How to win: National Insurance & PAYE Service Support and Change

About this contract

HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) is delivering a market engagement session for the National Insurance and PAYE System (NPS) procurement. This involves the delivery of Business Application Support and Maintenance services for NPS and other services. The scope of this requirement includes: Business Application Support & Maintenance ("Run"), and A Change Management capability to support change aligned to strategic milestones, key business events, and legislative or business-driven updates. NPS currently operates on a legacy technology estate with limited modularity and scalability. HMRC's future ambition is to transition towards a more agile, service oriented architecture that supports strategic goals for Income Tax and National Insurance Contributions (NICs) administration, including increased real time processing capability. This investment lays the groundwork for future innovation by ensuring HMRC has access to adaptable and resilient support services that can respond effectively to evolving policy, customer needs, and technology opportunities.

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• ✓Answer against the marking scheme, not the question text — HM Revenue & Customs scores each response, so map your evidence to the published criteria and weightings.
• ✓At £470,100,000, expect quality and social value to carry a large share of the score — price alone rarely wins services work.
• ✓Show recent, comparable delivery: name similar services contracts you've delivered for public bodies, with measurable outcomes.
• ✓Start early: deadlines are tight and a strong bid takes iteration.

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