GOV.UK Verify - Extension of Sixth Call Off Contract with Post Office Limited

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This notice relates to the extension of the Sixth Call Off Contract for LoA2 Identity Assurance Services between the Authority and Post Office Limited. The Sixth Call Off Contract was entered into in about March 2019 under the GOV.UK Verify Framework Agreement, a multi-party framework agreement procured by the Authority in 2015., The Sixth Call Off Contract provided for an initial Issuance Period during which the Provider would create new digital identities to the LoA2 level of assurance. The Issuance Period commenced on 24.3.20 and was due to run for a period of up to 18 months until 23.9.21. This was to be followed by a 12 month Continuing Assurance Period, during which the Provider would continue to support the digital identities already created, but new accounts would not be created., In April 2021, the Authority and the Provider agreed a Contract Change Notice extending the Issuance Period under the Sixth Call Off Contract until 22nd April 2022 and making other contract changes. The contract extension was justified on the grounds that additional services were required under r.72(1)(b) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015.