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# On-Board Diagnostic (OBD) Equipment for Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/on-board-diagnostic-obd-equipment-for-driver-vehicle-standards-agency-ocds-h6vhtk-03a2c8). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Notice summary:** One of DVSA's main activities is roadside enforcement by which we ensure that heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) & public service vehicles (PSVs) are roadworthy and their drivers compliant with current driving standards. On-Board Diagnostics (OBD) equipment (Autocom) has been used by DVSA enforcement examiners to predominately identify tachograph manipulations since 2014.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/driver-and-vehicle-standards-agency-gov-ea570)
- **Published Value:** £260,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 6 March 2023 at 12:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** goods
- **Classifications (CPV):** Transport equipment and auxiliary products to transportation
- **Delivery Location:** UKC, UKD, UKE, UKF, UKG, UKH, UKI, UKJ, UKK, UKL, UKM
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-03a2c8`

## Before you bid
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- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
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- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/on-board-diagnostic-obd-equipment-for-driver-vehicle-standards-agency-ocds-h6vhtk-03a2c8#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [dft.app.jaggaer.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdft.app.jaggaer.com%2Fweb%2Flogin.html%3FVISITORID%3D22539837-4f3f-475c-9252-f5440b5902f3%26_ncp%3D1675418309648.908056-1)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/on-board-diagnostic-obd-equipment-for-driver-vehicle-standards-agency-ocds-h6vhtk-03a2c8#participate

## Description
One of DVSA's main activities is roadside enforcement by which we ensure that heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) & public service vehicles (PSVs) are roadworthy and their drivers compliant with current driving standards.
On-Board Diagnostics (OBD) equipment (Autocom) has been used by DVSA enforcement examiners to predominately identify tachograph manipulations since 2014. The equipment has also been used to assist examiners in locating emission cheat devices and provide supporting evidence when enforcement action has been taken. However, due to various reasons beyond DVSA's control, the Autocom OBD equipment has become obsolete and unsupported.    
The vehicle management system that DVSA are looking to purchase will provide data on the mechanical condition of the vehicle, including being able to determine the date a defect occurred. This information may help examiners refute a drivers explanation that the defect was not present when they started the journey which will provide a more evidence based approach when reporting on failings in an Operator Maintenance System.
Roadside enforcement activity requires DVSA examiners to be equipped to identify the most serious and serially non-compliant operators in an effective and efficient manner.
Drivers and operators using ever increasingly complex and sophisticated methods to interfere with vehicle systems which are difficult to identify at the roadside. From the interpretation of data from the vehicle Electronic Control Unit by the device operator, it is anticipated that this will lead to manipulations being detected. Another benefit of this equipment is to identify vehicle system fault using a diagnostic interface.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active

- **Delivery regions:** UKC, UKD, UKE, UKF, UKG, UKH, UKI, UKJ, UKK, UKL, UKM

- **Estimated Value:** £260,000
- **Description:** The purchase of On-Board Diagnostic (OBD) Equipment
- **Contract Period:** 31/03/2023 to 31/03/2027

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F003429-2023)
- **Last Source Update:** 2023-02-03T13:25:57.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-11-08T11:39:26.656Z
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