Procurement Summary
Country: United Kingdom
Summary: Short Term Payment Contingency
Deadline: 16 Oct 2026
Posting Date: 08 Aug 2026
Other Information
Notice Type: Tender
TOT Ref.No.: 146807422
Document Ref. No.: P-1061
Competition: ICB
Financier: Self Financed
Purchaser Ownership: Public
Tender Value: Refer Document
CPV Classification
66000000 - Financial and insurance services
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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) wish to give notice of planned procurement opportunity in relation to two linked but separate future procurements for DWP payment contingency services (together referred to in this notice as the “Payment Contingency Services (“PCS”)). The intention of the PCS is to ensure DWP has robust contingencies in place to make benefit and pension entitlement payments to its customers on the dates they are due. The PCS are invoked only in exceptional circumstances where there is a delay in DWP releasing Bacs payment file(s). The DWP intends for the relevant services to be provided under two separate, interdependent contracts (both of which are required to allow for invocation of PCS) as follows: Short Term Payment Contingency (“STPC”) - Lot 1: This service reformats Bacs payments files into Faster Payment files for onward submission into the Faster Payment infrastructure Sponsor Bank (“SB”) - Lot 2: This service is required for the settlement of funds with the Bank of England. Please note that as these are separate procurements, different procurement processes and/or commercial approach may apply to each procurement. In addition, each procurement may be awarded, delayed, or withdrawn independently of the other. This notice relates specifically to the STPC procurement. A separate UK3 Planned Procurement Notice has been issued for the SB procurement, which can be found on Find a Tender Service. Please note that: - Further i...
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