# DWP Disaster Emergency Payments Service \(DEPS\)

> Tender notice from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Department for Work and Pensions](/buyers/department-for-work-and-pensions/contract-awards)
- Tender value: £2,500,000
- Published: 4 August 2022
- Planned start: 1 December 2022
- Planned end: 30 November 2025
- Stage: open_tender
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 36fb9ff5-3a79-466e-af3d-046b4f49cc92-560862
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-9d8b8fd7-a56a-433f-a3d8-9945693270c2

## Description

This is an Invitation to Tender to invite representatives from potential supplier organisations to to participate in this tender DWP Disaster Emergency Payments Service \(DEPS\)\. The contract is due to commence on 1 December 2022\. Estimated timeline: Tender Publication: 04/08/2022 Deadline for Supplier Responses to ITT: 05/09/2022 Supplier Clarification: 04/08/2022 - 18/08/2022 Evaluation Period Commences: 06/09/2022 Evaluation Period Complete: 19/09/2022 Successful/Unsuccessful Bidders Notified: 29/09/2022 Standstill Period Commences \(Alcatel\): 30/09/2022 Standstill Period Ends \(Alcatel\) 11/10/2022 Contract Signature: 12/10/2022 - 19/10/2022 Go Live: 1 December 2022 The potential solution must be able to support DWP with a payment infrastructure to address a catastrophic event which prevents DWP from preparing and issuing payments files\. The Department could be vulnerable to external risk such as cyber security threats which could result in the estate environment not being able to access the data and potentially unable to process and create the payment files\. The potential solution which will be operating outside of DWP estate is crucial for the Department's risk mitigation strategy\. DWP makes circa\. 2\.5m payments per day and pays over £3\.7bn per week\. The end to end solution must be available from 01/12/22\. Clarification questions may be submitted from 04/08/2022 up to 18/08/2022\. For transparency, clarification questions and responses will be shared with all interested suppliers, all sensitive information will be removed prior to wider publication\. Please Note: The Authority reserves the right to end the tendering process at any time and not to award a contract\. Any costs incurred in the preparation and submitting of a bid and any subsequent activity connected to this tender exercise will be met by the Supplier, not the Authority\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/36fb9ff5-3a79-466e-af3d-046b4f49cc92-560862)