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# Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) for Employment and Health Related Test and Learn Provision

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/dynamic-purchasing-system-dps-for-employment-and-health-related-test-and-learn-provision-ocds-h6vhtk-043872). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Notice summary:** The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has updated the 'Dynamic Purchasing System for Employment and Health Related Test and Learn Provision' Core Terms and Schedules (“Test and Learn DPS Contract”) alongside the Instructions to Potential Suppliers and Application Guidance documentation. The updates to the Test and Learn DPS Contract shall take effect on 8th February 2024.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Department for Work & Pensions](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/department-for-work-pensions-gov-d10)
- **Dynamic Market Estimate (lifetime call-offs):** £20,000,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 17 September 2026 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Education and training services, Training services
- **Delivery Location:** UKC, UKD, UKE, UKF, UKG, UKH, UKI, UKJ, UKK, UKL, UKM
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/dynamic-purchasing-system-dps-for-employment-and-health-related-test-and-learn-provision-ocds-h6vhtk-043872#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-043872`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **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.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **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/dynamic-purchasing-system-dps-for-employment-and-health-related-test-and-learn-provision-ocds-h6vhtk-043872#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [dwp.bravosolution.co.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdwp.bravosolution.co.uk%2Fweb%2Flogin.shtml)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/dynamic-purchasing-system-dps-for-employment-and-health-related-test-and-learn-provision-ocds-h6vhtk-043872#participate

## Description
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has updated the 'Dynamic Purchasing System for Employment and Health Related Test and Learn Provision' Core Terms and Schedules (“Test and Learn DPS Contract”) alongside the Instructions to Potential Suppliers and Application Guidance documentation. The updates to the Test and Learn DPS Contract shall take effect on 8th February 2024.
To summarise, the changes to the Test and Learn DPS are as follows:
- Removal/replacement of certain European Union references;
- Updated security call-off schedule;
- Updated data processing provisions;
- Addition of an optional staff transfer call-off schedule;
- Change in the sequencing of signatures in the call-off award procedure so a buyer (rather than the supplier) will sign a call-off award form second;
- Change in the approach to financial standing assessments with more focus placed on a detailed assessment to be undertaken at the call-off competition stage rather than when potential suppliers apply to be admitted to the DPS; and
- Consequential amendments in light of changes referred to above.
DWP has also extended the anticipated duration of the Test and Learn DPS by an additional  two years. The Test and Learn DPS is open ended but now has a nominal end date of 30 September 2026 (which may be extended further). The Test and Learn DPS Contract can be terminated by DWP with twenty (20) Working Days' notice.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 80500000
- **Delivery regions:** UKC, UKD, UKE, UKF, UKG, UKH, UKI, UKJ, UKK, UKL, UKM

- **Estimated Value:** £20,000,000
- **Description:** This is a Contract Notice for social and specific services in accordance with regulation 75 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended). DWP established the Test and Learn DPS to procure these activities in in England, Scotland and Wales on...
- **Contract Period:**  to 30/09/2026

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F004271-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-02-08T15:20:25.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-11-01T17:21:57.573Z
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