Competition with a shortlist
Competitive procedure with a selection stage: suppliers were shortlisted before being invited to bid.
Key facts
- Buyer
- Department for Work and Pensions · National or federal agency/office
- Supplier
- Capita Business Services Ltd
- Value
- £873,410,000
- Procedure
- Competitive procedure with negotiation
- Sector
- Software & information systems · Software package and information systems (CPV 48000000)
- Region
- London
- Official notice
- 022214-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date2 Mar 2026
- Published12 Mar 2026Published 10 days after the contract date
Description
The Authority sought to engage the market to work with The Synergy Programme and its stakeholders to ensure the delivery of a best in class, Value for Money (VfM), shared Human Resources (HR) and Finance Business Process Service (BPS) solution, which meet the needs of service users.<br/>The Synergy Programme has been established to bring together the individual Department plans in line with the Government Business Service (GBS) published Shared Services Strategy for Government: this includes building a common operating model, BPS, single technology, and single commercial strategy.<br/>The Synergy Programme comprises the following central Government Departments (Departments) and their Arm’s Length Bodies (ALBs).<br/>- Ministry of Justice (MoJ);<br/>- Department for Work and Pensions (DWP);<br/>- Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA); and<br/>- Home Office (HO).<br/>DWP are currently the lead contracting authority for The Synergy Programme.<br/>The prime driver …
About the supplier
Capita Business Services Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 02299747).