Awarded contract

Test Engine and Test Content Management (TETCM) System - Modification

Details

Buyer: Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
Supplier(s): Pearson Professional Assessments Limited
Value: £30,000,000
Topic: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
Published: 19 May 2025
Source: uk:find_a_tender

Tender description

Lot 1: The contract modification addressed by this Notice is for the increase in financial contract value to ensure provision of essential ongoing services and continuity of the current delivery model. The Agency have a statutory obligation to deliver the Theory Test and therefore there can be no gap in service delivery. Other than the financial contract value increase of the agreement, all other terms and conditions shall remain the same.

Timeline

Completed: Award date2 May 2025
Completed: Award published19 May 2025
Current notice

About the buyer

Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency operates as an executive agency of the Department for Transport, running driving tests and vehicle standards enforcement across Great Britain and Northern Ireland. A dedicated procurement team, based in Nottingham, runs the agency's sourcing activity. Crown Commercial Service framework agreements cover most established sourcing needs. Opportunities without a framework in place are advertised on Contracts Finder for smaller-value work and Find a Tender for larger competitions. Suppliers register interest and bid through Crown Commercial Service's own supplier channels. Standard contract conditions apply separately to goods, services and purchase orders.

Procurement spend from central entities makes up 66% of overall UK public spend.

Over the past 5 years, most of Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency's contract awards have been in education and training, business services and IT services.

Relevant CPV codes

72000000 · IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

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Head of Procurement	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@driver-and-vehicle-standards-agency.gov
Commercial Director	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@driver-and-vehicle-standards-agency.gov
Procurement Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@driver-and-vehicle-standards-agency.gov
Category Lead	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@driver-and-vehicle-standards-agency.gov
Senior Buyer	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@driver-and-vehicle-standards-agency.gov
Contracts Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@driver-and-vehicle-standards-agency.gov