Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency: Contract Register & Procurement Profile
GOV.UK register: Executive agency·Central government·South West England·Bristol
Official UK PPONPTMM-2614-YJDV
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Tenders you can still bid for.
Notices at tender stage whose deadline has not passed.
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Notices published in the last 12 months.
Counted per tender, not per lot, against the 12 months before where shown.
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How many companies usually bid when this buyer runs a tender.
Middle value of the bid counts on its award notices, one per lot. Only real competitions count: direct awards and framework places are left out.
Based on 17 lots from this buyer’s competitions, last 24 months.
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How much of this buyer’s work goes to its three most frequent suppliers.
Share of its awarded tenders that name at least one of the top three. Each tender is counted once.
135 awarded tenders, 114 different suppliers.
Describes the record. It is not a sign of favouritism.
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Contracts that finish in the next 18 months.
Published contracts with an end date in that window. No end date, not counted.
A likely retender, not a certain one.
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How much this buyer has awarded recently, by published values.
Sum of award values to single suppliers, VAT excluded, on notices from the last 24 months. Framework ceilings and repeated totals are left out.
Published values, not actual spend. The biggest rows are listed so you can check.
Open notices
3 live · deadline in the future or not published · as of page build
| Notice | Deadline | Days left | Published value |
|---|---|---|---|
| GVTS & Enforcement sites equipment upgrade | 5 Oct 2026 | 5d | £5,500,000 |
| Under Vehicle Inspection Equipment 2026 | 6 Oct 2026 | 6d | £205,000 |
What they buyi
What kind of work is bought here.
Notices by procurement category (CPV). A notice with several categories counts in each.
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What kind of work is bought here.
Notices by procurement category (CPV). A notice with several categories counts in each.
Last 24 months · CPV divisions on published procedures · a notice with several divisions counts in each
72 IT services: consulting, software, internet36 procedures · 23%80 Education and training services18 procedures · 12%79 Business services: law, marketing, consulting17 procedures · 11%71 Architectural, construction, engineering11 procedures · 7% · 1 open50 Repair and maintenance services5 procedures · 3% · 1 open44 Construction structures and materials4 procedures · 3%34 Transport equipment and products2 procedures · 1% · 1 open18 Clothing, footwear, bags2 procedures · 1%How they buyi
How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
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How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
Last 24 months · 154 notices · commercial tool and route as published on the notice, not a legal-regime claim
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How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
- Contract 99% (152 notices)
- Framework 1% (2 notices)
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Which procedures buyers here use.
Notices by the procedure they declare: open, selective, limited or direct. Open and selective are competitions; limited and direct are not.
- Limited / restricted 47% (73 notices)
- Open 17% (26 notices)
- Direct award 16% (25 notices)
- Route not published 16% (24 notices)
- Selective 4% (6 notices)
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How many companies usually bid when this buyer runs a tender.
Middle value of the bid counts on its award notices, one per lot. Only real competitions count: direct awards and framework places are left out.
Based on 17 lots from this buyer’s competitions, last 24 months.
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How long this buyer takes to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from deadline to first award notice, on this buyer’s own tenders.
Based on 13 decided tenders across all categories, last 24 months.
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How often this buyer changes a notice after publishing it.
Middle number of amendments per notice. Deadline extensions and corrections both count.
Based on 154 notices across all categories, last 24 months.
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Do this buyer’s awards land above or below its own estimates.
Each lot’s published estimate against its award, on this buyer’s competitions, like for like.
Based on 12 lots with both an estimate and an award, last 24 months.
A past pattern, not a price to bid.
Who wins herei
Which suppliers win the most here.
Suppliers ranked by the number of tenders won, not by money. A supplier on one big framework with many call-offs does not outrank one that won many separate competitions.
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Which suppliers win the most here.
Suppliers ranked by the number of tenders won, not by money. A supplier on one big framework with many call-offs does not outrank one that won many separate competitions.
All published awards naming a supplier · ranked by distinct procedures, not pounds · panel and call-off entries inflate award records
| Supplier | Procedures | Share | Last 24m | Award records | Last activity |
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| MILLBROOK PROVING GROUND LIMITED | 8 | 5.9% | 6 | 8 | 15 Jun 2026 |
| Gartner UK Limited | 6 | 4.4% | 6 | 6 | 10 Sept 2026 |
| BJSS Limited | 4 | 3% | 2 | 4 | 1 Sept 2025 |
| Pearson Professional Assessments Limited | 3 | 2.2% | 3 | 3 | 20 May 2025 |
| Horiba Mira Ltd | 3 | 2.2% | 3 | 3 | 17 Jul 2026 |
| Driver and Vehicle Standards Angency | 3 | 2.2% | 3 | 3 | 22 Sept 2026 |
| Mahle Powertrain Ltd | 3 | 2.2% | 2 | 3 | 23 Apr 2026 |
| HAYS SPECIALIST RECRUITMENT LIMITED | 2 | 1.5% | 2 | 2 | 13 May 2025 |
The three most frequent suppliers are named on 13% of 135 awarded procedures (each procedure counted once, so a panel shared by several of them is not double-counted); 114 distinct suppliers hold at least one. Descriptive concentration of published awards — not a statement of preference.
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How much this buyer has awarded recently, by published values.
Sum of award values to single suppliers, VAT excluded, on notices from the last 24 months. Framework ceilings and repeated totals are left out.
Published values, not actual spend. The biggest rows are listed so you can check.
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What one of this buyer’s contracts is usually worth.
Middle value of the same awards as the total above.
Largest published awards iThe biggest published awards. Awards to a single supplier with a published value, largest first, so you can check the totals against the notice. A repeated framework total can appear here. Open the notice to check. | Supplier | Awarded | Term | Published value |
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| Driver Services Platform Digital Delivery | Kainos Software Limited | — | — | £73,000,000 † |
| DVSA Publishing Services with The Highway Code and The Highway Code for Northern Ireland | The Stationery Office | 8 Sept 2026 | 5 yrs · up to 7 yrs | £40,000,000 ≈ £8.0m/yr |
| Test Engine and Test Content Management (TETCM) - Modification | Pearson Professional Assessments Limited | — | — | £30,000,000 † |
| Theory Test Assessment Platform | Pearson Professional Assessments Ltd (Pearson Vue) | — | — | £26,000,000 † |
| Theory Test Assessment Platform | Pearson Professional Assessments Ltd (Pearson Vue) | — | — | £26,000,000 † |
Contracts endingi
Contracts that finish in the next 18 months.
Published contracts with an end date in that window. No end date, not counted.
A likely retender, not a certain one.
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Contracts that finish in the next 18 months.
Published contracts with an end date in that window. No end date, not counted.
A likely retender, not a certain one.
Published end dates only · 62 of 143 contracts carry one · not a retender forecast
| Contract | Holder | Ends | Published value |
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| Crash Test Data Retrieval Training | AiTS | 30 Sept 2026 | £28,500 |
| Financial Accounting and Control Team Recruitment Campaign | HAYS SPECIALIST RECRUITMENT LIMITED | 15 Oct 2026 | £35,662 |
| Inelo Basic Tachoscan 2026 | INELO Polska Sp. z o.o. | 31 Oct 2026 | £12,450 |
| Business Analyst Recruitment Agency | Ipeople Associates Limited | 17 Nov 2026 | £30,291 |
| Social Media Advertising 2025 | SOCIALLY RECRUITED LTD | 24 Nov 2026 | £41,000 |
| Estates Recruitment Campaign | Hays Recruitment Services Limited | 8 Dec 2026 | £47,346 |
| Legal Advice | Browne Jacobson LLP | 31 Dec 2026 | £25,000 |
| MyGwork Membership | GAUBERT'S BROTHERS LIMITED | 31 Dec 2026 | £20,000 |
| CIECA Membership | Commission Internationale des Examens de Conduite Automobile | 31 Dec 2026 | €12,199 |
| EuroBus 2026 | Diversified Business Communications UK Limited | 31 Dec 2026 | £10,091 |
Soonest 10 of 25 contracts ending within 18 months.
Recent procedures
Latest 50 of 178 procedures on this authority cluster, incl. beneficiary and procuring-entity roles
| Procedure | Status | Published | Published value |
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| Compressed Air Systems Servicing & Inspection 2026Repair and maintenance services | Open | 26 Aug 2026 | £80,000 |
| K280022574 tender_6262 - ServiceNow Managed Services 2025IT services: consulting | Awarded / complete | 24 Sept 2026 | £10,000,000 |
| Penetration testing/IT Health Checks 2026Computer audit and testing services | Awarded / complete | 22 Sept 2026 | — |
| Penetration Testing/IT Health Checks 2026Computer audit and testing services | Awarded / complete | 17 Sept 2026 | — |
| Calibration, Repair and Maintenance of DVSA Weigh Pads for Enforcement and IVA 2026Calibration services | Awarded / complete | 14 Sept 2026 | £600,000 |
| Research Services – FinanceSubscription services | Awarded / complete | 10 Sept 2026 | — |
| DVSA Publishing Services with The Highway Code and The Highway Code for Northern IrelandBusiness services: law | Awarded / complete | 9 Sept 2026 | £40,000,000 |
| Carriage of hazardous chemicals and dangerous goods trainingEducation and training services | Awarded / complete | 26 Aug 2026 | £79,000 |
| Secure Waste ManagementPaper collecting services | Open | 21 Aug 2026 | £100,000 |
| Water Services | Awarded / complete | 14 Aug 2026 | — |
| PSN AWS Connectivity 2026 | Awarded / complete | 14 Aug 2026 | — |
| Carriage of Hazardous Chemicals and Dangerous Goods trainingEducation and training services | Awarded / complete | 10 Aug 2026 | £65,000 |
| TramLink Nottingham | Awarded / complete | 10 Aug 2026 | — |
| Inelo Basic Tachoscan 2026 | Awarded / complete | 4 Aug 2026 | — |
| Training and Testing Audit Services ReprocurementAuditing services | Planned | 3 Aug 2026 | £3,606,290 |
| PPM Tool | Awarded / complete | 3 Aug 2026 | — |
| Calibration, Repair of existing BM, Tecalemit and AVL equipment plus maintenance of legacy equipment | Awarded / complete | 31 Jul 2026 | — |
| ADAS AEB Programme 2026-27Mechanical and electrical engineering services | Awarded / complete | 17 Jul 2026 | — |
| Media Strategy, Planning and Buying Services | Awarded / complete | 15 Jul 2026 | — |
| Level 3 Diploma in Vehicle Maintenance and RepairEducation and training services | Open | 13 Jul 2026 | £448,000 |
Data coverage & method
- Source: Find a Tender OCDS releases; mixed PCR 2015 / Procurement Act 2023 history — no legal-regime label is applied.
- Counts are procedures (one notice family), not lots. Authority cluster = canonical buyer plus beneficiary and procuring-entity roles.
- Published procedure values exist on a minority of notices; their lifetime sum (£1.5bn, ceilings stripped) is a catalogue fact, not spend, and is not shown as a headline.
- Awards on procedures published in the last 24 months: 127 award records on 117 procedures (125 to a single canonical supplier, 2 multi-supplier). 86 values come from the contract record when the award carried none.
- Bid counts, deadline-to-award, amendments and award-vs-estimate come from the nightly buyer analytics row; each figure’s own method and sample is behind its , the long form on Methodology.
- Contract end dates: 62 of 143 published contracts carry a period end; 25 end within 18 months, 10 within 6.
- Never shown: contact details, predicted winners, payment behaviour, or “who to invite”.
Identifiers consolidated into this page (20 historical Find a Tender publication identifiers)
Official notices referenced this authority under these publication identifiers. Alias URLs are not separate pages.
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