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Provision of CAZ Technical Delivery Service Provider

Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency

This public procurement record has 2 releases in its history.

Award

14 Aug 2026 at 10:44

UK5 - Transparency Notice
Planning

22 May 2025 at 10:50

UK1 - Pipeline Notice
Summary of the contracting process

The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency is procuring technical service and delivery support for Clean Air Zones (CAZ). The service covers ongoing technical operation, software programming and consultancy, support for CAZ systems, and the progressive decommissioning of the service as Local Authorities achieve compliance with nitrogen dioxide programme objectives. The requirement includes facilitating the orderly exit of Local Authorities from the CAZ scheme and maintaining decommissioning functionality within the existing technical platform. Delivery is across the United Kingdom, supporting the relevant Local Authorities and their CAZ arrangements. This is a public-sector software and technical delivery service rather than a general transport, construction or routine vehicle-licensing contract. The requirement is categorised as services, including operating systems and software support services.

The procurement is complete and the contract has been awarded to Informed Solutions Limited through a direct award. The stated basis is that, for technical reasons, only this supplier can provide the required service and there are no reasonable alternatives; transferring the decommissioning capability would require disproportionate rebuilding, integration and revalidation of complex components and Local Authority interfaces. The award value is £7.5 million excluding VAT (£9 million including VAT). The awarded contract runs from 28 July 2027 to 27 July 2029, with an optional 24-month extension to 28 July 2031 if Local Authorities require continued support and decommissioning. The award outcome was recorded on 14 August 2026, and contract signature is scheduled for 1 March 2027.

This procurement demonstrates demand for a specialist supplier able to operate and support embedded Clean Air Zone technology while managing an orderly, technically complex decommissioning programme. A credible future competitor would need proven software programming and consultancy capability, experience supporting live public-sector platforms, and the capacity to integrate and revalidate interfaces across multiple Local Authorities. Familiarity with CAZ services, nitrogen dioxide compliance programmes, service transition and staged system retirement would be particularly relevant. The direct award rationale indicates that continuity of the existing technical solution, rather than a standalone replacement build, is central to the requirement. The procurement was identified as suitable for small and medium-sized enterprises and voluntary, community and social enterprises, although the selected supplier is a large business.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Provision of CAZ Technical Delivery Service Provider

Notice Description

As part of the ongoing delivery and subsequent decommissioning of their Clean Air Zones, DFT require a continuing Technical Service and Delivery Partner (TDSP) During the successful management of the Clean Air Zone (CAZ) TDSP service, the requirements have evolved throughout the years and are now necessitating a progressive decommissioning plan of the service. The current TDSP has built a decommissioning functionality into the service they currently provide which meets NO2 programme objectives until Local Authorities successfully achieve CAZ compliance. The sequence of planned decommissioning dates will mean that by the commencement of the proposed contract (July 2027) the incumbent supplier will have facilitated the orderly exit of two existing Local Authorities from the CAZ scheme (using their technical solution which is embedded within their incumbent platform) with a planned decommissioning exit for the final Local Authorities to exit the CAZ scheme 6 months ahead of expiry of the proposed contract in 2031.

Procurement Information

This is a transparency notice to inform the market that the Department for Transport is proposing to directly award a contract to Informed Solutions for the provision of a TDSP for a period of 24 months from 28th July 2027 to 27th July 2029. There is an optional 24-month extension available from 28th July 2029 to 27th July 2031. The justification for the direct award to Informed Solutions is under Schedule 5, paragraph 6 of the Procurement Act. 6 The following conditions are met in relation to the public contract-- (a)due to an absence of competition for technical reasons, only a particular supplier can supply the goods, services or works required, and (b)there are no reasonable alternatives to those goods, services or works. At this point in time, and in accordance with the decommissioning timescales, it is unviable to run a competitive procurement exercise, followed by a complex design and build programme of work, in time to have a viable product in place which would be fit for purpose and attractive to a new provider for technical reasons. Replicating or transferring this decommissioning capability to a new supplier would require disproportionate rebuilding, integrating, and revalidating complex system components and interfaces, across a number of Local Authorities.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-051cf8
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/077558-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Planning, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK5 - Transparency Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Direct
Procurement Method Details
Direct award
Tender Suitability
SME, VCSE
Awardee Scale
Large

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

48 - Software package and information systems

72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

CPV Codes

48620000 - Operating systems

72200000 - Software programming and consultancy services

72261000 - Software support services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
£7,500,000 £1M-£10M
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
14 Aug 20261 weeks ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
27 Jul 2026Expired
Award Date
14 Aug 20261 weeks ago
Contract Period
28 Jul 2027 - 27 Jul 2029 2-3 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Complete
Awards Status
Pending
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
SWANSEA
Postcode
SA6 7JL
Postcode Area
Swansea
Country
Wales
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLL Wales
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLL4 Mid and South West Wales
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLL43 Swansea
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
Swansea
Electoral Ward
Mynydd-bach
Westminster Constituency
Swansea West

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

INFORMED SOLUTIONS LIMITED

Further Information

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