Quick answer — Driver & Vehicle Standards AgencyLast refreshed 27 Aug 2021

At a glance

Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency has awarded £269.2m across 59 suppliers, with 29 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 43% · 4 open notices now · 0 awards in last 90 d (£0) · SME share 30% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 0 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration43%
Modifications · 90 d0
SME spend share30%
Pipeline · open now4
Awards · 90 d0

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency is a contracting authority, based in UK. Tracks 85 published notices and 78 awards on PublicSupply.

85
Notices published
78
Awards
59
Suppliers engaged
2017
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
YoY change
£98k
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
Driver & Vehicle Standards 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

3

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

4

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

Unspecified56 · £269.3m
services24 · £14.9m
goods5 · £260k

Instrument type

contract82 · £284.4m
call off3 · £70k
Source:Contracts Finder: 56Find a Tender: 29

Awarded contracts · 29 live

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

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
Information Technology Solution Service 2026Gartner Uk Ltdactive
432000.00Gartner Uk Ltdactive
T3 Procurement Specialist ReviewPA Consulting Services Ltdactive
WP183.1 Motorcycle Noise ProgrammeUTAC UK LTDactive
WP181 Aftermarket Emissions ProgrammeMahle Powertrain Ltdactive
WP186.1 ADAS Programme (AEB)Horiba Mira Ltdactive
Employee Benefits 2025Reward Gateway (UK) Ltdactive
Licences for HR ResourcesGartneractive
WP187 Noise ProgrammeUTAC UK LTDactive
WP183.1 Motorcycle Noise ProgrammeUTAC UK LTDactive
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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
£115.5m
43% of total
2
RI
1 contract · 21 Dec
£115.5m
43% of total
3
BL
1 contract · 25 Feb
£8.0m
3% of total
4
BL
2 contracts · 06 Aug
£7.8m
3% of total
5
AW
1 contract · 06 Jan
£7.7m
3% of total
6
MP
3 contracts · 27 Jun
£3.0m
1% of total
7
CW
£1.9m
1% of total
8
KS
1 contract · 27 Aug
£1.7m
1% of total
959
···
51 other suppliers
long tail · 19 SMEs
£8.0m
3% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Education, training
12 contracts
£246.3m
87%
IT services, software
15 contracts
£28.2m
10%
Architecture, engineering
3 contracts
£3.0m
1%
Business, legal, advisory
6 contracts
£2.2m
1%
Real estate
1 contract
£1.9m
1%
Software packages, IT
11 contracts
£995k
0%
Medical, pharmaceutical
2 contracts
£520k
0%
Public utilities
1 contract
£400k
0%

Activity heatmap

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

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Education, training
IT services, software
Architecture, engineering
Business, legal, advisory
Real estate
Software packages, IT
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 Standards 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.

30%
SME supplier share
target 33%
22
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
59
Distinct suppliers
⚠ Below target. SME supplier share at 30% vs Cabinet Office target of 33%.

Peer benchmark

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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
UK
Contact
DVSA
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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