Notice Information
Notice Title
Administration of Disclosure and Barring Service Checks
Notice Description
The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) acts as the regulator for Approved Driving Instructors for Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) for the administration of DBS checks of potential driving instructors (PDIs), existing Approved Driving Instructors (ADIs) and potential driving examiners (DEs) in England, Scotland and Wales.
Lot Information
Lot 1
The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) acts as the regulator for Approved Driving Instructors for Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) for the administration of DBS checks of potential driving instructors (PDIs), existing Approved Driving Instructors (ADIs) and potential driving examiners (DEs) in England, Scotland and Wales.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-04e61c
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/006812-2026
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
-
- CPV Codes
79000000 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £4,700,210 £1M-£10M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 26 Jan 20263 weeks ago
- Submission Deadline
- 25 Mar 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 9 Dec 20252 months ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- DRIVER AND VEHICLE STANDARDS AGENCY
- Additional Buyers
- Contact Name
- Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
- Contact Email
- commercialenquiries@dvsa.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- BRISTOL
- Postcode
- BS5 0DA
- Post Town
- Bristol
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLK South West (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLK5 West of England
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLK51 Bristol, City of
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Bristol, City of
- Electoral Ward
- Lawrence Hill
- Westminster Constituency
- Bristol East
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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