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Appropriate Adult Services

Social work and related services
Location not published
Published value
£250,000
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
Procurement Executive Summary
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Tenderline Synopsis: Department for Work & Pensions: "Appropriate Adult Services". Published status: planning. Published value: £250,000. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityDepartment for Work & PensionsScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
planning
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)£250,000
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: Department for Work & Pensions
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Derived from OCDS awards & bid statistics
Published history for Department for Work & Pensions. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Average Price Reduction
Not availableInsufficient comparable data
Requires at least 5 comparable procedures
Competition Density
1Bids / Report
100% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationHigh Concentration
Veran Performance LimitedTop vendor: 88.9% of attributable value
Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Payment obligations depend on the applicable regime and contract. Consult the official documents.
Coverage: 128 active published awards; 1 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Price reduction compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Historical Awarded Suppliers With This Authority:
Supplier NameHistoric AwardsAttributable GBP Value
Veran Performance Limited1 win£5,500,000
Gartner UK Limited1 win£469,500
Copyright Licensing Agency1 win£119,479
O'REILLY MEDIA INC1 win£99,450
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityDepartment for Work & Pensions
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statusplanning
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published20 Apr 2026, 14:56 BST
Last source update20 Apr 2026, 14:56 BST
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationSocial work and related services
Delivery areaLocation not published
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-06821b
What is being bought
DWP are looking to conduct some market engagement sessions with suppliers that are able to provide Appropriate Adult Services. DWP will require the service to be across England and Wales, provided by one supplier. An Appropriate Adult is an individual that provides support for suspects in Interviews Under Caution where there is vulnerability or complex needs.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Official notice release published
    20 Apr 2026, 14:56 BST
  2. Published value updated to £250,000
    14 Apr 2026, 14:47 BST
  3. Status changed to planning
    14 Apr 2026, 14:47 BST
  4. Official notice release published
    14 Apr 2026, 14:47 BST
  5. Buyer information updated
    14 Apr 2026, 14:47 BST
  6. Published tender amendment
    Not published
    Change to the requirement: A Nationwide Service can include sub-contracting in Regions, such as Northern Ireland and Wales.
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    planning
    Published valueNot published
    The source published no individual title or description for this lot.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Pipeline notice
    20 Apr 2026, 14:56 BST
  2. Procedure published
    20 Apr 2026, 14:56 BST
  3. engagement
    28 Apr 2026, 23:59 BST · scheduled
    DWP are looking to conduct one to one sessions with interested suppliers who can provide Appropriate Adult Services across England and Wales. If you are interested, please can you email commercialfed.cddigital@dwp.gov.uk, confirming your interest. Please could you also Register on DWP's procurement system. Here is the link to register. https://dwp2.my.site.com/s/Welcome For Further information about DWP procurement, please find below the link to the guidance. https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-work-pensions/about/procurement Please can you respond by 28th April 2026.
Commercial outcome and competition
AwardsNo award published
ContractsNo contract published
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

Department for Work & Pensions

Contracting authority GB-PPON-PJCP-7274-TLRQ
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  • Department for Work & Pensions
    buyer

    GB-PPON: PJCP-7274-TLRQ
    Caxton House, 6-12 Tothill Street, London, SW1H 9NA, London, UKI32, SW1H 9NA, GB
    commercialfed.cddigital@dwp.gov.uk
Documents (1)
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Related procedures (0)
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No related procedures published
Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Procedure rationaleNot published