Driver and Vehicle Agency - Supply, Delivery, Installation, Calibration, Commissioning and Maintenance of a Vehicle Test Solution

Driver and Vehicle AgencycontractFind a TenderRef ocds-h6vhtk-050ad7Procurement Act 2023closed for bids
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Estimated value

£40.0m

goods

Awarded value

Suppliers

0

Lots

1

0 awarded

Published

30 Apr 2025

Deadline 30 Jun 2025

Description

The Department for Infrastructure, through its Executive Agency The Driver and Vehicle Agency wish to establish a Contract to appoint a Contractor to supply, deliver, install, commission, calibrate and maintain a total of 79 new vehicle testing lanes of equipment, the associated fully integrated test lane (ITL) software, all associated IT hardware and licences (from here on in referred to as ‘Vehicle Test Solution’) to service its network of 16 Test Centres. The contract’s key focus will be to provide DVA with a complete vehicle test solution that will meet DVA’s demands, on an all-inclusive supply, install and maintenance basis. The Contractor must also complete all necessary enabling works required to facilitate the installation and operation of the Vehicle Test Solution. These works may include, but are not limited to, structural, civil, mechanical, electrical and digital enabling works which must be completed in line with current UK building legislation, regulations, codes and standards.

Scope

Reference
ID 5888575
Total value
£40,000,000 excluding VAT
£48,000,000 including VAT
Above the relevant threshold
Commercial tool
Standalone contract
Contract dates
19 Oct 2025 to 19 Oct 2035
Possible extension to 19 Oct 2039

the contract will have the option to extend for 4 further periods of 12 months each

Main category
goods
CPV classifications
31000000
50100000
Contract locations
Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

Award criteria

Criteria the buyer will use to evaluate bids.

NameDescriptionTypeWeighting
AC1 - Proposed Integrated test lane software As per Tender documentation.quality1.00%
AC2 - Proposed Maintenance solution (Phase 4)as per tender documentationquality2.00%
AC7 - Social Value - Delivering Zero Carbonas per tender documentationquality3.00%
AC9 - Total Contract Costas per tender documentationcost4.00%
AC3 - Outline Implementation Plan for Phase 1as per tender documentationquality5.00%
AC4 - Outline Implementation Plan for Phase 2as per tender documentationquality6.00%
AC5 - Outline Implementation Plan for Phase 3as per tender documentationquality7.00%
AC6 - Proposed IT Infrastructureas per tender documentationquality8.00%
AC8 - Contract Management and Contingency Arrangementsas per tender documentationquality9.00%
SoC1 - Legislation and Testing Standardsas per tender documentationquality10.00%
SoC2 - Light Lane Equipmentas per tender documentationquality11.00%
SoC3 - Heavy Lane Equipmentas per tender documentationquality12.00%
SoC4 - Vehicle Liftas per tender documentationquality13.00%
SoC5 - Additional Equipmentas per tender documentationquality14.00%

Participation

Conditions suppliers must meet to bid.

As per Tender documentation

As per Tender documentation.

Submission & procedure

Enquiry deadline
20 Jun 2025, 4:00 pm
Submission deadline
30 Jun 2025, 2:00 pm
Submission address
Tenders must be submitted electronically via the relevant Call for Tender (CfT) opportunity on eTendersNI, website details immediately below. Paper submissions will not be accepted or considered and will be rejected by the Contracting Authority / Buyer. The tender documents are available with unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at: URL https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps
Electronic submission
Yes
Procedure
Competitive flexible procedure