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# DWP Strategic External Resourcing Programme

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/dwp-strategic-external-resourcing-programme-ocds-h6vhtk-06e5ef). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Department for Work & Pensions: "DWP Strategic External Resourcing Programme". Published status: planning. Planned Pipeline Value: £0. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNING (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Department for Work & Pensions](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/department-for-work-pensions-gov-d10)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** £0 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
- **Delivery Location:** Not published
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 1 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/dwp-strategic-external-resourcing-programme-ocds-h6vhtk-06e5ef#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-06e5ef`

## Before you bid
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- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
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[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/dwp-strategic-external-resourcing-programme-ocds-h6vhtk-06e5ef#tl-md)

## Description
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is responsible for welfare, pensions, and child maintenance policy. As the UK’s biggest public service department, it administers the State Pension and a range of working age and disability benefits to over 20 million UK citizens. DWP is committed to doing everything it can to enhance the overall citizen experience of our citizens.
DWP’s Digital & Transformation Group (DTG) plays a central role in delivering DWP’s Strategy for 2030. DTG design, build and run the digital services that support millions of customers across the UK – from finding work to supporting families to retirement and later life. The focus is on making services simpler to use, better joined up, and ready to meet growing demand as customer needs become more complex. DTG is modernising systems and ways of working so customers can get the right help more easily and colleagues have better tools to do their jobs.
The Strategic External Resourcing Programme (SERP) is a high-value programme of work to implement a scalable resourcing model that will underpin all long-term DTG augmented resource requirements to enable a strategic shift from reactive and tactical contracting to planned, scalable and flexible-driven resources. The Programme is expected to be in the region of £1bn over multiple years and split across several agreements.
The aim is to consolidate the procurement and contract management of external augmented resources to enhance contract compliance, standardise contract management procedures, improve reporting practices and improve overall contract performance.
SERP is focussed on augmented resource contracts which can provide Digital Specialists and PMO roles, this includes: Engineering, Product & Delivery, User Centred Design, Architecture, Data, Cyber Security, PMO and Artificial Intelligence. The roles will largely align to the Government Digital and Data (GDaD), formally known as Digital, Data and Technology (DDaT), framework which can viewed at - https://ddat-capability-framework.service.gov.uk/
It is to be determined whether any future agreements will be specifically aligned to practice areas, however, it is expected that even if they are, there will also be a requirement for multi-disciplinary agreements covering the entirety, or at least majority, of roles.
DWP is commencing market engagement to gather insights from suppliers to help shape and inform the direction of SERP. This process intends to facilitate DWP being able to examine the readiness, capacity and capability of all interested potential suppliers.
DWP’s initial analysis has identified the Digital Outcomes and Specialists (DOS) 7, RM1043.9 framework as the primary route to market. However, this is to be tested as part of the market engagement process and therefore all suppliers who are capable of delivering augmented resources are invited to participate.
The aims and objectives for this exercise will be to:
a) Brief interested suppliers on potential future activi...
> [Read full procurement scope and specification on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/dwp-strategic-external-resourcing-programme-ocds-h6vhtk-06e5ef)

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planning
- **CPV codes:** 72000000

- **Contract Period:** 03/10/2027 to 03/10/2031
- **Renewal published:** yes

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F078259-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-08-17T15:26:12.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-21T22:39:43.635Z
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