The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has launched a procurement worth £200m for identity assurance services to support its major programmes, including the provision of universal credit and personal independence payments. The services could also be used by other parts of central government.

The DWP published a tender notice in the Official Journal of the European Union for a framework contract, valued at £200m over four years with an option to extend for two more, for services that would provide identity assurance for approximately 21 million claimants.