The Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) have placed a tender for a multi-million pound contract for the provision of IT services.

The contract would deliver additional assessment capabilities by 2014, in support of outsourced services currently provided by Atos.

The tender for assessment services is expected to be divided into three lots based on location with a expected total contract value of £100 million.

The tender for the IT services comes after an assessment of the current services provided by Atos, with the tender for new services designed to handle any disability assessment overflow, with the primary focus of the contact to provide assessment services to the Employment and Support Allowance and Universal Credit.

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