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Provision of a Direct Debit Solution

Financial and insurance services
UK
Published value
Not published
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
Procurement Executive Summary
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Tenderline Synopsis: Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency: "Provision of a Direct Debit Solution". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityDriver and Vehicle Licensing AgencyScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
complete
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)Not published
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Published history for Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Published-to-award variance
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Competition Density
1Bids / Report
100% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationNo estimate
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Payment Terms
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Coverage: 4 active published awards; 2 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityDriver and Vehicle Licensing Agency
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statuscomplete
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published15 May 2024, 14:43 BST
Last source update15 May 2024, 14:43 BST
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationFinancial and insurance services
Delivery area
UK
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-0459d3
What is being bought
Following the VEAT Notice issued on 12 April 2024, outlining DVLA's intention to Award. The standstill period has now been completed. DVLA has awarded a contract to Target Group Limited for the provision of a Direct Debit Service commencing on 1st June 2024. This is to ensure continuous operation of the existing Direct Debit service; allowing enough time for DVLA to undertake a new tender process for a future Direct Debit Service. The future Direct Debit Service opportunity will be advertised in line with the relevant contract regulations. This is the final contract award notice.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Status changed to complete
    15 May 2024, 14:43 BST
  2. Official notice release published
    15 May 2024, 14:43 BST
  3. Buyer information updated
    15 May 2024, 14:43 BST
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    cancelled
    Published valueNot published
    The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) (The Authority) is an Executive Agency of DfT, based in Swansea. The Agency’s primary aims are to facilitate road safety and general law enforcement by maintaining accurate registers of drivers and vehicle keepers and to collect Vehicle Excise Duty (VED). A DD payment option was introduced from 1st October 2014 which enables End Users to currently pay the full annual VED amount in one annual instalment, pay for a 6-month licensing period in one instalment or opt to spread the costs evenly over the term of a 12-month licensing period. • Currently, over 1.3 million mandates are created per month, this is split between circa new (40%) and renewed (60%) mandates. • On average, Direct Debit payments total approximately £225m a month. • The total value of the contract for the financial years 2018-2023 is in the region of £25 million
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    15 May 2024, 14:43 BST
  2. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  3. Contract active
    Signed 9 Apr 2024, 00:00 BST · £11,170,000
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards
Target Group Limited
Not published · Not published · active
Contracts
Provision of a Direct Debit Solution
£11,170,000 · signed 9 Apr 2024, 00:00 BST · active
Bid statistics
bids: 1 (lot 1)
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency

Contracting authority GB-FTS-31229
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  • Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency
    buyer
    reviewBody

    Swansea, UK
    Vikki.John@dvla.gov.uk

  • Target Group Limited
    supplier

    Newport, UK
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Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Procedure rationaleDVLA intends to award a contract to Target Group Limited for the provision of a Direct Debit Service commencing on 1st June 2024. This is to ensure continuous operation of the existing Direct Debit service; allowing enough time for DVLA to undertake a new tender process for a future Direct Debit Service. The future Direct Debit Service opportunity will be advertised in line with the relevant contract regulations. DVLA intends to award the contract without a call for competition in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 32.2 (b) ii. The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator for the following reason: • absence of competition for technical reasons