Central Digital Architecture & Associated Services Contract - RM3804

Money and Pensions Service · awarded 2 September 2021

Who

Buyer	Money and Pensions Service London
Supplier	CAPGEMINI UK PLC
Category	services
Classification	Software programming and consultancy services CPV 72200000
Notice published	28 April 2025

What it is for

The Pension Schemes Act 2021 and The Pensions Dashboards Regulations 2022 (as amended by The Pensions Dashboards (Amendment) Regulations 2023) 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. The legislation sets out a single statutory long-stop connection deadline of 31 October 2026 (the "Statutory Deadline"). MaPS is party to a Central Digital Architecture & Associated Services contract (the "Contract") with Capgemini UK PLC ("CG") to deliver the major components of the digital architecture, including the pension finder service (PFS), the consent and authorisation service, and the governance register, that will enable the PDP to operate. The Contract was procured via a call off from RM3084 - Technology Services 2. The Contract as awarded contains two optional extension periods of 1 year each The value of the Contract has now been uplifted by £15,000,000 for additional services, which are now necessary for successful project delivery, that were not included in the original contract award. Additional work is required under the Contract to develop the central digital architecture to include key components required to ensure that the programme can enable pension providers and schemes to meet their statutory obligations. Namely, to connect to the dashboards system by the statutory deadline of 31 October 2026, having regard to the staged timetable in guidance issued by DWP, and to maintain that connection. This has resulted in new Statements of Work ("SoW") being awarded to CG for the additional work…

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