DFI DVA Medical Fitness to Drive Services

Driver and Vehicle AgencycontractFind a TenderRef ocds-h6vhtk-05ee67Procurement Act 2023Light-touch servicespending
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Estimated value

Awarded value

£19.0m

Awarded 13 Apr 2026

Suppliers

2

Lots

2

2 awarded

Published

14 Apr 2026

Description

The Driver & Vehicle Agency (DVA) is an Executive Agency of the Department for Infrastructure (DfI) which aims to deliver improved road safety and better regulation of the transport sector. Responsibilities include driver licensing, vehicle and driver testing, responsibility for those who drive for a living plus compliance and roadside enforcement. The DVA requires a Supplier(s) to provide assessments in relation to fitness to drive. The contract will be let in two LOTS. LOT1 is Provision of Fitness to Drive Assessment Service relates to the a paper based assessment of medical fitness to drive carried out by the supplier's medical practitioner staff and LOT2 is the provision of Specialist Medical Advisory Service to provide a specialist medical advisory service for LOT2 of this tender , conducted by the supplier's specialist consultant staff where it is considered that a specialist assessment is required in order to determine whether the driver meets the relevant medical standard on fitness to drive.

Scope

Reference
ID 5869803
Commercial tool
Standalone contract
Contract dates
31 Mar 2026 to 31 Mar 2029
Possible extension to 31 Mar 2031

The Contract will be for an initial period of three (3) years with an option to extend for a further period of 2 years

CPV classifications
85000000
85100000
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85121200
85110000
85112000
85111200
85140000
85141000
85147000

Award criteria

Criteria the buyer will use to evaluate bids.

NameDescriptionTypeWeighting
AC1 CommencementCommencement 28 per centquality
AC2 Service DeliveryService Delivery 17.5 per centquality
AC3 Contract ManagementContract Managemement 12.6 per centquality
AC 4 Social ValueSocial Value 11.9 per centquality

Participation

Conditions suppliers must meet to bid.

as per tender documents

Submission & procedure

Procedure
Open procedure

Award details· 2 awards

Awarded supplier(s), contract period and value as published in the award notice.

Awarded value

£11.5m

Award date

13 Apr 2026

Contract start

04 May 2026

Contract end

04 May 2029

Lots · 2 total

Divisions of the contract. Each lot can be awarded separately.

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LotTitleEst. valueStatus
Lot 1Provision of Fitness to Drive Assessment Service£13.8mcomplete
2Provision of Specialist Medical Advisory Service£9.0mcomplete