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Published 13 Mar 2025, 13:44 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Fleet Management Services 2

Official notice

Authority: Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (Central government)

ServicesNegotiated without publication of a contract notice
Awarded value£6,000,000published contract · exc. VAT
Awarded 15 Jan 2025
Awarded to Knowles Associates - Total Fleet Management Limited

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Fleet Management Services is a management service contract that provides DVSA with a single provider for the provision of managing the DVSA fleet of vehicles;

  1. Including those funded through leasing arrangements and owned by DVSA
  2. Mange the process of leasing and procuring vehicles on behalf of DVSA
  3. Mange all invoices and payments arsing from the management of the DVSA fleet
  4. Work with DVSA appointed vehicle converter to support the effective and efficient management of converted vehicle supplied to DVSA
  5. Mange driving licence checks for all DVSA staff who require to drive a lease/hire vehicle for business purposes.

To ensure continuation of this service and further electric vehicle development as part of the Government Fleet Commitment target a contract is required for this service.

CPV: Travel management services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Fleet Management Services is a management service contract that provides DVSA with a…

Fleet Management Services is a management service contract that provides DVSA with a single provider for the provision of managing the DVSA fleet of vehicles;

  1. Including those funded through leasing arrangements and owned by DVSA
  2. Mange the process of leasing and procuring vehicles on behalf of DVSA
  3. Mange all invoices and payments arsing from the management of the DVSA fleet
  4. Work with DVSA appointed vehicle converter to support the effective and efficient management of converted vehicle supplied to DVSA
  5. Mange driving licence checks for all DVSA staff who require to drive a lease/hire vehicle for business purposes.

To ensure continuation of this service and further electric vehicle development as part of the Government Fleet Commitment target a contract is required for this service.

Delivery: UK

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Negotiated without publication of a contract notice
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
13 Mar 2025, 13:44 GMT
Last source update
13 Mar 2025, 13:44 GMT
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-009215
Classification (CPV)
Travel management services
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04ecbd Find a Tender
Why no open competition
No tenders or no suitable tenders/requests to participate in response to restricted procedure
Published justification

Change of contractor would cause significant inconvenience or duplication of costs to the authority.

This recommendation is in accordance with Public Contracts Regulation (PCR) 2015 72(1)(b)(ii). To award the incumbent supplier Knowles Associates – Total Fleet Management Ltd a 12 month STA contract due to a combination of business factors. The transition of DVSAs fleet of vehicles for ICE to Electric Vehicles, the set of a new sustainability/fleet policy team. Therefore, we do not fully understand what we may want in a new service to inform the next contract term.

The intention is for a contract term of 12 months at a value of £6,000,000.

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £6,000,0001 contract exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 15 Jan 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Knowles Associates - Total Fleet Management LimitedSubcontracting: declared£6,000,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentMinistry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisionsGeneral public services Bristol, UK, BS5 0DAContact name, email

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • DfTReview body London

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.