Official UK procurement notice
ecm_11975 ( Now C4617) Managed Enforcement Services for the Child Maintenance Service
Authority: Department for Work & Pensions (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionEnforcement Services for the Child Maintenance Service in England and Wales for the recovery of child maintenance arrears owed by parents who are responsible for children.<br/><br/>For Clarity and avoidance of doubt:<br/>www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/729d6d53-1d83… ↗<br/>This Contract was published on Contracts finder and is being reproduced on FTS in order to publish a Reg 72 PCR2015 modification to it.
CPV: Bailiff services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Provision of a Managed Enforcement Services for the Child Maintenance Service related…Awarded
Provision of a Managed Enforcement Services for the Child Maintenance Service related to the recovery of Child Maintenance Arrears owed by Paying Parents
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 9 Jun 2026, 17:26 BST
- Last source update
- 9 Jun 2026, 17:32 BST
- Authority reference
Contracts Finder Tender Reference -388706/1363898- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-054480- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06b136Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
For Clarity and avoidance of doubt:<br/><br/>www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/729d6d53-1d83… ↗<br/><br/>This Contract was published on Contracts finder and is being reproduced on FTS in order to publish a Reg 72 PCR2015 modification to it.<br/>The reason that 'award with no prior notice' was used here is because using Restricted Procedure Type required the PIN code of an F02 notice. As this was procured on a framework there was no F02 notice this option was chosen as a workaround to Atamis.
- Review procedure
Not applicable
Publisher note: Please note that this contract was originally awarded by the issue of a Contracts Finder Notice Ref https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/729d6d53-1d83-489d-8c55-1a7932314060.<br/><br/>This F20 Contract Modification notice is being published in the interests of transparency following modification of the original value and a further extension of the contract in accordance with Reg 72 (1) b of the Public Contract Regulations 2015.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
10 Jun 2024 → 9 Jun 2026 · 2 dates- Contract starts10 Jun 2024, 00:00 BST
- Notice published137 days ago9 Jun 2026, 17:32 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastContracts
Contract 054480-2026-ecm_11975-1 · QUALCO UKSME
- Signed
- 9 Jun 2026
- Value
- £1,116,760
- Period
- 10 Jun 2024 – 9 Nov 2026
- Status
- active
- Change Clarification of Original Contract Value:<br/><br/>Please note that the original contract value as outlined in the Contract Award Notice on Contracts Finder (see: ecm_11975 Managed Enforcement Agency Services- DWP-Child Maintenance Service - Contracts Finder) was incorrectly published as £571,750 (the value across the initial term of the Contract) when the correct value was £766,760 (the value including a 6-month extension option taking the Contract to a potential expiry date of 9/6/26 - this option was subsequently utilised by the DWP.) <br/>As a result of a change in the Department’s digital procurement platform, the DWP is unable to update the Contract Award Notice directly and therefore notifies the market of this change via this Contract Modification Notice. <br/>Contract Modification: <br/><br/>The DWP has extended the Contract in accordance with Public Contract Regulations 2015, Reg 72 (1)(b) which states as follows:<br/>“Contracts and framework agreements may be modified without a new procurement procedure in accordance with this Part in any of the following cases:…<br/>(b)for additional works, services or supplies by the original contractor that have become necessary and were not included in the initial procurement, where a change of contractor—<br/>(i)cannot be made for economic or technical reasons such as requirements of interchangeability or interoperability with existing equipment, services or installations procured under the initial procurement, and<br/>(ii)would cause significant inconvenience or substantial duplication of costs for the contracting authority,<br/>provided that any increase in price does not exceed 50% of the value of the original contract;…”<br/>The service is currently being re-procured and therefore it is both economically and technically impracticable to change contractor pending the outcome of the current tender process and a further extension is necessary to ensure service continuity.<br/><br/>Any additional interim procurement would significantly inconvenience the DWP (and the supplier market) by effectively duplicating the procurement process within a short timeframe. This approach would also substantially duplicate costs (for example implementation costs.) <br/><br/>This contract modification to extend the current contract from 9/6/26 to 9/11/26 amends the value of the contract from the original contract value of £766,760 (as clarified above) to £1,116,760., Need for additional works, services or supplies by the original contractor/concessionaire: Further extension of contract under Reg 72 (1) (b) of the Public Contract Rules as detailed above in Nature/Extent of Modifications section for the period 9/6/26 to 9/11/26.
Contract 054475-2026-1 · QUALCO UKSME
- Signed
- 9 Dec 2025
- Value
- £571,750
- Period
- … – 9 Jun 2026
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Royal Courts of JusticeReview bodyReview contact point
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- QUALCO UKAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.