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Contract Award Notice

Central Digital Architecture & Associated Services

  • First published: 12 May 2025
  • Last modified: 12 May 2025
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Contents

Summary

OCID:
ocds-h6vhtk-050be4
Published by:
Money and Pensions Service
Authority ID:
AA78892
Publication date:
12 May 2025
Deadline date:
-
Notice type:
Contract Award Notice
Has documents:
No
Has SPD:
No
Has Carbon Reduction Plan:
N/A

Abstract

The Pensions Dashboards Programme (PDP), set up by the Money and Pensions Service (MaPS), has responsibility for designing and implementing the ecosystem which will make pensions dashboards work.

This contract will deliver the major components of the digital architecture, including the pension finder service (PFS), the consent and authorisation service, and the governance register.

Full notice text

Contract award notice

Results of the procurement procedure

Section I: Contracting entity

I.1) Name and addresses

MONEY AND PENSIONS SERVICE

Money & Pensions Service Borough Hall

Bedford

MK429AB

UK

E-mail: commercial@maps.org.uk

NUTS: UK

Internet address(es)

Main address: https://maps.org.uk/en

I.4) Type of the contracting authority

Other: Arms-length Body sponsored by the Department for Work and Pensions

I.5) Main activity

General public services

Section II: Object

II.1) Scope of the procurement

II.1.1) Title

Central Digital Architecture & Associated Services

Reference number: 21-38C

II.1.2) Main CPV code

72200000

 

II.1.3) Type of contract

Services

II.1.4) Short description

The Pensions Dashboards Programme (PDP), set up by the Money and Pensions Service (MaPS), has responsibility for designing and implementing the ecosystem which will make pensions dashboards work.

This contract will deliver the major components of the digital architecture, including the pension finder service (PFS), the consent and authorisation service, and the governance register.

II.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

II.1.7) Total value of the procurement

Value excluding VAT: 56 979 971.00  GBP

II.2) Description

II.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS code:

UK

II.2.4) Description of the procurement

The Government intends to deliver pensions dashboards through the Pension Schemes Act 2021 and The Pensions Dashboards Regulations 2022 (as amended by The Pensions Dashboards (Amendment) Regulations 2023).

This legislation sets out the requirement for pension providers and schemes to connect to the pension dashboards system. It also empowers the Money and Pensions Service ("MaPS") through the Pensions Dashboards Programme ("PDP"), to create pensions dashboards standards with the approval of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.

This contract will deliver the major components of the digital architecture, including the pension finder service (PFS), the consent and authorisation service, and the governance register.

This contract was procured via a call off via a mini-competition from framework RM3084 - Technology Services 2.

PLEASE NOTE:

This Contract Award Notice is being published to FTS merely for completeness and to allow publication of an F20 Modification notice. In compliance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, a contract award notice was originally published to Contracts Finder with on 11 October 2021.

Link to the original notice: https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/8bcf5892-9c31-4e44-a23a-82e1fd4e6e0c

II.2.5) Award criteria

Price

II.2.11) Information about options

Options: Yes

Description of options:

2 x 12 month contract extensions available.

II.2.13) Information about European Union funds

The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1) Description

IV.1.1) Type of procedure

Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition

Justification for selected award procedure:

The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the Directive

Explanation

This contract was awarded as a call off via a mini-competition from Crown Commercial Service framework RM3084 (Technology Services 2). Therefore awarding without a public call for competition is compliant with the Public Contract Regulations 2015.

IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: No

Section V: Award of contract

Contract No: 21-38C

Title: Central Digital Architecture & Associated Services

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

V.2 Award of contract

V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

03/08/2021

V.2.2) Information about tenders

Number of tenders received: 1

The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No

V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

CAPGEMINI UK PLC

00943935

London

UK

NUTS: UKI

The contractor is an SME: No

V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)

Total value of the contract/lot: : 56 979 971.00  GBP

V.2.5) Information about subcontracting

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.4) Procedures for review

VI.4.1) Review body

Royal Courts of Justice

London

UK

VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice

02/05/2025

Coding

Commodity categories

ID Title Parent category
72200000 Software programming and consultancy services IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

Delivery locations

ID Description
100 UK - All

Alert region restrictions

The buyer has restricted the alert for this notice to suppliers based in the following regions.

ID Description
There are no alert restrictions for this notice.

About the buyer

Main contact:
commercial@maps.org.uk
Admin contact:
N/a
Technical contact:
N/a
Other contact:
N/a

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