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# Personal Independence Payments (PIP) Assessment Service - Contract Extension - Lot 4  Reference number: UI_DWP_100432

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/personal-independence-payments-pip-assessment-service-contract-extension-lot-4-reference-n-ocds-h6vhtk-02c2a2). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Department for Work and Pensions acting for on behalf of the Department for Communities (DfC) formerly the Department for Social Development (DSD) in Northern Ireland: "Personal Independence Payments (PIP) Assessment Service - Contract Extension - Lot 4  Reference number: UI_DWP_100432". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Department for Work and Pensions acting for on behalf of the Department for Communities (DfC) formerly the Department for Social Development (DSD) in Northern Ireland](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/department-for-work-and-pensions-acting-for-on-behalf-of-the-GB-FTS-21270)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Health and social work services
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £31,922,805 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-02c2a2`

## 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/personal-independence-payments-pip-assessment-service-contract-extension-lot-4-reference-n-ocds-h6vhtk-02c2a2#tl-md)

## Description
Further to the VEAT notice issued on 10 July 2020 REF. NO 2020/S 135-333753 of July 2020, DfC is placing this voluntary transparency notice to alert economic operators of its intention to enter into a Contract Variation of the Personal Independence Payment (PIP) assessment services Lot 4 Contract with the incumbent supplier following a period of 10 days from the date of publication of this notice in accordance with Regulation 72(1)(c).   The Contract Variation provides for an extension of two (2) years from 1 August 2021 to 31 July 2023.

## Lots (1)
### Lot Personal Independence Payments (PIP) Assessment Service Lot No.4: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `Personal Independence Payments (PIP) Assessment Service Lot No.4`
- **Status:** Not published
- **CPV codes:** 85000000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** The impact of Covid-19 on health assessment services has been, and continues to be significant. DfC had to act quickly to implement a number of changes to service delivery, both to ensure the health and wellbeing of the public, its own employees and ...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** Personal Independence Payments (PIP) Assessment Service - Contract Extension - Lot 4 (active)
  - Award id: `015150-2021-UI_DWP_100432-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Capita Business Services UK Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-COH-02299747`
  - Value: £31,922,805 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** Personal Independence Payments (PIP) Assessment Service - Contract Extension - Lot 4 (active)
  - Signed Value: £31,922,805
  - Signed Date: 20/11/2012

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F015150-2021)
- **Last Source Update:** 2021-07-01T21:45:08.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T17:17:04.233Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-02c2a2