Quick answer — DRIVER & VEHICLE LICENSING AGENCYLast refreshed 14 Apr 2026

At a glance

DRIVER & VEHICLE LICENSING AGENCY has awarded £215.4m across 160 suppliers, with 31 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 34% · 3 open notices now · 1 award in last 90 d (£35k) · SME share 28% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 0 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration34%
Modifications · 90 d0
SME spend share28%
Pipeline · open now3
Awards · 90 d1

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

DRIVER & VEHICLE LICENSING AGENCY is a contracting authority, based in UKL18. Tracks 297 published notices and 289 awards on PublicSupply.

297
Notices published
289
Awards
160
Suppliers engaged
2014
First award on file

Spend profile

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

£35k
12 m spend
£21k
Prior 12 m
+65%
YoY change
£72k
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
DRIVER & VEHICLE LICENSING AGENCY — 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

2

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

3

Live tenders

Awarded (90d)

1

£35k

Frameworks open

0

Framework / DPS routes

Procurement mix

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

Contract type

Unspecified267 · £215.6m
services13 · £4.2m
goods17 · £1.7m

Instrument type

contract289 · £219.6m
call off8 · £1.9m
Source:Contracts Finder: 267Find a Tender: 30

Awarded contracts · 31 live

All contracts with a published award notice where DRIVER & VEHICLE LICENSING AGENCY is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
Provision of a Cheque and postal order Courier ServiceFEDEX UK LIMITED64121200£35k14 Apr 2026active
Provision of Hostile Vehicle Mitigation SurveyOVE ARUP & PARTNERS INTERNATIONAL LIMITED73400000£21k05 Aug 2024active
Provision of a Foreign Operator Payment ServiceNEC Software Solutions UK Limitedactive
Provision of Software AG Software Maintenance & Support and TrainingSoftware AG UK Ltdactive
Provision of Software AG Linux LicencesSoftware AG UK Ltdactive
Provision of Software AG Linux LicencesSoftware AG UK Ltd48700000active
Provision of Software AG Software Maintenance & Support and TrainingSoftware AG UK Ltdactive
Provision of Densewave CircuitsVirgin Media Business O232400000active
Provision of Scanners with Support and MaintenanceExela Technologies Limitedactive
Provision of Scanners with Support and MaintenanceExela Technologies Limitedactive
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Top suppliers · by total award value

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

1
GU
£74.0m
34% of total
2
WL
2 contracts · 24 Nov
£17.9m
8% of total
3
TL
1 contract · 15 May
£11.0m
5% of total
4
BS
3 contracts · 27 Mar17 Dec
£8.6m
4% of total
5
CU
2 contracts · SME · 10 Oct09 Nov
£7.8m
4% of total
6
PS
3 contracts · SME · 17 Jan26 Oct
£6.9m
3% of total
7
AW
1 contract · 04 Mar
£6.7m
3% of total
8
MG
3 contracts · 21 Dec07 Mar
£6.6m
3% of total
9160
···
152 other suppliers
long tail · 48 SMEs
£75.8m
35% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Printed matter
3 contracts
£74.0m
35%
IT services, software
75 contracts
£49.2m
24%
Radio, TV, communications
7 contracts
£18.5m
9%
Office equipment, IT
28 contracts
£17.2m
8%
Business, legal, advisory
26 contracts
£15.8m
8%
Financial, insurance
11 contracts
£14.1m
7%
Software packages, IT
70 contracts
£12.7m
6%
Repair & maintenance
6 contracts
£7.3m
3%

Activity heatmap

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

Jul
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Printed matter
IT services, software
Radio, TV, communications
Office equipment, IT
Business, legal, advisory
Financial, insurance
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 · 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 & VEHICLE LICENSING AGENCY 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.

SME & social value

Performance against Cabinet Office targets & PPN 06/20.

28%
SME supplier share
target 33%
75
SME award rows
1
VCSE award rows
160
Distinct suppliers
⚠ Below target. SME supplier share at 28% vs Cabinet Office target of 33%.

Peer benchmark

vs other buyers in the same type. Highlighted row = this buyer.

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News mentions

Major UK press & trade publications.

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Statutory & accountability

Legal status, identifiers & accountable officers.

Identifiers & contact

Type
Contracting authority
Region
UKL18
Contact
Michelle Palmer
Email
michelle.palmer@dvla.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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