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Published 26 Apr 2024, 12:30 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Provision of Personalised Registration Auction Services

Official notice

Authority: Department for Transport (Central government)·Consortium: 2 public authorities

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Published estimate£8,380,200≈ £2.4m / year · 1 value update4.1% above published estimate
Submissions closed 27 Sept 2024awarded 20 Mar 2025
Awarded to John Pye & Sons Limited
Contract term 3 yrs 6 moends 30 Sept 2028 · extension options published · starts 1 Apr 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The provision of personalised registration auction services on a national (UK wide) basis. The services to be provided are:

  1. Timed Online Auctions and Ancillary Services;
  2. DVLA auction marketing and Associated Promotional Activity; and
  3. Hosting, design, content and functionality of bilingual (English & Welsh) website www.dvlaauction.co.uk ↗

CPV: Electronic auction services · Marketing services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1AwardedRenewal 3 yrs 6 moPublished value£8,380,200
Contract period: 1 Apr 2025 – 30 Sept 2028 (3 yrs 6 mo)
Delivery: UK
Extensions: The Buyer reserves the right to offer two separate extensions of 12 months each, to provide for a maximum of two further years. · The Buyer reserves the right to offer two separate extensions of 12 months each, to provide for a maximum of two further years.Variant bids: not allowed

What it takes to win
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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 more
How bids were scored
  • Price

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
26 Apr 2024, 12:30 BST
Last source update
15 Apr 2025, 14:09 BST
Award evaluation window
27 Sept 2024 – …
Authority reference
PS 24 48
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-015260
Classification (CPV)
Electronic auction servicesMarketing services
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-045566 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Jaggaer · Who buys & how to bid on JAGGAER
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free; latest Chrome/Edge/Firefox only — corporate browsers fail

Tender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://dft.app.jaggaer.com ↗

Submission deadline
27 Sept 2024, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
180 days from the deadline
Bids opened
27 Sept 2024, 12:01 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

1 Aug 2024 → 15 Apr 2025 · 5 dates
  1. Next notice expected
    1 Aug 2024, 00:00 BST
  2. Submission deadline
    27 Sept 2024, 12:00 BST
  3. Bids opened
    27 Sept 2024, 12:01 BST
  4. Contract starts
    1 Apr 2025, 00:00 BST
  5. Notice published
    15 Apr 2025, 14:09 BST

Notice history

7 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 9 Aug 2024
  1. Published value updated to £8,380,200
    9 Aug 2024, 12:50 BST
    was £12,942,630
  2. Status changed to active
    9 Aug 2024, 12:50 BST
  3. Procurement method changed
    9 Aug 2024, 12:50 BST
  4. Deadline published: 27 Sept 2024, 12:00 BST
    9 Aug 2024, 12:50 BST
  5. Buyer details updated
    9 Aug 2024, 12:50 BST
  6. Status changed to complete
    15 Apr 2025, 14:09 BST
  7. Buyer details updated
    15 Apr 2025, 14:09 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £8,720,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 52 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 20 Mar 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
John Pye & Sons Limited£8,720,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • Provision of Personalised Registration Auction Services · John Pye & Sons Limited

    Signed
    20 Mar 2025
    Value
    £8,720,000
    Period
    … – 30 Sept 2028
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
5bids · 5 electronic · 5 from abroad2——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

Department for Transport

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentNational or federal agency/officeGeneral public services DVLA, Longview Road, Swansea, UK, SA6 7JLContact name, email Published organisation website ↗

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.