IT contractor sort.. 
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is looking for an external provider of an assessment service and supporting IT for the new Personal Independence Payment (PIP).
The new benefit will be introduced in April 2013 and will replace the Disability Living Allowance (DLA) for people of working age.
A notice in the Official Journal of the European Union says the detailed design of the supporting IT is being developed and the extent to which the chosen PIP assessment service provider will need to provide IT services has not been finalised.
The overall contract is worth between £30m and £50m and will run for three years but could be extended for a further three years.
More than 3 million people in the UK claim the DLA, approximately 2 million of whom are of working age.
Eyullahemaye Henry
