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# Vehicle Certification Agency · UK Public Procurement Dossier

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/vehicle-certification-agency-gov-ea80). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Authority Summary:** Vehicle Certification Agency is a Central government based in South West England. Tracked in the Tenderline open procurement catalogue across 5 published procedures, with 0 live opportunities open for bidding right now.

## Key Information
- **Contracting Authority:** Vehicle Certification Agency
- **Classification:** Central government
- **Delivery Region:** South West England
- **Authority ID:** `GB-PPON-PCHG-2852-BPNV` (Official UK PPON)
- **Live Open Tenders:** 0
- **Total Published Procedures:** 5
- **Published Award Value (24 months):** £1.1m (median award: £23k) across 5 of 5 eligible published values (VAT excluded; not actual spend)
- **Official Registers:** govuk-organisations (Vehicle Certification Agency)
- **Tenderline Record:** https://tenderline.uk/buyers/vehicle-certification-agency-gov-ea80

## Competition & Bidding Profile
- **Typical Bids per Lot:** 5 bids (median of 1 published per-lot bid counts on contested contract notices)
- **Single-Bid Lots:** 0% of lots drew only 1 bidder
- **Median Price Movement:** at the published estimate (median of 1 comparable awards)

## Procurement Vehicles & Sourcing Routes
- **Commercial Tools (24m):** Contract: 5 (100%)
- **Sourcing Procedures (24m):** Direct award: 4 (80%), Open: 1 (20%)

## Primary Procurement Sectors (CPV)
1. **[Laboratory, optical and precision](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/laboratory-optical-and-precision-equipments-excl-glasses-38000000) (CPV 38):** 1 notices, last 24 months (20% of this period)
2. **[Architectural, construction, engineering](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/architecture-engineering-71000000) (CPV 71):** 1 notices, last 24 months (20% of this period)

## Key Awarded Suppliers
1. **[MULTI VEHICLE TECHNOLOGY LIMITED](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/multi-vehicle-technology-limited-coh-09799261):** 2 procedures
2. **[Advanced Propulsion Centre UK Limited](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/advanced-propulsion-centre-uk-limited-coh-08791933):** 1 procedures
3. **[M-hance Limited](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/m-hance-limited-coh-01369937):** 1 procedures
4. **[Horiba Mira Ltd](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/horiba-mira-ltd-coh-09626352):** 1 procedures

## Largest Public Contract Awards
Top public contracts awarded by this authority:
1. **[Horiba Mira Ltd](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/horiba-mira-ltd-coh-09626352):** £1.0m · [VCA0012 - Vehicle Emissions Testing 2026](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/vca0012-vehicle-emissions-testing-2026-ocds-h6vhtk-060e1e) · Awarded: 30 Mar 2026
2. **[M-hance Limited](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/m-hance-limited-coh-01369937):** £70k · [Trove/VISTA Support](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/trove-vista-support-ocds-h6vhtk-069440)
3. **[MULTI VEHICLE TECHNOLOGY LIMITED](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/multi-vehicle-technology-limited-coh-09799261):** £23k · [Procurement of Van Refit Services](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/procurement-of-van-refit-services-ocds-h6vhtk-077b74)
4. **[MULTI VEHICLE TECHNOLOGY LIMITED](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/multi-vehicle-technology-limited-coh-09799261):** £23k · [Project: tender_9228 - Provision of van refit services](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/project-tender-9228-provision-of-van-refit-services-ocds-h6vhtk-077b8d)
5. **[Advanced Propulsion Centre UK Limited](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/advanced-propulsion-centre-uk-limited-coh-08791933):** £15k · [VCA contribution to Government Pavilion at Cenex 2025](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/vca-contribution-to-government-pavilion-at-cenex-2025-ocds-h6vhtk-0597a3)

## Retender Radar & Upcoming Expiries
- **Active Contracts Expiring in 6 Months:** 2
- **Active Contracts Expiring in 18 Months:** 2
- **Catalogue Retender Radar:** [Track upcoming UK contract expiries](https://tenderline.uk/retenders)

## Award Values & Counterparties
> **Complete Contracting Authority Dossier:** Published award values over 24 months, supplier rosters, contract expiry dates, and direct award breakdowns are available in the interactive dossier on Tenderline:
> [Explore full Vehicle Certification Agency intelligence dossier on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/vehicle-certification-agency-gov-ea80#spend-analytics)

## Provenance and Open Data
- **Data Source:** Official notices published under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- **Canonical Profile:** https://tenderline.uk/buyers/vehicle-certification-agency-gov-ea80
- **Full Catalogue Machine Access:** https://tenderline.uk/llms.txt