Functional Assessment Clinical Assurance and Training Services (FACATS)
What the buyer wrote
OVERVIEW DWP commissions the provision of circa 2 million Assessments per year, which are conducted on behalf of DWP by Healthcare Professionals (HPs) employed by suppliers that were awarded Functional Assessment Service (FAS) Contracts (FAS Providers). These Assessments are used to help determine eligibility to certain disability related benefits including Personal Independence Payment (PIP), Universal Credit (UC), Employment Support Allowance (ESA) and other Specialist Benefits. The FAS Providers employ approximately 5,000 HPs to conduct Assessments on behalf of the DWP. To conduct Assessments, HPs are required to have appropriate knowledge of the clinical aspects and the functional effect…
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- What the buyer calls it
- Functional Assessment Clinical Assurance and Training Services (FACATS)
- How they are buying
- Advertised, open to anyoneAny supplier could bid without being invited first.
- Type
- services
- Work starts
- 8 Sep 2025
- Work ends
- 8 Sep 2028
- Where
- in London
Who the buyer named
The buyer published a contact address on this notice. Questions closed on 4 Jul 2025, 23:59 BST.