Central Digital Architecture & Associated Services

Opportunity overview

The Contracting Authority has modified the Central Digital Architecture and Associated Services Contract to: (1) Contract Year 6 Extension - Existing In-Scope Services Exercise the first contractual extension option already clearly provided for within the original Contract, extending the Contract from 3 September 2026 to 2 September 2027 and enabling continued delivery of existing Central Digital Architecture services that remain within the original scope and nature of the Contract. This element of the modification has a value of £4.01 million (excluding VAT). (2) Additional Technical Services Introduce additional technical services required to support completion of the Pensions Dashboards Programme, including activities necessary for public beta and live service readiness, service stabilisation and transition planning. These services were not included within the original procurement and represent a further phase of programme delivery activities following the contract modification published on 2 May 2025. This element of the modification has a value of £2.93 million (excluding VAT).

Awarded to

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CAPGEMINI UK PLC

Matched by number

Contract value: £78.9m
Awarded: Not supplied
Contract signed: 2 Aug 2021
Award ID: 089379-2026-21-38C-1
Status: active
Identifier: GB-COH 00943935
Location: London, UK, United Kingdom

Classification

CPV72200000 — Software programming and consultancy services

Lots

The Government is delivering pensions dashboards through the Pension Schemes Act 2021, the Pensions Dashboards Regulations 2022 (as amended) and related legislation. This framework requires pension providers and schemes to connect to the pensions dashboards ecosystem and empowers the Money and Pensions Service (MaPS) to provide the Central Digital Architecture (CDA). The statutory connection deadline is 31 October 2026. MaPS' CDA Contract with Capgemini UK plc delivers the core components of the pensions' dashboards ecosystem, including the Pension Finder Service, Consent and Authorisation Service and Governance Register. The Contract was awarded through the Technology Services 2 Framework (RM3804), commenced on 3 September 2021, and includes two optional one-year extension periods beyond the initial term ending on 2 September 2026.Value not stated

Published notice details

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Scope, procedure and submissions

Id: 21-38C
Main Procurement Category: services

Legal basis

Id: 32014L0024
Scheme: CELEX

Classification

Scheme: CPV
Id: 72200000
Description: Software programming and consultancy services

Lots and requirements

Entry 1

Id: 1
Description: The Government is delivering pensions dashboards through the Pension Schemes Act 2021, the Pensions Dashboards Regulations 2022 (as amended) and related legislation. This framework requires pension providers and schemes to connect to the pensions dashboards ecosystem and empowers the Money and Pensions Service (MaPS) to provide the Central Digital Architecture (CDA). The statutory connection deadline is 31 October 2026. MaPS' CDA Contract with Capgemini UK plc delivers the core components of the pensions' dashboards ecosystem, including the Pension Finder Service, Consent and Authorisation Service and Governance Register. The Contract was awarded through the Technology Services 2 Framework (RM3804), commenced on 3 September 2021, and includes two optional one-year extension periods beyond the initial term ending on 2 September 2026.

Contract period

Duration In Days: 2,520

Items and delivery

Item 1

Id: 1
Related Lot: 1

Delivery locations

Entry 1

Region: UK

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1

Name: MONEY AND PENSIONS SERVICE
Id: GB-FTS-146197

Identifier

Legal Name: MONEY AND PENSIONS SERVICE
No Identifier Rationale: notOnAnyRegister

Address

Street Address: Money & Pensions Service Borough Hall
Locality: Bedford
Region: UKH24
Postal Code: MK429AB
Country Name: United Kingdom

Contact

Email: commercial@maps.org.uk

Roles

buyer

Details

Url: https://maps.org.uk/en ↗

Organisation 2

Name: CAPGEMINI UK PLC
Id: GB-COH-00943935

Identifier

Legal Name: CAPGEMINI UK PLC
Id: 00943935
Scheme: GB-COH

Address

Locality: London
Region: UK
Country Name: United Kingdom

Roles

supplier

Details

Scale: large

Organisation 3

Name: Royal Courts of Justice
Id: GB-FTS-92

Identifier

Legal Name: Royal Courts of Justice

Address

Locality: London
Country Name: United Kingdom

Roles

reviewBody

Award information

Award 1

Id: 089379-2026-21-38C-1
Title: Central Digital Architecture & Associated Services
Status: active

Related lots

Suppliers

Supplier 1

Id: GB-COH-00943935
Name: CAPGEMINI UK PLC

Contracts and changes

Entry 1

Id: 089379-2026-21-38C-1
Award ID: 089379-2026-21-38C-1
Title: Central Digital Architecture & Associated Services
Status: active
Date Signed: 3 Aug 2021, 00:00

Items

Item 1

Id: 1
Related Lot: 1

Classification

Scheme: CPV
Id: 72200000
Description: Software programming and consultancy services

Delivery locations

Entry 1

Region: UK

Value

Amount: 78,919,971
Currency: GBP

Period

Duration In Days: 2,520

Amendments

Entry 1

Id: 3
Description: The Contracting Authority has modified the Central Digital Architecture and Associated Services Contract to: (1) Contract Year 6 Extension - Existing In-Scope Services Exercise the first contractual extension option already clearly provided for within the original Contract, extending the Contract from 3 September 2026 to 2 September 2027 and enabling continued delivery of existing Central Digital Architecture services that remain within the original scope and nature of the Contract. This element of the modification has a value of £4.01 million (excluding VAT). (2) Additional Technical Services Introduce additional technical services required to support completion of the Pensions Dashboards Programme, including activities necessary for public beta and live service readiness, service stabilisation and transition planning. These services were not included within the original procurement and represent a further phase of programme delivery activities following the contract modification published on 2 May 2025. This element of the modification has a value of £2.93 million (excluding VAT).
Rationale: Need for additional works, services or supplies by the original contractor/concessionaire: Extension of existing services (Regulation 72(1)(a)) Exercise of the first contractual extension option to continue delivery of existing in-scope Central Digital Architecture services during Contract Year 6. The extension is clearly, precisely and unequivocally provided for within the Contract and does not alter its overall nature. Additional technical services (Regulations 72(1)(b) and 72(1)(e)) Additional technical services have become necessary to support delivery of the Pensions Dashboards Programme, including live service readiness, service stabilisation and transition activities. The services were not included within the original procurement and are a continuation of programme requirements underpinning the modification published in May 2025. The modification does not alter the overall nature of the Contract and MaPS satisfied that Capgemini(as the incumbent supplier) is the only provider who can undertake these additional services without incurring disproportionate cost, delay and operational risk. This is due to technical reasons due to the requirements of interoperability with the existing ecosystem equipment and installations. Introducing an alternative provider for the additional services would require: • knowledge transfer and upskilling, over a relatively short timescale, of the existing technology build that they would be doing additional development work on; • a period of dual running of personnel during onboarding to enable knowledge transfer between roles; and • additional management overhead, due to managing multiple suppliers for delivery. MaPS is therefore satisfied that any change of contractor would cause significant inconvenience, delay and additional cost to the programme and would put the successful connection of pension schemes and providers by the Statutory Deadline at substantial risk. Further, MaPS does not consider the modification to be "substantial" within the meaning of regulations 72(1)(e) and 72(8). This is because the modification: • does not render the Contract materially different from when it was concluded; • in relation to the original call-off competition, does not introduce conditions which would have allowed for the admission of different suppliers, attracted different or additional suppliers to take part, or changed the outcome of the competition; • does not change the economic balance of the Contract in favour of CG; and • does not extend the scope of the Contract considerably.

Recorded locations

Buyer location · Bedford · UKH24 · MK429AB · United Kingdom
Delivery location · UK

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION

089379-2026awardUpdate, contractUpdate · 21 Sept 2026, 18:29