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

Buyer: Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency →

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BuyerDriver and Vehicle Standards Agency
StatusClosed
Deadline15 May 2026
Value£40,000,000
Published10 Apr 2026

What is being bought

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. This is a concession contract. In the total value section, this shows the estimated value of the opportunity for publishing services.

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.

Statusactive
Value£40,000,000
Contract periodFrom 7 Jan 2027 to 6 Jan 2032
SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

Award criteria
Technical Envelope — See ITT documentation for full information. (70%)
Commercial Envelope — See ITT documentation for full information. (30%)

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Publishing services, Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and securityNot 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 795,1833 median · 32 average (1,580 of 5,183 with a bid count)2.9 average (1,771 of 5,183 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer4Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Delivery region: UK1,4654 median · 56.9 average (437 of 1,465 with a bid count)4.7 average (515 of 1,465 with named award suppliers)Not published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)1883 median · 3.2 average (5 of 188 with a bid count)1 average (5 of 188 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 requirementYes
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeconcession
Covered byGPA
Submission policyallowed
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsAs stated in tender documents.

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents0
Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

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-064f0a
Latest release ID032905-2026
Latest release timestampFri Apr 10 2026 14:13:57 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLhttps://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/032905-2026
Tender statusactive
Procurement methodopen
Procurement method detailsOpen procedure
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdYes
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: end2026-05-15T12:00:00+01:00
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadline2026-04-22T12:00:00+01:00
Award period: startNot published
Award period: end2026-08-24T23:59:59+01:00
Submission method detailsDVSA has issued this tender opportunity via the Department for Transport’s (DfT) eSourcing portal, Jaggaer. Please read the ITT documentation, which are available as attachments on the Jaggaer system. To submit your bid, search for the opportunity DVSA Publishing Services with The Highway Code and The Highway Code for Northern Ireland on DfT's eSourcing Portal To access the Portal: https://dft.app.jaggaer.com For technical issues with registration, contact Jaggaer's helpdesk: • Phone: 0800 069 8630 • Email: help_uk@jaggaer.com Note: You will need a DUNS number (Dun & Bradstreet) to register. If you do not know your number, you can search for it here: https://www.dnb.co.uk/duns-number/lookup.html If a DUNS number is not found, please follow the guidance provided on how to acquire one.
Submission languagesen
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£40,000,000
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source2
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release1

Notice history

DateEventReference
10 Apr 2026tender032905-2026
12 Feb 2026planning012889-2026

All source data

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

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