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# DWP Payment Contingency Service

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/dwp-payment-contingency-service-ocds-h6vhtk-02ec79). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Department for Work & Pensions: "DWP Payment Contingency Service". Published status: complete. Published Value: £1,000,000,000. 3 published lots. Recorded submission deadline: 14 Nov 2021, 23:59 GMT. Published submission portal: dwp.bravosolution.co.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Department for Work & Pensions](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/department-for-work-pensions-gov-d10)
- **Published Value:** £1,000,000,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 14 November 2021 at 23:59 GMT
- **Lots:** 3
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Banking services, Financial and insurance services
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £1,492,200 (exc. VAT, 2 contracts)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-02ec79`

## Before you bid
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- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
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- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/dwp-payment-contingency-service-ocds-h6vhtk-02ec79#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [dwp.bravosolution.co.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdwp.bravosolution.co.uk%2F)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/dwp-payment-contingency-service-ocds-h6vhtk-02ec79#participate

## Description
This procurement is for the provision of the DWP Payment Contingency Service.
A Sponsor Bank is required to support the functionality of the Payment Contingency Services. Without a Sponsor Bank in place, the Payment Contingency Services is unable to operate.
This contingency service is invoked in situations when there is a delay with release of the BACS payment file, which contains benefit and pension payments and the Department's ability to make payment on time is threatened.
The service transforms BACS payments into Faster Payments to ensure customers receive their benefit/pension entitlement on their due date, reducing reputational risk and satisfying the Secretary of State's obligation.
The end to end Payment Contingency service requires two separate components, these are:
• LOT 1 - A service to reformat BACS payments into Faster Payments for onward submission into the Faster Payment infrastructure
• LOT 2 - A Sponsor Bank for the settlement of funds with the Bank of England.
DWP makes circa. 2.5m payments per day and pays over £3.7bn per week.

## Lots (3)
### Lot 1: LOT 1 - Short Term Payment Contingency
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 66000000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** A service to reformat BACS payments into Faster Payments for onward submission into the Faster Payment infrastructure when DWP are required to invoke contingency services

- **Options published:** yes

### Lot 2: Lot 2 - Sponsor Bank
- **Lot id:** `2`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 66000000, 66110000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** A Sponsor Bank is required to support the functionality of the Payment Contingency Services. Without a Sponsor Bank in place, the Payment Contingency Services is unable to operate.

### Lot Lot 1: Lot 1 - Short Term Payments Service (STPC)
- **Lot id:** `Lot 1`
- **Status:** cancelled
- **CPV codes:** 66000000, 66110000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** This contingency service is invoked in situations when there is a delay with release of the BACS payment file, which contains benefit and pension payments and the Department's ability to make payment on time is threatened.
The service transforms BACS...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (2)
- **Award:** Short Term Payments Contingency (STPC) (active)
  - Award id: `023170-2022-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Vocalink International Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-75235`
  - Value: £990,000 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** Sponsor Bank (active)
  - Award id: `023170-2022-2`
  - Supplier(s): **HSBC Bank Plc**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-183776`
  - Value: £502,200 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (2)
- **Contract:** Short Term Payments Contingency (STPC) (active)
  - Signed Value: £990,000
  - Signed Date: 29/06/2022

- **Contract:** Sponsor Bank (active)
  - Signed Value: £502,200
  - Signed Date: 29/06/2022

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F023170-2022)
- **Last Source Update:** 2022-08-19T15:19:31.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T07:19:41.422Z
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