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Quick answer — Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA)Last refreshed 01 Nov 2019

At a glance

Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) has awarded £134.4m across 34 suppliers, with 50 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 93% · 9 open notices now · 0 awards in last 90 d (£0) · SME share 3% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 0 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration93%
Modifications · 90 d0
SME spend share3%
Pipeline · open now9
Awards · 90 d0
Supplier?PipelineTop suppliersCategories boughtWatchdog?ModificationsFOIA & transparencySME share

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) is a contracting authority, based in UKK11. Tracks 51 published notices and 46 awards on PublicSupply.

51
Notices published
46
Awards
34
Suppliers engaged
2016
First award on file

Spend profile

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

£0
12 m spend
£0
Prior 12 m
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YoY change
£333k
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0m£0m£1m£1m£1mJulOctJanAprJulOctJanApr

Contract pipeline

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

Planned

5

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

9

Live tenders

Awarded (90d)

0

£0

Frameworks open

0

Framework / DPS routes

Procurement mix

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

Contract type

Unspecified5 · £129.0m
services46 · £20.8m

Instrument type

contract51 · £149.8m
Source:Find a Tender: 46Contracts Finder: 5

Awarded contracts · 50 live

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

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
Training and Testing audit servicesCOMPETENCE ASSURANCE SOLUTIONS LTD——active
Information Technology Solution Service 2026Gartner Uk Ltd——active
Research Services – FinanceGartner UK——active
This is a Level 7 Senior Leader Apprenticeship for approx. 4 individuals over the 2 years.Henley Business School——active
WP180 Vehicle Emissions ProgrammeMahle Powertrain Ltd71334000——active
WP180 Vehicle Emissions ProgrammeHoriba Mira71334000——active
Information Technology Solution ServiceGartner UK Limited——active
Administration of Disclosure & Barring Service Checks———active
Training and Testing audit servicesCOMPETENCE ASSURANCE SOLUTIONS LTD——active
IT Hardware, Peripherals and Associated Services ContractSCC Ltd72000000——active
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Top suppliers · by total award value

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

1
PP
Pearson Professional Assessments Ltd (Pearson Vue)
1 contract · 25 Apr
£125.0m
93% of total
—
2
MP
Mahle Powertrain Ltd
9 contracts
£1.1mest.
1% of total
—
3
HM
Horiba Mira
6 contracts
£1.1mest.
1% of total
—
4
MP
Millbrook Proving Ground Limited
7 contracts
£1.1mest.
1% of total
—
5
VC
Vehicle Certification Agency
1 contract
£1.1mest.
1% of total
—
6
TR
TRL
1 contract
£1.1mest.
1% of total
—
7
TS
Tuckers Solicitors LLP
1 contract · 01 Nov
£333k
0% of total
—
8
WL
Woodfines LLP
1 contract · 01 Nov
£333k
0% of total
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9–34
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26 other suppliers
long tail · 2 SMEs
£3.3m
2% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

IT services, software
2 contracts
£125.0m
73%
Other
33 contracts
£27.8m
16%
Business, legal, advisory
19 contracts
£18.6m
11%
Architecture, engineering
19 contracts
£10k
0%

Activity heatmap

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

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IT services, software
Other
Business, legal, advisory
Architecture, engineering
LessMore (£m awarded)

Commercial & procurement leadership

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

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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.

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Modifications · 0 in 90 d

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

Total mods
0
Above tolerance
0
Total value
£0
Novations
0

No modifications recorded in the last 90 days.

Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) has not filed a modification notice in the selected window.

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.

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SME & social value

Performance against Cabinet Office targets & PPN 06/20.

3%
SME supplier share
target 33%
2
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
34
Distinct suppliers
⚠ Below target. SME supplier share at 3% vs Cabinet Office target of 33%.

Peer benchmark

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Statutory & accountability

Legal status, identifiers & accountable officers.

Identifiers & contact

Type
Contracting authority
Region
UKK11
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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