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In-Service Conformity Light-Duty Emissions Testing

Department for TransportcontractFind a Tender ↗Ref ocds-h6vhtk-0529f9Procurement Act 2023SME suitableVCSE suitablepending

Estimated value

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Awarded value

£358k

Awarded 15 Jul 2025

Suppliers

1

1 SME

Lots

1

1 awarded

Published

21 Nov 2025

Description

The Department for Transport in partnership with the Vehicle Certification Agency (VCA), invites submissions from Suppliers for the undertaking of light-duty vehicle emissions testing for the purposes of the “New In-Service Conformity (ISC) Methodology”, introduced in Annex II (Part B) of Regulation (GB) 2017/1151, as amended by SI 2022 No.1273 (https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2017/1151/contents) and Annex 4 of UN Regulation No. 83.08 (ECE-TRANS-WP.29-2023-57E.pdf) In this Contract, the Supplier will be required to source, examine and test vehicles in accordance with this methodology, for one annual ISC programme (covering the calendar year 2025).

Scope

Reference
VCA0011
Commercial tool
Standalone contract
Contract dates
31 Jul 2025 to 01 Aug 2026
Possible extension to 01 Aug 2027

12 month timeline extension

CPV classifications
71300000
Contract locations
UK, United Kingdom
Particular suitability
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)Voluntary, community and social enterprises (VCSE)

Award criteria

Criteria the buyer will use to evaluate bids.

NameDescriptionTypeWeighting
Technical EnvelopeFull breakdown of technical questions can be found in our suite of tender documents located on the Jaggaer Sourcing Portal. https://dft.app.jaggaer.com/go/873848560197219BB4B1quality60.00%
Commercial (Price) EnvelopeFull details of commercial (price) questions can be found in our suite of tender documents located on the Jaggaer Sourcing Portal. https://dft.app.jaggaer.com/go/873848560197219BB4B1price40.00%

Participation

Conditions suppliers must meet to bid.

Outlined in Attachment 2-how to bid document within the suite of tender documents that can be accessed through the Jaggaer Sourcing Portal. https://dft.app.jaggaer.com/go/873848560197219BB4B1

1. Does the Potential Provider hold EN ISO/IEC 17020:2012 and EN ISO/IEC 17025:2017 accreditations from a national accreditation body? And/or be a designated technical service to VCA or an EU type-approval authority to carry out testing and inspections for the aforementioned regulations 2. Can the Potential Provider deliver the expected full volume of vehicles, as detailed in the Specification? 3. Does the Potential Provider have the required facilities and equipment to perform WLTP Type 1 and RDE tests on all configurations of light-duty vehicle (e.g. M and N category, 2WD, 4WD, ICE, HEV)? Full details are outlined in Attachment 2-how to bid document within the suite of tender documents that can be accessed through the Jaggaer Sourcing Portal. https://dft.app.jaggaer.com/go/873848560197219BB4B1

Submission & procedure

Procedure
Open procedure

Award details

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

Awarded value

£358k

Award date

15 Jul 2025

Contract start

05 Dec 2025

Contract end

01 Aug 2026

Awarded to
HM
Horiba Mira
SME