Pipeline Framework: Expression of Interest for DWP Disaster Emergency Payments Service (DEPS)

A pipeline has been launched for Expression of Interest for DWP Disaster Emergency Payments Service (DEPS).The contract start Date is 1 December 2022. Approach to market date is 23 June 2022.The purpose of this Expression of Interest is to invite representatives from potential supplier organisations to register their interest to participate in the upcoming tender DWP Disaster Emergency Payments Service (DEPS). The contract is due to commence on 1 December 2022.Estimated timeline:Tender Publication: 23 June 2022Supplier Clarification: 23 June 2022 – 8 July 2022Supplier Proposal Response Deadline: 25 July 2022Evaluation of Supplier Responses: 1 August 2022 – 24 August 2022Outcome Notification to Supplier: 22 September 2022Contract Award: 4 October 2022Go Live: 1 December 2022The 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.In general, DWP makes on average 2.5m customer payments per day, to a value of over £3bn per week. We are obliged to ensure that payments are credited to customer accounts on the due date, early or late payments cannot be tolerated. The secure, timely payment of benefits to our vulnerable customers is critical to DWP's business.All potential solutions must be:- Able to meet Industry Standards for Security Best practice, ISO 27001, Cyber Essentials Plus, FSA Security and Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.1- Able to provide Management Information for reconciliation and audit purposes;- Compliant with UK payment scheme(s) (e.g. BACS) rules and payment formats;- Capable of operating nationally and be available for other Government Departments including Department for Communities and Scottish Government.The duration of the contract is expected to be 36 months with 2 x 12 month optional extensions.If you are interested in participating in the upcoming tender, please register your interest on Jaggaer (reference: pqq_28887) by 12:00, Friday 10 June 2022.Link to register: The Expression of Interest is being published in advance of a potential upcoming opportunity however suppliers should be aware that DWP is not committed to, nor guarantees a procurement at this stage. An Invitation to Tender will be issued should DWP proceed to a procurement. DWP reserves the right to withdraw or amend any intention to proceed to procurement stage at any time. Failure to register interest by the deadline will not result in exclusion from the bidding process.This is a potential opportunity from the government, and the pipeline gives advance notice of an opportunity that might be offered by the public sector in the future – allowing potential suppliers to plan accordingly. When a public sector organisation publishes a pipeline notice, it does not necessarily mean that an opportunity will be offered in the future.For more information contact: Department for Work and Pensions, Caxton House, Tothill Street, London SW1H 9NA. Email: lydia.chung@dwp.gov.uk Website: