DWP Disaster Emergency Payments Service (DEPS)

Concepts

• dwp
• finance and insurance
• leeds
• deps
• dwp disaster emergency payments service
• banking services
• dwp's disaster emergency payments service
• payment infrastructure
• dwp estate
• payments files

Location

United Kingdom:

Description

This is an Invitation to Tender for DWP's Disaster Emergency Payments Service (DEPS). The contract is due to commence on 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.

Total Quantity or Scope

DWP expects to follow a one stage Open Market Tender process. 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

CPV Codes

• 66000000 - Financial and insurance services
• 66110000 - Banking services

Indicators

• This is a one-off contract (no recurrence)
• Renewals are not available.

Other Information

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 withdraw the tender 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. ** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. ** Suppliers Instructions: How to Express Interest in this Tender: 1. Register on the eSourcing portal (this is only required once): https://dwp.bravosolution.co.uk & click the link to register - Accept the terms & conditions & click 'continue' - Enter your correct business & user details - Note your chosen username & click 'Save'. You will receive an email with your password (keep this secure) 2. Express an Interest in the tender - Login to the portal with the username/password - Click the 'PQQs / ITTs Open To All Suppliers' link. (These are Pre-Qualification Questionnaires or Invitations to Tender open to any registered supplier) - Click on the relevant exercise to access the content. - Click the 'Express Interest' button at the top of the page. - This will move the PQQ /ITT into your 'My PQQs/ My ITTs' page. (A secure area reserved for your projects only) -You can now access any attachments by clicking 'Buyer Attachments' in the 'PQQ/ ITT Details' box 3. Responding to the tender - Click 'My Response' under 'PQQ/ ITT Details', you can choose to 'Create Response' or to 'Decline to Respond' (please give a reason if declining) - You can now use the 'Messages' function to communicate with the buyer and seek any clarification - Note the deadline for completion. Follow the onscreen instructions to complete the PQQ/ ITT - There may be a mixture of online & offline actions to complete (detailed online help available). To submit your reply use the 'Submit Response' button (top of the page). For further assistance please consult the online help, or the eTendering help desk. DWP expressly reserves the rights(i)to use a reverse auction; (ii)to cancel this procurement at any stage; (iii)to not award any contract as a result of the procurement process commenced by publication of this notice; (iv)and in no circumstances will DWP be liable for any costs incurred by potential suppliers.