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Department for Work and Pensions

Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) for Employment and Health Related Test and Learn Provision

EducationCPV 80000000
Value£20.0m
Deadline17 Sept 2026
Published20 Aug 2025
RegionUK-wide
Contract value in context
£20.0mtotal contract value
median £84k
this tender£0£21.6m

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The brief

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has updated the Dynamic Purchasing System for Employment and Health Related Test and Learn Provision Core Terms and Schedules ("Test and Learn DPS Contract") alongside the Instructions to Potential Suppliers and Application Guidance documentation.

The updates to the Test and Learn DPS Contract shall take effect on 8th February 2024.

To summarise, the changes to the Test and Learn DPS Contract are as follows: - Removal/replacement of certain European Union references; - Updated security call-off schedule; - Updated data processing provisions; - Addition of an optional staff transfer call-off schedule; - Change in the sequencing of signatures in the call-off award procedure so a buyer (rather than the supplier) will sign a call-off award form second; - Change in the approach to financial standing assessments with more focus placed on a de…

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

The updates to the Test and Learn

The updates to the Test and Learn DPS Contract shall take effect on 8th February 2024.

02

This DPS presents opportunities for organisations,

This DPS presents opportunities for organisations, with a focus on innovation and local specialist support, to be involved and test the development of new approaches for employment and health related activity.

03

This will be key to building evidence

This will be key to building evidence to support the delivery of future provision at both national and local level.

Derived from the notice text — always confirm against the original documents.

Source & provenance
OCID
a514f37e-689a-4031-b075-f8af8637bf17
Stage
contract · Contract
Source
Contracts Finder
Buyer ref
tender_158031/1312475
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