Official UK procurement notice
Provision of Soft Services
Authority: Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionDVLA intends to undertake a procurement for the Provision of Soft Facilities Management Services, which includes Cleaning, Catering, Waste and Pest Control, across the DVLA's Swansea estate.
The anticipated scope includes cleaning, catering, waste management and pest control services. DVLA is currently considering the most appropriate commercial and delivery model, including whether the services should be procured as a bundled requirement or divided into separate service areas or lots.
CPV: Catering services · Cleaning services · Pest-control services · Refuse and waste related services · Vending machines
How this framework works
From the published notice- Framework period
- 4 yrs · up to 5 yrs from 1 Nov 2028
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedWhat it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
- “Provision of Soft Services” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
How Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency buys Refuse and waste related services (CPV 9050), and who usually turns up
Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency has little published record in this market. Compared with other frameworks and DPS only. Whole-market view: Refuse and waste related services (CPV 9050) →
How the contest usually goes
Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.
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How often small and medium firms win.
Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.
The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.
No supplier sizes published for this authority.
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How often local firms win similar work.
Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.
Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered.
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
No winner locations published for this authority. Local means a registered address in the region where that award was delivered.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the bid deadline to the award date, on competitions that published both.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Half of these awards have an award date within 53 days of the bid deadline.
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How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.
Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.
The market share is a minimum: some awards have no bid count.
Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.
Missing bid counts may hide more single-bid awards. This share is a minimum.
How many bids did past lots attract?
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How many bids past lots received.
Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.
Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid17%
2–367%
4–617%
7+0%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Where winning prices landed against estimates.
Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.
On a framework or DPS, prices are agreed when work is called off.
Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Not comparable on a framework or DPS: the price is set later, on each call-off.
Assess each lot i
What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list
Lot #1CPV 4293Published estimate£8.0m
This lot is listed as CPV 4293. The table above uses the notice category.
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How many bids this lot may attract.
The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.
Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative. The bar shows 165 past lots.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid8%
2–323%
4–620%
7+49%
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Where the award price may land.
The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.
No comparable awards for this lot yet.
A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.
Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
| Supplier | This buyer’s earlier contract | Lot | Award value | Why listed |
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| cloudThing LimitedLive contract | Provision of Dynamics Engineering Serviceruns to Nov 2029 | — | £14m | Matched as the earlier contract |
| TUV SUV National Engineering Laboratory (NEL)Live contract | Provision of Specialist Lift Technical Servicesruns to Mar 2029 | — | £90k | Matched as the earlier contract |
Who could compete for this lot? i
Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
- Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
What this replaces i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
42% title match.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
42% title match.
A past supplier may not bid again.
The prior contract this notice most likely re-tenders · matched by title and category (42% title match), the holder is not guaranteed to re-bid
Provision of Dynamics Engineering Service — held by cloudThing Limited; the published contract ends 1 Nov 2029.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Planned procurement
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 2 Oct 2026, 09:12 BST
- Last source update
- 2 Oct 2026, 09:32 BST
- Authority reference
CRN9235- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-093123- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-077f37Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
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Timeline
2 Oct 2026 → 1 Nov 2028 · 4 dates- Planning notice published25 days ago2 Oct 2026, 09:12 BST
- Market engagement3 days ago23 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
DVLA is undertaking preliminary market engagement in preparation for a future procurement for Soft Facilities Management Services across its Swansea estate. The engagement will assist DVLA in understanding market capability, capacity, innovation opportunities, potential delivery models, and approaches to contract bundling. Feedback received may be used to inform the commercial strategy, procurement approach and future tender documentation.
The engagement process may include Requests for Information (RFIs), supplier questionnaires, virtual meetings, one-to-one discussions and site visits. Interested suppliers are invited to register by emailing Allison.fry@dvla.gov.uk by 23rd October 2026, providing their organisation name, contact details and areas of interest. Information gathered through this process will be used solely to inform DVLA's procurement strategy and future requirements. Participation in this engagement will not provide any advantage or disadvantage in any future procurement.
DVLA welcomes engagement from suppliers of all sizes, including SMEs. The authority is interested in understanding how SMEs may participate either directly, as part of a consortium, or through subcontracting arrangements. The final contract structure and strategy have not yet been determined.
- Today27 Oct 2026
- Tender notice expected6 Dec 2027, 23:59 GMT
- Contract starts1 Nov 2028
Notice history
2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 2 Oct 2026- Pipeline notice published2 Oct 2026, 09:12 BSTUK1
- Preliminary market engagement notice published2 Oct 2026, 09:32 BSTUK2
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
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Pipeline notice Pipeline notice on Find a Tender