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# MaPS Independent Quality Assessment Service - Award Notice

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/maps-independent-quality-assessment-service-award-notice-ocds-h6vhtk-035505). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** MONEY AND PENSIONS SERVICE: "MaPS Independent Quality Assessment Service - Award Notice". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 4 Jan 2023, 12:00 GMT. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [MONEY AND PENSIONS SERVICE](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/money-and-pensions-service-gov-ot1266)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** 4 January 2023 at 12:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Research and development services and related consultancy services
- **Delivery Location:** UK, UKC, UKD, UKE, UKF, UKG, UKH, UKI, UKJ, UKK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £3,983,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-035505`

## 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/maps-independent-quality-assessment-service-award-notice-ocds-h6vhtk-035505#tl-md)

## Description
The Money and Pensions Service (MaPS) carried out a tender for a supplier to deliver an independent quality assessment service to enable MaPS to manage, monitor and maintain oversight over the quality of its internal and outsourced guidance and advice delivery services against a set of 11 MaPS Standards (and 72 sub standards)
https://www.moneyandpensionsservice.org.uk/money-and-pensions-service-standards/

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 73000000
- **Delivery regions:** UK, UKC, UKD, UKE, UKF, UKG, UKH, UKI, UKJ, UKK

- **Description:** The supplier will complete assessments across a wide range of MaPS services including regulated debt advice, pensions guidance, Pension Wise and money guidance. The supplier will be responsible for the delivery of an independent quality assessment se...
- **Contract Period:** 15/03/2023 to 14/03/2026
- **Renewal published:** yes
- **Options published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** Independent Quality Assessment Service (active)
  - Award id: `011977-2023-23-39C-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Recognising Excellence Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-57239`
  - Value: £3,983,000 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** Independent Quality Assessment Service (active)
  - Signed Value: £3,983,000
  - Signed Date: 11/04/2023

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F011977-2023)
- **Last Source Update:** 2023-04-26T11:52:03.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-29T01:25:57.192Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-035505