Official UK procurement notice
The Functional Assessment Service (FAS) Lot 5 Northern Ireland
Authority: Department for Work & Pensions (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis Contract is for the delivery of Functional Assessment Services across Lot 5 (Northern Ireland) to support determinations of<br/>entitlement to welfare and social security provision, including the level or type of support to be provided across a range of benefit claims for PIP, WCA and Specialist Benefits.<br/><br/>For Clarity and avoidance of doubt: This Contract was originally published on Contracts finder: www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/018066-2025 ↗ and is being reproduced on FTS following the Contracting Authority’s change of platform provider and solely to enable the Contracting Authority to publish a Reg 72 PCR2015 modification notice to it. This is not a new competition.<br/><br/>As this isn't a new competition please ignore entry in II.2.5.1.1 Award criteria. This is for submission purposes only.
CPV: Health and social work services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
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
- 21 Apr 2026, 11:40 BST
- Last source update
- 21 Apr 2026, 11:40 BST
- Authority reference
C4430- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-036009- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-068728Find 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: This Contract was originally published on Contracts finder: www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/018066-2025 ↗ and is being reproduced on FTS following the Contracting Authority’s change of platform provider and solely to enable the Contracting Authority to publish a Reg 72 PCR2015 modification notice to it. This is not a new competition
Publisher note: For Clarity and avoidance of doubt: This Contract was originally published on Contracts finder: https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/018066-2025 and is being reproduced on FTS following the Contracting Authority’s change of platform provider and solely to enable the Contracting Authority to publish a Reg 72 PCR2015 modification notice to it. This is not a new competition
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Capita Business Services Ltd | £157,080,007 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 036009-2026-1 · Capita Business Services Ltd
- Signed
- 19 Sept 2023
- Value
- £157,080,007
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Capita Business Services LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.