Official UK procurement notice
Operational Tools 2025 · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionDVSA has a range of frontline roles who require overlapping sets of off the shelf (OTS) tools, the purpose of this procurement is to consolidate those requirements into a single catalogue.
- The authority expects to re-tender this requirement around 5 Mar 2027, 23:59 GMT.
CPV: Hand tools
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£600,000
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (3)
- Quality: 50%
- Cost: 40%
- Social Value: 10%
Published award criteria (3)
- Quality
- Cost
- Social Value
- Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Yes · next expected 5 Mar 2027
- First published
- 1 Aug 2025, 09:53 BST
- Last source update
- 24 Nov 2025, 09:00 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 24 Sept 2025
- Authority reference
T280022792- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-047036- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-056aeeFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 5 Sept 2025, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 18 Aug 2025, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
dft.app.jaggaer.com/web/login.html ↗
Requests to Participate must be submitted via the Jaggaer portal. To participate in the opportunity, you must first register on the portal. You can do this by clicking the grey “click here to register!” button on the link above and following the instructions. You will then be able to access the opportunity document - search for operational tools 2025
Please note that you will require a DUNS number (Dun and Bradstreet) to register. If you do not know your number access the following link to find it:
www.dnb.co.uk/duns-number/lookup.html ↗, click on the D-U-N-S number section. If a DUNS number is not found, there is guidance on how to acquire one in the same place.
Should you have any technical issue registering on the system please contact the Jaggaer Helpdesk in the first instance:
Phone: 0800 069 8630
Timeline
1 Aug 2025 → 24 Nov 2025 · 10 dates- Planning notice published1 Aug 2025, 09:53 BST
- Tender notice published7 Aug 2025, 16:27 BST
- Next notice expected7 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST
- Clarification questions by18 Aug 2025, 12:00 BST
- Submission deadline5 Sept 2025, 12:00 BST
- Award decision expected by393 days ago24 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts381 days ago7 Oct 2025, 00:00 BST
- Assessment summaries sent375 days ago13 Oct 2025, 00:00 BST
- Standstill ends365 days ago22 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST
- Latest notice published332 days ago24 Nov 2025, 09:00 GMT
Notice history
9 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 1 Aug 2025- Preliminary market engagement notice published1 Aug 2025, 09:53 BSTUK2
- Tender notice published7 Aug 2025, 16:27 BSTUK4
- Status changed to active7 Aug 2025, 16:27 BST
- Procurement method changed7 Aug 2025, 16:27 BST
- Deadline published: 5 Sept 2025, 12:00 BST7 Aug 2025, 16:27 BST
- Contract award notice published13 Oct 2025, 16:12 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete13 Oct 2025, 16:12 BST
- Contract signature expected27 Oct 2025, 23:59 GMTscheduled
- Contract details notice published24 Nov 2025, 09:00 GMTUK7
Routine re-releases (4)
- 2025-08: 1 release · 1 Aug 2025
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| TW Engineering Company Limited29 Oct 2025 – 28 Oct 2027 · up to 13 Oct 2029Extensions: 2 x 1 Year Extensions · Options: The product catalogue is subject to change, items may be added and removed as requirements change. | £600,000 | 13 Oct 2025 | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 1 · TW Engineering Company Limited
- Signed
- 29 Oct 2025
- Value
- £600,000
- Period
- 29 Nov 2025 – 28 Oct 2027 · up to 28 Oct 2029 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- 2 x 1 Year extensions to be issued on a 1 + 1 basis.
- Options
- The product catalogue is subject to change, items may be added and removed as requirements change.
No agreed KPIs: The contract value is under £5 million and therefore do not need reporting.
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1final-stage tenders | 1 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- TW Engineering Co. LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (5)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
Notices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender