Provision of AMEX (American Express) Services

Official notice

Authority: Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (Central government)

ServicesAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competition

Sectors: Financial and insurance services (66) Delivery: UK

Awarded value£3,400,000published contract · exc. VAT

Awarded 9 Jun 2021no call for competition

Awarded to American Express Payment Services Limited

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Procurement of AMEX services to accept and process American Express credit card transactions. DVLA requires AMEX to support Electronic Vehicle Licencing (EVL) Web for online transactions and EVL Agent for Contact Centre transactions where the cardholder is not present, these transactions should be authorised and card payments processed. Payments must be processed via 3D Secure Authentication where applicable and payments must be surcharged where applicable.

CPV: Banking and investment services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1Awarded

Delivery: UK

Extensions: Contract start date 9th June 2021 and will remain in effect for a period of five (5) years ("Initial Term") and shall continue after the Initial Term automatically and indefinitely unless and until terminated by either party giving to the other not less than one hundred and eighty (180) days prior written notice of termination so as to terminate at any time on or after the end of the Initial Term, or otherwise in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. Contract value and duration £3.4 million over 5 years.

66100000 Banking and investment services

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record

Procedure method: Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Legal basis: CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category: Services
Notice status: Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold: Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime: Standard
Commercial structure: Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type: Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered: Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement: Unspecified in notice
First published: 9 Jul 2021, 15:33 BST
Last source update: 9 Jul 2021, 15:33 BST
FTS notice number: 2021/S 000-016114
Classification (CPV): Banking and investment services
Delivery area: UK
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-02c664 Find a Tender

Why no open competition: The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator due to absence of competition for technical reasons
Published justification: The requirement for this can only be delivered through Amex as a sole supplier chosen after market research was conducted. Only Amex can supply an Amex link.

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1

Awarded value £3,400,0001 contract exc. VAT

Bids received 1

Contracts signed 1latest 9 Jun 2021

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
American Express Payment Services Limited	£3,400,000 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

Contract 016114-2021-1 · American Express Payment Services Limited
Signed
9 Jun 2021
Value
£3,400,000
Status
active

Bid statistics published by the authority

Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
1bids	—	—	—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Driver & Vehicle Licensing Agency

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentNational or federal agency/officeGeneral public services Longview Road,Clase, SWANSEA, UK, SA67JLContact name, email, phone

Dispute resolution & review bodies

DVLAReview body Swansea

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

American Express Payment Services LimitedAwarded supplier Belgrave House, 76 Buckingham Palace Road, London, UK, SW1W 9AX

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.