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Published 20 May 2025, 13:55 BST

Official UK procurement notice

DVLA Payment Gateway · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (Central government)

ServicesAbove threshold
Sectors: Financial and insurance services (66) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Planned pipeline valueValue not publishedpipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 26 Nov 2025from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 5 yrsends 31 May 2032 · up to 31 May 2032 with extensions · starts 1 Jun 2027

What is being bought

Published requirement description

DVLA is an Executive Agency of the Department for Transport (DfT). Its primary aims are to facilitate road safety and law enforcement by maintaining accurate registers of drivers and vehicle keepers, and to collect Vehicle Excise Duty (VED).

The Buyer requires a Payment Card Industry (PCI) compliant Payment Gateway that meets banking standards, aligns with customer needs, and integrates seamlessly with digital and telephony services. The service must be in place from 1st June 2027 to ensure business continuity.

The Payment Gateway must:

  • Support multi-channel payments (online, telephony and Interactive Voice Recognition (IVR)
  • Offer customisable hosted payment pages or iFrame
  • Be usable on a variety of devices, including mobile, in both English and Welsh
  • Provide a PCI-compliant authorisation and settlement platform
  • Handle peak loads of 120 transactions per second
  • Be available 24/7/365
  • Include 24/7/365 incident support for Priority 1 and 2 incidents (at minimum)

This service will support the Buyer’s online and telephony channels for services including, but not limited to:

  • Electronic Vehicle Licensing
  • Duplicate V5C documents
  • Vehicle Personalised Registrations
  • Vehicle First Registration
  • Trailer Registration
  • Enforcement Penalty Payments
  • Driving Licence Applications
  • Digital Tachographs (Driver and Company)

CPV: Banking and investment services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1PlannedRenewal 5 yrs
Contract period: 1 Jun 2027 – 31 May 2032 (5 yrs) · up to 31 May 2032 with extensions
Extensions: Extension options published

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Past planning notice
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
20 May 2025, 13:55 BST
Last source update
3 Mar 2026, 10:33 GMT
Authority reference
CRN/25/13
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-018803
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Banking and investment services
Delivery area
Not published
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0518d1 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

20 May 2025 → 1 Jun 2027 · 5 dates
  1. Planning notice published
    20 May 2025, 13:55 BST
  2. Tender notice expected334 days ago
    26 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT
  3. Latest notice published237 days ago
    3 Mar 2026, 10:33 GMT
  4. Market engagement224 days ago
    16 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT

    Please contact Vikki.John@dvla.gov.uk to receive the questions and participate in this market engagement exercise.

  5. Today
    27 Oct 2026
  6. Contract startsin 216 days
    1 Jun 2027, 00:00 BST

Notice history

4 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 20 May 2025
  1. Pipeline notice published
    20 May 2025, 13:55 BST
    UK1
  2. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    24 Jul 2025, 12:07 BST
    UK2
  3. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    2 Mar 2026, 14:11 GMT
    UK2
  4. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    3 Mar 2026, 10:33 GMT
    UK2
Routine re-releases (4)
  • 2025-05: 1 release · 20 May 2025

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PYVZ-4215-PGYM Longview Road, Morriston, Wales, SA6 7JLContact email

Official documents & specifications (4)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure