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Published 21 May 2025, 14:47 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Future Debt Solution - Purchase and development of Debt Management System

Official notice

Authority: Department for Work & Pensions (Central government)

ServicesOpen procedureAbove thresholdSME suitableVCSE suitable
Sectors: Community & Cultural Services (98) Delivery: UK
Planned pipeline value£40,000,000pipeline notice, not a live tender · 1 value update
Tender notice expected 14 Aug 2025from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 8 yrsends 28 Apr 2034 · up to 28 Apr 2036 with extensions · starts 29 Apr 2026
Notice summaryFrom the published notice

Purchase and Development Debt Management System to meet DWP requirements using a current off the shelf platform to manage the recovery of debt and other monies owed to the Government. The work will include the Design, Configuration, Testing, support to Migration from the existing platform and Post Go Live Support. The value range of the procurement is estimated to be between £20m and £40m excluding VAT Maximum Contract Term of 10 Years including any optional extensions

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Purchase and Development Debt Management System to meet DWP requirements using a current off the shelf platform to manage the recovery of debt and other monies owed to the Government. The work will include the Design, Configuration, Testing, support to Migration from the existing platform and Post Go Live Support.

The Scope of the Service is to include:

SaaS Debt management solution to meet DWP functional and non-functional requirements

-User friendly modern debt collection and management capabilities

-Flexible and business user configurable

-Hosted in the UK with 99.9% Availability

-Scalable to meet projected growth in accounts and users

-Innovative future roadmap

Implementation of a SaaS debt management solution

-Design and configuration

-Integration to DWP architecture

-Migration of data from current solution

-Testing and assurance

-Training and knowledge transfer

-Supplier project management

BAU support for a SaaS debt management solution

-Service desk

-System maintenance

-Performance monitoring

-Change management support

The value range of the procurement is estimated to be between £20m and £40m excluding VAT

Maximum Contract Term of 10 Years including any optional extensions

CPV: Other community, social and personal services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1PlannedRenewal 8 yrsSMEVCSE
Contract period: 29 Apr 2026 – 28 Apr 2034 (8 yrs) · up to 28 Apr 2036 with extensions
Delivery: UKEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligible
Extensions: Extension options published

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Past planning notice
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
21 May 2025, 14:47 BST
Last source update
3 Jun 2025, 12:12 BST
Authority reference
Project_26685
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-029463
Latest notice
Pipeline notice (UK1)
Classification (CPV)
Other community, social and personal services
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-051b28 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

21 May 2025 → 29 Apr 2026 · 4 dates
  1. Planning notice published
    21 May 2025, 14:47 BST
  2. Latest notice published
    3 Jun 2025, 12:12 BST
  3. Tender notice expected
    14 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST
  4. Contract starts187 days ago
    29 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST

Notice history

5 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 21 May 2025
  1. Pipeline notice published
    21 May 2025, 14:47 BST
    UK1
  2. Pipeline notice published
    2 Jun 2025, 13:13 BST
    UK1
  3. Published value updated to £40,000,000
    2 Jun 2025, 13:13 BST
    was £20,000,000
  4. Pipeline notice published
    3 Jun 2025, 12:05 BST
    UK1
  5. Pipeline notice published
    3 Jun 2025, 12:12 BST
    UK1
Published amendments (3)

The estimated contract value and contract term have been modified.

The title and scope have been amended.

Reference has been changed.

Routine re-releases (4)
  • 2025-05: 1 release · 21 May 2025

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Department for Work & Pensions

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PJCP-7274-TLRQ Caxton House 7th Floor 6-12 Tothill Street, London, London, SW1H 9NAContact email

Official documents & specifications (4)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

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