Official UK procurement notice
Provision of Building Surveying, Mechanical & Electrical Advice
Authority: Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionWe have procured continued specialist technical assurance services from Arcadis beyond 31 July 2026 to support completion and verification of Survey on Expiry (SoE) / Expiry Works arising from DVLA’s PFI contract expiry. Arcadis holds the established technical baseline and evidential record of asset condition, understands the full schedule of work items required, and has already supported DVLA in verifying completion to DVLA’s reasonable satisfaction under the Expiry Works Agreement
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Direct award
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- 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
- 10 Jul 2026, 14:12 BST
- Last source update
- 7 Aug 2026, 12:39 BST
- Authority reference
CRN/26/14- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-075276- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06c89eFind a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Switching Direct Award
- Published justification
Abscence of Competion for technical reasons
Notice history
4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 10 Jul 2026- Transparency notice published10 Jul 2026, 14:12 BSTUK5
- Contract award notice published22 Jul 2026, 14:46 BSTUK6
- Contract signature expected4 Aug 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract details notice published7 Aug 2026, 12:39 BSTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARCADIS CONSULTING (UK) LIMITED, Arcadisjoint award10 Aug 2026 – 9 Feb 2027 | £150,116 | 22 Jul 2026 | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 1 · ARCADIS CONSULTING (UK) LIMITED, Arcadis
- Signed
- 5 Aug 2026
- Value
- £150,116
- Period
- 10 Aug 2026 – 9 Feb 2027
- Status
- active
No agreed KPIs: Under £5m
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
2 commercial parties on the notice- ARCADIS LLPAwarded supplier
- Arcadis LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender