Official UK procurement notice
Provision of Dynamics Engineering Service
Authority: Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionDVLA requires a supplier to provide a flexible delivery of highly skilled software development resources to continue the design, development, and support of new caseworks solutions, integrated with our development teams and able to solve complex problems, via a call off agreement to:
Advise on best practice implementation
Configure and implement Dynamics 365 Customer Service and Power Platform in line with the minimum organisational requirements for our remaining Casework services
Advise on Continuous improvement and support enhancements to our current implementation
Build integration APIs and new customer facing UIs on the DVLAs cloud platform using the DVLAs approved technology stacks
Integrate with existing legacy systems
Support DVLA’s digital strategy of creating online services to improve overall customer service.
As an indicative guide, DVLA expects delivery activity may typically require around 20 - 30 supplier resources at any one time, with the ability to scale up or down depending on demand, delivery phase and the number of active Statements of Work.
This is not a guaranteed level of demand and any resources required will be confirmed through individual Statements of Work.
Capability provided under Statement of Works (SOWs) will need to work closely with and take direction from DVLA product teams.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedProcedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Award under framework
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Call-off under a framework
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 29 Sept 2026, 12:07 BST
- Last source update
- 23 Oct 2026, 14:08 BST
- Authority reference
CRN9044- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-100532- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-077c52Find a Tender
- Call-off under framework Digital Outcomes and Specialists 7
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
8 Oct 2026 → 23 Oct 2026 · 2 dates- Standstill ends18 days ago8 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
- Notice published3 days ago23 Oct 2026, 14:08 BST
Notice history
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 29 Sept 2026- Contract award notice published29 Sept 2026, 12:07 BSTUK6
- Contract signature expected13 Oct 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract details notice published23 Oct 2026, 14:08 BSTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| cloudThing Limited2 Nov 2026 – 1 Nov 2029 · up to 1 Nov 2030Extensions: option of 1 additional year. | £14,000,000 | 29 Sept 2026 | Awarded |
Contracts
Provision of Dynamics Engineering Service · cloudThing Limited
- Signed
- 21 Oct 2026
- Value
- £14,000,000
- Period
- 2 Nov 2026 – 1 Nov 2029 · up to 1 Nov 2030 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- a plus 1 year extension option is available.
3 agreed KPIs: Performance to Pay · Partnering Behaviours and Value · People (resourcing)
- Performance to Pay, In accordance with the Performance to Pay process, the supplier must submit the following inputs in a timely manner: accurate and complete timesheets, acceptance certificates, supplier reports, and invoices
- Partnering Behaviours and Value, Supplier promotes positive collaborative working relationships, within and across team, by acting in a transparent manner. Supplier shows commitment to Buyer goals through adding value over and above the provision of compensated skilled Supplier Staff and/or facilities. manage scale-down through planned transitions and knowledge continuity, ensuring delivery is not impacted.
- People (resourcing), Successful recruitment and placement of key resources or provision of facilities meet the planned deliverables and contractual obligations. Mobilisation within 2-5 days for known resources and 5-10 days for new resources, maintaining continuity across teams. The Supplier pro-actively manages their resource skills or state of facilities by identifying issues early, and in a timely fashion, addressing any deficits. rapid backfill using pre-qualified pipelines and known resource’s ability to flex niche roles (e.g. SDET, platform engineers, architects) as needs change maintaining continuity within blended teams to avoid disruption.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- KERV DIGITAL LIMITEDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
Notices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender