Quick answer — Driver and Vehicle Standards AgencyLast refreshed 07 May 2026

At a glance

Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency has awarded £54.3m across 109 suppliers, with 140 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 37% · 19 open notices now · 12 awards in last 90 d (£83.7m) · SME share 37% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 6 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration37%
Modifications · 90 d6
SME spend share37%
Pipeline · open now19
Awards · 90 d12

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency is a contracting authority, based in UKK11. Tracks 263 published notices and 164 awards on PublicSupply.

263
Notices published
164
Awards
109
Suppliers engaged
2016
First award on file

Spend profile

Award value by month — rolling 24 months. Line shows 12-month moving average.

£95.3m
12 m spend
£40k
Prior 12 m
+238174%
YoY change
£5.5m
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0m£23m£46m£69m£92mJulOctJanAprJulOctJanApr

Contract pipeline

Forward flow — planned notices through to completed awards in the last 90 days.

Planned

80

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

19

Live tenders

Awarded (90d)

12

£83.7m

Frameworks open

0

Framework / DPS routes

Procurement mix

How this buyer procures — by procedure, instrument, and publication source.

Contract type

services131 · £6.7bn
goods17 · £83.6m
Unspecified115 · £49.1m

Instrument type

contract263 · £6.8bn
Source:Find a Tender: 224Contracts Finder: 39

Awarded contracts · 140 live

All contracts with a published award notice where Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
OrgvueDriver and Vehicle Standards Angencyactive
PCI QSA Support 2026Driver Vehicle Standards Agencyactive
MOT Digital Delivery72000000£8.0mest.planned
Calibration, Repair and Maintenance of DVSA Weigh Pads for Enforcement and IVA 202650433000£600kest.planning
MOT Inspection Trainingwithdrawn
Vehicle Conversion & Associated Services 350117000planned
Theory Test Services - TTAP72260000£115.6mest.active
Theory Test Services - TTAP72260000£115.6mest.active
Speed Measuring Devices 2026LET Automotive N.V£490k07 May 2026pending
Secure Waste Management90511400planned
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Top suppliers · by total award value

Ranked by cumulative awarded value. YoY = last 12 months vs prior 12 months.

1
DL
2 contracts · 02 Sept
£20.0mest.
37% of total
New
2
TS
1 contract · 07 Jan
£10.9m
20% of total
3
HM
1 contract · 23 Apr
£9.2m
17% of total
New
4
TS
1 contract · 23 Apr
£9.2m
17% of total
New
5
UU
1 contract · 23 Apr
£9.2m
17% of total
New
6
IT
£9.2m
17% of total
New
7
MP
1 contract · 23 Apr
£9.2m
17% of total
New
8
TL
2 contracts · 23 Apr
£9.2m
17% of total
New
9109
···
101 other suppliers
long tail · 37 SMEs
£41.8m
77% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Education, training
31 contracts
£5.8bn
84%
IT services, software
29 contracts
£613.5m
9%
Business, legal, advisory
26 contracts
£246.4m
4%
Other
127 contracts
£113.6m
2%
Construction materials
6 contracts
£75.9m
1%
Repair & maintenance
5 contracts
£37.0m
1%
Financial, insurance
1 contract
£9.5m
0%
Architecture, engineering
5 contracts
£8.5m
0%

Activity heatmap

Award volume by CPV division × month. Darker = more £ awarded.

Jul
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Education, training
IT services, software
Business, legal, advisory
Other
1
0
10
1
0
83
0
Construction materials
Repair & maintenance
LessMore (£m awarded)

Commercial & procurement leadership

Who signs off contracts, owns frameworks and runs SME engagement.

Coming Q3 2026

Curated leadership roster

Chief commercial officer, framework owners, SME lead and clinical sign-offs per buyer. Top-50 contracting authorities first, rolling out by sector.

Modifications · 6 in 90 d

Variations logged under Procurement Act 2023 s.74. Above-tolerance modifications attract a flag.

Coming Q3 2026

Per-modification s.74 classification + tolerance flagging

We see 6 notices tagged with a modification flag in the last 90 d. Next phase parses each one against PA 2023 s.74 limbs and surfaces above-tolerance flags.

Compliance & transparency

FOIA performance, statutory disclosures & prompt payment.

Coming Q4 2026

FOIA & prompt-payment ingestion

Notice timeliness and modification flags are derivable today. FOIA refusal rate, prompt-payment %, KPI reporting and net-zero plans need new data sources — work scoped, ingestion next quarter.

SME & social value

Performance against Cabinet Office targets & PPN 06/20.

37%
SME supplier share
target 33%
52
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
109
Distinct suppliers

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News mentions

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Statutory & accountability

Legal status, identifiers & accountable officers.

Identifiers & contact

Type
Contracting authority
Region
UKK11
Contact
DS&T Category
Email
commercialenquiries@dvsa.gov.uk

Board & accountable officers

Coming Q3 2026

Accountable officer + board roster

Pulled from gov.uk for arm's-length bodies and from Companies House for company-form buyers — chair, CEO, SRO and sign-off authority per contract band.

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