Published date: 1 September 2020

Last edited date: 14 September 2020

Closed early engagement


Closing date: 15 September 2020

Contract summary

Industry

  • Training services - 80500000

Location of contract

England, Scotland, Wales

Procurement reference

K28-002-0940

Published date

1 September 2020

Closing date

15 September 2020

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

DVSA is looking to procure the services of a supplier to deliver surveillance and counter surveillance training to DVSA's Counter Fraud and Investigations (CFI) team (approximately 50).

As part of its duties, the CFI team undertakes basic surveillance of operator, driver testing and MOT sites to undertake specialist investigations into fraud and criminal activity around the rules of the MOT scheme, river testing and operator licensing. Most of the CFI team is based in England (Midlands, South East and South West) with a small number in Scotland and Wales.

The CFI team is a specialist team within DVSA which operates within all the policies laid out with RIPA, Covert Human Intelligence Source (CHIS) and Preparation, Engage, Account, Closure and Evaluation (PEACE) interviews and requires formal surveillance and counter surveillance training.

The purpose of this Request for Information (RFI) is to inform the market of the requirement and gather information and feedback from the market via a Supplier Questionnaire in advance of publishing a future tender.

Following receipt of the information from suppliers in response to the RFI, DVSA intend to finalise the tender documentation and publish a tender via Contracts Finder and DVSA's eSourcing Portal (currently Delta but moving to new software system in Autumn 2020).

Please read the Specification section within the attached RFI document.

Respond to the questions in the Supplier Questionnaire section within the attached RFI document and submit your responses via email to Procurement.Branch@dvsa.gov.uk by 16:00hrs on 15th September 2020.

If you have any questions, raise them via email to Procurement.Branch@dvsa.gov.uk by 16:00hrs on 9th September 2020.

More information

Attachments

  • Supplier Q & A.docx
  • Clarifications to bidders questions
  • The following questions have been raised by suppliers in relation to the Request for Information. The responses have been provided by DVSA to help suppliers provide a more informed response to the Supplier Questionnaire in the Request for Information.

About the buyer

Address

112 Upper Parliament Street
NOTTINGHAM
NG16LP
England

Email

Procurement.Branch@dvsa.gov.uk