipated that there will be some limited numbers of proof of concepts / test and learn projects over the duration of the DPS.
The Test & Learn (T&L) DPS commenced on the first date that DWP signed the first DPS Contract, which was on 09 November 2018. The T&L DPS will be open ended with a nominal End date of 30 September 2024 (which may be extended further) but can be terminated by the Authority with twenty (20) Working Days' notice.

This DPS Contract will be for the use of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and other contracting bodies (listed below), their Executive Agencies and those Non-Departmental Public Bodies (NDPBs) sponsored by them. Further information including a list of such Agencies and Public Bodies can be viewed by selecting "Ministerial Departments (link is external)" on the Departmental website (link is external):
- The Department for Work and Pensions,
- Ministry of Justice,
- Department of Health and Social Care,
- The Department for Education,
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government,
- Home Office,
- Scottish Government,
- Welsh Government,
- Local Authorities in England, Scotland and Wales.

All relevant documentation is available via our Procurement Portal. https://dwp.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.shtml

Published in OJ / S at on 2018/S 205-468119.

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About the buyer

Contact name

George May

Address

Quarry House, Quarry Hill
Leeds
LS2 7UA
England

Email

george.may@dwp.gsi.gov.uk

Website

https://dwp.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.shtml