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title: "In-Service Conformity Light-Duty Emissions Testing"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-02967c"
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# In-Service Conformity Light-Duty Emissions Testing

Buyer: DEPARTMENT FOR TRANSPORT  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-02967c

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## Summary

The Department for Transport, based in London, UK, has completed a procurement process for "In-Service Conformity Light-Duty Emissions Testing", classified under engineering services. The procurement was initiated as an open tender, which allowed for broad supplier participation. The contract was awarded for an active project aimed at conducting light-duty vehicle emissions testing in line with the EU regulation guidelines for 2021, with an anticipated sample of 24 vehicles from designated vehicle families. The deadline for finalising the related reports is set for 31 March each year, with the contract signed on 24 February 2021.

This tender presents significant opportunities for businesses specialising in emissions testing and engineering services to participate in public contracts. Companies with the capability to perform stringent vehicle assessments in compliance with EU regulations would be well-suited to compete in this space. Given that the contract involves ongoing evaluation and could potentially extend to additional years depending on agreement terms, firms involved in environmental compliance and vehicle testing are likely to benefit from the continuity of work and the associated demand for their services.

## Notice

The Vehicle Certification Agency (VCA), with the understanding of the Swedish Transport Agency (STA), invites submissions from Suppliers for the undertaking of light-duty vehicle emissions testing for the purposes of the "New In-Service Conformity (ISC) Methodology", introduced in Annex II (Part B) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1151, as amended by 2018/1832 (https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/GA/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32018R1832). In this Contract, the Supplier will be required to source, examine and test vehicles in accordance with this methodology, for a minimum of two ISC annual programmes (2020 and 2021) with an option to extend the contract to cover a third annual programme (2022) subject to the agreement of all parties.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

A review by the European Commission of the historical light-duty emissions In-Service Conformity (ISC) tests, previously only performed by the manufacturers, revealed that very few 'fails' were reported to type approval authorities. This is despite known emissions-related recall campaigns and other voluntary actions being implemented in-market. In an attempt to increase the effectiveness of ISC, and improve the correlation between a manufacturer's ISC failure rates and in-market remedial actions, control has now also been given to Granting Type Approval Authorities (GTAAs) to perform ISC tests on a percentage of the approved vehicle emission types each year. The GTAA in this case is STA. VCA and STA are responsible for selecting which vehicle types shall be tested each year for ISC. This is based on a risk assessment, supported by multiple data sources, to identify the vehicles that are most likely to "not comply with ISC rules". This pertains to the vehicle exceeding one or more of the Euro 6 pollutant emissions limits, as given in Regulation (EC) No 715/2007, in Type 1, 4, 6 or RDE tests. VCA and STA do not currently have the facilities in order to perform light-duty emissions tests required for ISC. As a result, VCA and STA are seeking the services of a Supplier with these facilities to perform this work. Only Type 1 and RDE tests, as detailed in Annex IIIA and XXI, respectively, of Regulation (EU) 2017/1151, as amended by Regulation (EU) 2018/1832 (https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/GA/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32018R1832), will be included in the scope of this ISC testing. The GTAA is required to publish an annual report which presents the results of all ISC testing conducted in the previous year, as well as all associated investigations therein (once closed). The deadline for submitting this report is 31 March of each year. VCA and STA have identified 12 ISC families (i.e. vehicle types) that need to be tested for ISC purposes for the ISC 2020 annual programme. According to the regulation, a minimum sample size of three vehicles is required for each family (i.e. 36 vehicles total). However, the scope of this Contract is planned to exclude the testing of the first vehicle from each sample, as that activity has been awarded in a separate contract (subject to delivery). Therefore, a minimum of 24 vehicles are required to be tested by the Supplier who is awarded this Contract. It has been decided to split the contracts in this way to commence the ISC 2020 testing as soon as possible, and allow for the "statistical folders" to be opened for each test type (see last paragraph in point 5.10.1. of Annex II,) before 31 March 2021. Once each folder has been opened, the GTAA has 12 months to complete all testing (with an extra 6 months if necessary), which is permitted to go beyond the 31 March date.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/003860-2021 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 25 Feb 2021 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 24 Feb 2021 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £430,327 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Cancelled |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | DEPARTMENT FOR TRANSPORT |
| Locality | LONDON |
| Post town | Not specified |
| Postcode | N/A |
| Country | Not specified |
| ITL 1 | Not specified |
| ITL 2 | Not specified |
| ITL 3 | Not specified |
| Local authority | Not specified |
| Electoral ward | Not specified |
| Westminster constituency | Not specified |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | AVL POWERTRAIN |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 71 - Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services

### Codes

- 71300000 - Engineering services

## Release History

- 25 Feb 2021 at 22:56 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/003860-2021

## Notice URLs

- https://dft.app.jaggaer.com/
- https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/GA/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32018R1832
- https://ted.europa.eu/udl?uri=TED:NOTICE:603172-2020:TEXT:EN:HTML

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