Official UK procurement notice
Provision of a Direct Debit Solution
Authority: Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis is a voluntary ex ante transparency (VEAT) notice. DVLA intends to award a contract to Target Group Limited for the provision of a Direct Debit Service commencing on 1st June 2024.
This is to ensure continuous operation of the existing Direct Debit service; allowing enough time for DVLA to undertake a new tender process for a future Direct Debit Service. The future Direct Debit Service opportunity will be advertised in line with the relevant contract regulations.
DVLA intends to award the contract without a call for competition in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 32.2 (b) ii.
The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator for the following reason:
- absence of competition for technical reasons
DVLA will not enter the proposed contract before 23rd April 2024.
CPV: Financial and insurance services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) (The Authority) is an Executive Agency…
The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) (The Authority) is an Executive Agency of DfT, based in Swansea. The Agency’s primary aims are to facilitate road safety and general law enforcement by maintaining accurate registers of drivers and vehicle keepers and to collect Vehicle Excise Duty (VED).
A DD payment option was introduced from 1st October 2014 which enables End Users to currently pay the full annual VED amount in one annual instalment, pay for a 6-month licensing period in one instalment or opt to spread the costs evenly over the term of a 12-month licensing period.
- Currently, over 1.3 million mandates are created per month, this is split between circa new (40%) and renewed (60%) mandates.
- On average, Direct Debit payments total approximately £225m a month.
- The total value of the contract for the financial years 2018-2023 is in the region of £25 million
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 12 Apr 2024, 11:06 BST
- Last source update
- 12 Apr 2024, 11:06 BST
- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-011930- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0451baFind a Tender
- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
DVLA intends to award the contract without a call for competition in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 32.2 (b) ii.
The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator for the following reason:
- absence of competition for technical reasons
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Target Group LimitedSubcontracting: declared | £11,170,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Provision of a Direct Debit Solution · Target Group Limited
- Signed
- 11 Apr 2024
- Value
- £11,170,000
- Status
- active
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Department for TransportReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Target Group LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.