PERMANENT AWARD EVIDENCE

Bank Validation and Verification Service (2026-2029)

DWP · published 2 Apr 2026. This page preserves the identifiers and current held fields for one Contracts Finder release; it is not an invoice, performance assessment or complete contract history.

Contracts Finder release IDa904bee5-8cb1-44a6-80b0-9a6ab989cdd2-891641
Open Contracting ID (OCID)ocds-b5fd17-49755fc1-7633-47d5-a488-d20d2478bea2
Buyer identifierGB-CFS-333106
Release typeaward
PUBLISHED COMMERCIAL FIELDS

Values stay separate.

A tender estimate and an award value answer different questions. Neither is treated as cash paid.

Award value
£3,711,960
award field
Tender value
£4,949,010
tender field
Procurement method
Call-off from a framework agreement
Category
services
CPV
48000000
Software package and information systems
Delivery
Not stated
FY4 5ES
PUBLISHED DESCRIPTION

What the notice says

The contract is for the provision of validation services for UK and international payment account details to ensure the accuracy of payment data, and verification services to support claimants' identity verification.

Tender statuscomplete
STAGE-DATE LEDGER

Reported dates, without an invented lifecycle.

The current projection contains one award release, not a verified chain of planning, tender, award, contract and modification records. Dates are shown in source-field order and are not silently repaired.

  1. 01Notice publishedPublication timestamp on the held release2 Apr 2026
  2. 02Tender period endsTender-period field as published5 Mar 2026
  3. 03Contract startsContract-period field as published31 Mar 2026
  4. 04Contract endsContract-period field as published31 Mar 2029
SUPPLIER EVIDENCE

Published names and exact identifiers

A company profile appears only when this release carries a usable company number. Name-only suppliers remain name-only.

Published name only

Experian Limited

No legal entity is inferred from this supplier name.

SOURCE

Contracts Finder release

Published 2 Apr 2026 · held through the daily award projection · Open Government Licence v3.0.

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