Official UK procurement notice
Provision of CAZ Technical Delivery Service Provider
Authority: Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionAs part of the ongoing delivery and subsequent decommissioning of their Clean Air Zones, DFT require a continuing Technical Service and Delivery Partner (TDSP)
During the successful management of the Clean Air Zone (CAZ) TDSP service, the requirements have evolved throughout the years and are now necessitating a progressive decommissioning plan of the service. The current TDSP has built a decommissioning functionality into the service they currently provide which meets NO2 programme objectives until Local Authorities successfully achieve CAZ compliance.
The sequence of planned decommissioning dates will mean that by the commencement of the proposed contract (July 2027) the incumbent supplier will have facilitated the orderly exit of two existing Local Authorities from the CAZ scheme (using their technical solution which is embedded within their incumbent platform) with a planned decommissioning exit for the final Local Authorities to exit the CAZ scheme 6 months ahead of expiry of the proposed contract in 2031.
CPV: Operating systems · Software support services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewal
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Direct award
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- 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
- 22 May 2025, 10:50 BST
- Last source update
- 14 Aug 2026, 10:44 BST
- Authority reference
CRN/25/01- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-077558- Latest notice
- Transparency notice (UK5)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-051cf8Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Single Suppliers Technical Reasons
- Published justification
This is a transparency notice to inform the market that the Department for Transport is proposing to directly award a contract to Informed Solutions for the provision of a TDSP for a period of 24 months from 28th July 2027 to 27th July 2029.
There is an optional 24-month extension available from 28th July 2029 to 27th July 2031.
The justification for the direct award to Informed Solutions is under Schedule 5, paragraph 6 of the Procurement Act.
6 The following conditions are met in relation to the public contract—
(a)due to an absence of competition for technical reasons, only a particular supplier can supply the goods, services or works required, and
(b)there are no reasonable alternatives to those goods, services or works.
At this point in time, and in accordance with the decommissioning timescales, it is unviable to run a competitive procurement exercise, followed by a complex design and build programme of work, in time to have a viable product in place which would be fit for purpose and attractive to a new provider for technical reasons.
Replicating or transferring this decommissioning capability to a new supplier would require disproportionate rebuilding, integrating, and revalidating complex system components and interfaces, across a number of Local Authorities.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
22 May 2025 → 28 Jul 2027 · 4 dates- Planning notice published22 May 2025, 10:50 BST
- Next notice expected86 days ago27 Jul 2026, 23:59 BST
- Latest notice published69 days ago14 Aug 2026, 10:44 BST
- Today22 Oct 2026
- Contract startsin 279 days28 Jul 2027, 00:00 BST
Notice history
5 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 22 May 2025- Pipeline notice published22 May 2025, 10:50 BSTUK1
- Transparency notice published14 Aug 2026, 10:44 BSTUK5
- Status changed to complete14 Aug 2026, 10:44 BST
- Procurement method changed14 Aug 2026, 10:44 BST
- Contract signature expected1 Mar 2027, 23:59 GMTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Informed Solutions Ltd.28 Jul 2027 – 27 Jul 2029 · up to 28 Jul 2031Extensions: Optional 24 month extension which can be invoked in the event that Local Authorites require ongoing support and decomissioning post July 2029 | £7,500,000 | — | Standstill |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- INFORMED SOLUTIONS LIMITEDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender
- Pipeline notice Pipeline notice on Find a Tender