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DVSA Publishing Services with The Highway Code and The Highway Code for Northern Ireland

Buyer: Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency →

BuyerDriver and Vehicle Standards Agency
Statusplanned
DeadlineNot published
Value£40,000,000
Published9 Mar 2026

What is being bought

The contract assigns the winning bidder as the Official Publisher of DVSA’s commercial publishing products including apps, e-learning, books/e-books. We are allowed to do this under a Delegation of Authority to manage Crown copyright assets from the Keeper of the Public Record at The National Archives. The contract covers DVSA’s statutory duty to Publish the Official Highway Code in print, as well as commercial publications. These are the definitive guides that support industry and the general road-using public in meeting and maintaining DVSA’s standards. The contract will support the Department for Infrastructure in Northern Ireland and – new to this retender – the Department for Transport publications stemming from Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions. This brings all the source materials for UK driving theory under one contract. The parties will work together to innovate new products to inform, educate and advise, promoting positive behaviour change and compliance that goes beyond the Highway Code and drivers and riders. We aim also to reach MOT testers, dangerous goods drivers and managers, commercial operators and employers of drivers to realise commitments in the DVSA Vision to 2030 and create new income streams. The contract value is based on the total income generated over the maximum 7 years.

Delivery location

UK, GB

Categories

Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security 79000000Publishing services 79970000

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statusplanned
Contract periodFrom 7 Jan 2027 to 6 Jan 2032
SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security, Publishing servicesNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 79. The category anchor is Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security (79000000); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 7911,5434 median · 30.8 average (4,757 of 11,543 with a bid count)3.1 average (5,306 of 11,543 with named award suppliers)1 comparable price pairs
Same buyer4Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Delivery region: UK3,1534 median · 60.3 average (1,239 of 3,153 with a bid count)5 average (1,444 of 3,153 with named award suppliers)Not published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)2992.5 median · 3 average (6 of 299 with a bid count)1 average (6 of 299 with named award suppliers)Not published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeconcession
Covered byNot published
Submission policyNot published
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetValue not published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents1
Planning milestones1
MilestoneTypeDueStatus
The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) will be holding an online Microsoft teams pre-market engagement webinar on 18th March 2026, from 2:00PM - 3:00PM. The webinar is aimed at suppliers who are interested in the DVSA Publishing Services with The Highway Code and The Highway Code for Northern Ireland concession opportunity. This virtual session, hosted on Microsoft Teams, will provide suppliers with an update on the planned procurement approach alongside an overview of the main elements of the requirement as well as additional information. Suppliers wishing to attend the online webinar, should use the following link to register for the event and join the discussion: https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/2fa26356-0223-4e90-8c20-009d663a6946@a455b827-244f-4c97-b5b4-ce5d13b4d00c Attendance at the session is voluntary and will not affect a supplier’s ability to bid for the opportunity once the formal procurement process begins. There are no limits on the number of attendees from each supplier. Any clarifications relating to the engagement event should be sent through Jaggaer, the Department for Transport's eSourcing platform. A recording of the event will be uploaded after the event and can be found on Department for Transport's portal here: https://dft.app.jaggaer.com/go/9193366801987970425B To view the recording, please log in and navigate to the 'Details' section. Then, click on 'Attachments' and locate the recording under the 'Visible to Suppliers' folder.engagement18 Mar 2026scheduled

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Documents & submission route

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-056178
Latest release ID020958-2026
Latest release timestampMon Mar 09 2026 14:36:09 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLNot published
Tender statusplanned
Procurement methodNot published
Procurement method detailsNot published
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdYes
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: endNot published
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadlineNot published
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailsNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£40,000,000
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source0
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release1

Notice history

DateEventReference
9 Mar 2026planningUpdate020958-2026
12 Feb 2026planningUpdate012748-2026
22 Dec 2025planningUpdate085316-2025
13 Nov 2025planningUpdate073494-2025
20 Aug 2025planningUpdate050260-2025
17 Jul 2025planning041058-2025
17 Jul 2025planning041037-2025

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

Complete current OCDS release JSON
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Complete JSON history (7 releases)
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