Published date: 16 April 2025

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 27 September 2024, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Electronic auction services - 79342410

Location of contract

Wales

Value of contract

£5,335,000 to £8,720,000

Procurement reference

tender_432644/1470583

Published date

16 April 2025

Closing date

27 September 2024

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

1 April 2025

Contract end date

30 September 2030

Contract type

Service 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?

Yes

Description

The provision of personalised registration auction services on a national (UK wide) basis. The services to be provided are:

1. Timed Online Auctions and Ancillary Services;

2. DVLA auction marketing and Associated Promotional Activity; and

3. Hosting, design, content and functionality of bilingual (English & Welsh) website
www.dvlaauction.co.uk


The Contract is for an initial term of 3 years and 6 months which shall be comprised of:

- a period of 6 months for the delivery of an Implementation Plan (termed the "Transition & Implementation Period"), followed by

- the period commencing from the end of the Transition & Implementation Period until the expiry of the initial term and any extensions granted by the Buyer.

The Buyer reserves the right to offer two separate extensions of 12 months each, to provide for a maximum of two further years.

The maximum Contract duration (including optional extensions) will therefore be 5 years and 6 months (i.e. 3.5 +1 +1 years).

No Timed Online Auctions (and therefore no revenue generation) will take place under this Contract during the Transition and Implementation Period.

More information

Attachments

Award information

Awarded date

20 March 2025

Contract start date

1 April 2025

Contract end date

30 September 2030

Total value of contract

£8,720,000

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

John Pye & Sons Limited

Address

James Shipstone House, Radford Road, Nottingham, NG7 7EA

Reference

Companies House number: 02564753

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Contact name

Barry Brierley

Address

Longview Road
Swansea
SA6 7JL
Wales

Email

barry.brierley@dvla.gov.uk