Department for Work and Pensions
Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) for Employment and Health Related Test and Learn Provision
The procurement contact named on the official notice.
The submission route named on the official notice.
This is a large award for Education & Training — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 23,516 valued Education & Training tenders in our corpus.
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has extended the anticipated duration of the the Dynamic Purchasing System for Employment and Health Related Test and Learn Provision by an additional 29 months.
The Test and Learn DPS is open ended but now has a nominal end date of 23 February 2029 (the date specified for expiry of DPS’s in The Procurement Act 2023 (Commencement No.
3 and Transitional and Saving Provisions) Regulations 2024 (“Transitional Regulations”)).
The Test and Learn DPS Contract can be terminated by DWP with twenty (20) Working Days' notice.
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Typical UK bid effort for the £10m+ band — an estimate, not a quote.
Qualify & bid/no-bid ~10% · SQ / PQQ ~20% · Written response ~55% · Review & presentation ~15%
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