Published date: 3 February 2023

Withdrawn opportunity - This means that the contract has been withdrawn early. This could be due to a change of circumstances.


Closing: 6 March 2023, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Transport equipment and auxiliary products to transportation - 34000000

Location of contract

England, Scotland, Wales

Value of contract

£260,000

Procurement reference

K280021957

Published date

3 February 2023

Closing date

6 March 2023

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

31 March 2023

Contract end date

31 March 2027

Contract type

Supply contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (above threshold)

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

This procedure can be used for procurements above the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

One of DVSA's main activities is roadside enforcement by which we ensure that heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) & public service vehicles (PSVs) are roadworthy and their drivers compliant with current driving standards.

On-Board Diagnostics (OBD) equipment (Autocom) has been used by DVSA enforcement examiners to predominately identify tachograph manipulations since 2014. The equipment has also been used to assist examiners in locating emission cheat devices and provide supporting evidence when enforcement action has been taken. However, due to various reasons beyond DVSA's control, the Autocom OBD equipment has become obsolete and unsupported.

The vehicle management system that DVSA are looking to purchase will provide data on the mechanical condition of the vehicle, including being able to determine the date a defect occurred. This information may help examiners refute a drivers explanation that the defect was not present when they started the journey which will provide a more evidence based approach when reporting on failings in an Operator Maintenance System.

Roadside enforcement activity requires DVSA examiners to be equipped to identify the most serious and serially non-compliant operators in an effective and efficient manner.

Drivers and operators using ever increasingly complex and sophisticated methods to interfere with vehicle systems which are difficult to identify at the roadside. From the interpretation of data from the vehicle Electronic Control Unit by the device operator, it is anticipated that this will lead to manipulations being detected. Another benefit of this equipment is to identify vehicle system fault using a diagnostic interface.

This Tender can be accessed by registering on the Department For Transport's Sourcing Portal using the link below:

https://dft.app.jaggaer.com/web/login.html?VISITORID=22539837-4f3f-475c-9252-f5440b5902f3&_ncp=1675418309648.908056-1

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

On-Board Diagnostic (OBD) Equipment for Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency

  • Opportunity
  • Published 3 February 2023

About the buyer

Contact name

Nick Martin

Address

The Axis Building,112 Upper Parliament Street
NOTTINGHAM
NG16LP
England

Telephone

07710670237

Email

nick.martin@dvsa.gov.uk