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# Automotive Guides 2026-2028

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/automotive-guides-2026-2028-ocds-h6vhtk-05dcad). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Home Office: "Automotive Guides 2026-2028". Published status: complete. Contract Value: £34,000. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Home Office](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/home-office-gov-d16)
- **Contract Value (direct award):** £34,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Below threshold - without competition
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Automotive elements, Subscription services
- **Delivery Location:** Not published
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Awarded Value:** £96,332 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/automotive-guides-2026-2028-ocds-h6vhtk-05dcad#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-05dcad`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/automotive-guides-2026-2028-ocds-h6vhtk-05dcad#tl-md)

## Description
The provision of a dataset of vehicles (including motorbikes and commercial vehicles) that contain eSIMs. The Dataset must include:
-Vehicle
-Make
-Model
-Year of manufacture
-Contains an eSIM?
-Bought in SIM?
-Network operator
-OEM (original equipment manufacturer)
This must be provided in either a searchable database or via a portal from which the information can be downloaded twice a year. The dataset must go back as far as 2016, and be updated in line with the bi-annual release of new car registrations.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 34640000, 79980000

- **Contract Period:** 31/03/2026 to 31/03/2028
- **Renewal published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **SBD Automotive**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-PPON:PDLG-4453-PTZN`
  - Value: £96,332 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £96,332
  - Signed Date: 03/03/2026

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F031055-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-04-02T14:35:22.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T06:27:48.583Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-05dcad