Closed tender

Vehicle Components Testing Framework

Details

Buyer: Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
Value: £9,200,000
Topic: Mechanical engineering services
Published: 8 January 2026
Submission: 23 February 2026
Source: uk:find_a_tender

Tender description

The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency’s (DVSA) Vehicle and Component Testing Services Framework. DVSA is the Market Surveillance Authority for automotive products in Great Britain. It ensures that vehicles and automotive products placed on the market are monitored and have been designed and manufactured in accordance with type approval requirements. DVSA’s Market Surveillance Unit has annual work programmes to undertake testing of vehicles and components placed on the market against the original approval standards to ensure they are and remain compliant. DVSA requires suppliers to deliver testing requirements, such as emission testing, noise testing, tyre testing, etc. Please see technical specification for more information. DVSA will use the framework to issue call-off competitions to the appointed suppliers who can then bid in line with the process set out in the Call-Off award procedure.

Timeline

Completed: Tender published8 January 2026
Current notice
Completed: Submission date23 February 2026

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.

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.

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

Job title	Phone number	Work email
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