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About the Service Operators, hauliers and drivers of Heavy Goods Vehicles (HGVs) must pay the HGV road user levy when they use UK roads. This applies equally to UK-registered vehicles and those registered in other countries. This promotes a level playing field between hauliers, and such road user charges are commonplace in Europe. The levy was first introduced in 2014 and reformed in 2023. The rate varies by vehicle weight and emissions class, with an exemption for zero emission HGVs. The levy can be paid daily, weekly, monthly, 6 monthly or annually. UK registered hauliers pay the levy in conjunction with the annual Vehicle Excise Duty. Foreign registered vehicles pay through an online portal, the Foreign Operator Payment System (FOPS), and must pay before using UK roads. FOPS is provided by a contractor with the contract managed by DVLA on behalf of DfT. Market Engagement Session DVLA will host a webinar on 2nd February 2026 from 11:0 to 12:0, to present a slide pack and facilitate a Q&A session about the service. If you are interested in attending, once responses have been received, further information will be provided and a set of questions to complete prior to the event, along with the appointment for the day. To register your interest and receive the questionnaire, please email Vikki.John@dvla.gov.uk by 9th January 2026. Include your organisation name and the names, job titles, and email addresses of those wishing to attend. Please note: any information you provide will be treated as background information only and shall not constitute any offer or commitment by either party.

Please note that this is a UK1 Pipeline Notice for a merchant acquirer service. This is not a PIN or call for pre-market engagement/competition. As this is a pipeline notice, there is not guarantee that a tender opportunity will result from this. Should a tender opportunity materialise, further notices will be published in relation to this. Contract start and end date may be subject to change. DVLA requires a Merchant Acquirer service to ensure service continuity and enable the acceptance of credit and debit card payments from card issuing banks. The MA service must support payment options for a range of DVLA services, including (but not limited to): • Electronic Vehicle Licensing (EVL) • Personalised Registrations (Sales and Retain) • Enforcement Penalty Payments • Driver Licence services • Tachograph Company and Driver Cards • Trailer Registration • Duplicate and Replacement Registration Documents • Driver Customer Services • Vehicle Excise Duty (VED) Recovery • First Registration • Online Enforcement Penalty Payment (OEPP) • Registration of Number Plate Suppliers (RNPS)

DVLA is an Executive Agency of the Department for Transport (DfT). Its primary aims are to facilitate road safety and law enforcement by maintaining accurate registers of drivers and vehicle keepers, and to collect Vehicle Excise Duty (VED). The Buyer requires a Payment Card Industry (PCI) compliant Payment Gateway that meets banking standards, aligns with customer needs, and integrates seamlessly with digital and telephony services. The service must be in place from 1st June 2027 to ensure business continuity. The Payment Gateway must: - Support multi-channel payments (online, telephony and Interactive Voice Recognition (IVR) - Offer customisable hosted payment pages or iFrame - Be usable on a variety of devices, including mobile, in both English and Welsh - Provide a PCI-compliant authorisation and settlement platform - Handle peak loads of 120 transactions per second - Be available 24/7/365 - Include 24/7/365 incident support for Priority 1 and 2 incidents (at minimum) This service will support the Buyer’s online and telephony channels for services including, but not limited to: - Electronic Vehicle Licensing - Duplicate V5C documents - Vehicle Personalised Registrations - Vehicle First Registration - Trailer Registration - Enforcement Penalty Payments - Driving Licence Applications - Digital Tachographs (Driver and Company) What’s Happening Now DVLA will host a webinar on 13th August 2025, from 10:0 to 12:0, to present a slide pack and facilitate a Q&A session about the service. Before attending, participants are required to complete a questionnaire to support the fact-finding exercise. To register your interest and receive the questionnaire, please email cai.vickery@dvla.gov.uk by 6th August 2025. Include your organisation name and the names, job titles, and email addresses of those wishing to attend. Please note: any information you provide will be treated as background information only and shall not constitute any offer or commitment by either party.

Provision of Laboratory Services for Testing of Alcohol Dependency for DVLA

Could you supply International Driving Permit Services on behalf of DVLA? Background DVLA maintains the records of 50 million drivers and 40 million vehicles in the UK. We collect £7 billion a year in vehicle tax and process over 77 million transactions a year. Most transactions are digital, but we also offer an in-person channel for customers who require an International Driving Permit. The service is currently outsourced; the current service provision with the incumbent supplier expires on the 31 March 2027. What is happening now? DVLA is conducting preliminary market engagement for a potential future opportunity under contract to provide International Driving Permit services to UK driving licence holders on our behalf. We would like to hear from third-party providers who are interested in offering the services outlined below. What would be required? • The ability for UK driving licence holders to transact in-person. • Widespread coverage across England, Wales, Scotland & Northern Ireland. • The capability to issue approximately 270,000 permits per annum. • Provide service availability of 48 hours per week across all service locations, spread over 6 days to cater for a range of customers. Further details The fee for an International Driving Permit (IDP) is £5.50. The fee is set in legislation and will not be altered. The service provider must be able to deliver the IDP service based on retaining the full £5.50 fee paid by the customer; there will be no additional supplement to the fee by DVLA or the customer. This equates to a potential £4.5m of income for the service provider over the proposed 3-year contract term. DVLA’s position is that this procurement requirement falls below the legislative threshold for a concession contract. Therefore, it is classified as a non-regulated procurement under the Procurement Act 2023, and the rules applicable to regulated concession contracts do not apply for this procurement. Although not mandated under PA23, DVLA is voluntarily publishing this notice to ensure transparency in our procurement process.

The procurement will be for the provision of trade and diplomatic plates to support the needs of DVLA and the end users of the products.

This is a Prior Information Notice (PIN) with the purpose of assisting the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) in engaging the market by gathering information or inviting potential bidders to a market engagement event. This PIN has the purpose of a fact-finding exercise and only for these purposes as routes to market are still being considered. There is a strong likelihood that the Open Banking (Data, Digital Payments & Confirmation of Payee Services) Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) will be used, however this is subject to change. More information on the above Framework can be found at the following address: https://www.crowncommercial.gov.uk/agreements/RM6301 Background The DVLA is an Executive Agency of The Department for Transport (DfT), based in Swansea. The Agency’s primary aims are to facilitate road safety and general law enforcement by maintaining accurate registers of drivers and vehicle keepers and to collect Vehicle Excise Duty (VED). A DD payment option was introduced from 1st October 2014 which enables End Users to currently pay the full annual VED amount in one annual instalment, pay for a 6-month licensing period in one instalment or opt to spread the costs evenly over the term of a 12-month licensing period. All options result in an automatic VED renewal, subject to all business requirements being met, unless the End User opts out of the DD scheme. • Currently, over 1.4 million mandates are created per month, this is split between circa new (40%) and renewed (60%) mandates. • On average, Direct Debit payments total approximately £230m a month. Market Engagement Event DVLA are organising an in-person Supplier Day in Swansea Vale on 17th September 2024, to gather market information for the next Direct Debit Contract. If you would like to register your interest in attending the Supplier Day, could you do so in writing to Vikki John (vikki.john@dvla.gov.uk) by close of play on Wednesday 24th July 2024, including the names and positions of the individuals wishing to attend the event. If you are interested in attending, once responses have been received, further information will be provided and a set of questions to complete prior to the event, along with the appointment for the day.

The procurement will be for the provision of trade and diplomatic plates to support the needs of DVLA and the end users of the products.

This Prior Information Notice (PIN) is to notify the market that the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) intends to tender for the Provision of Vehicle Excise Duty Enforcement Services. The requirement includes the ability of a supplier to provide: • Immobilisation, • Removal, • Storage, • Disposal, • Enforcement Notice Issuing Services and; • Provision of Automatic Number Plate Recognition Services.

Bulk Paper Printing Solution, Ancillary Equipment with Support and Maintenance

Please note that this is a UK1 Pipeline Notice for a Foreign Operator Payment service. This is not a PIN or call for pre-market engagement/competition. As this is a pipeline notice, there is not guarantee that a tender opportunity will result from this. Should a tender opportunity materialise, further notices will be published in relation to this.

To engage a supplier to plan, purchase and evaluate media for potential advertising campaigns to support DVLA’s strategic aims.

Please note that this is a UK1 Pipeline Notice. This is not a PIN or call for pre-market engagement/competition. As this is a pipeline notice, there is not guarantee that a tender opportunity will result from this. Should a tender opportunity materialise, further notices will be published in relation to this.

Provision of Software AG software subscription licences and support including maintenance, support and upgrades

Please note that this is a UK1 Pipeline Notice for a payment gateway service. This is not a PIN or call for pre-market engagement/competition. As this is a pipeline notice, there is not guarantee that a tender opportunity will result from this. Should a tender opportunity materialise, further notices will be published in relation to this.

Please note that this is a UK1 Pipeline Notice. This is not a PIN or call for pre-market engagement/competition. As this is a pipeline notice, there is not guarantee that a tender opportunity will result from this. Should a tender opportunity materialise, further notices will be published in relation to this.

Please note that this is a UK1 Pipeline Notice. This is not a PIN or call for pre-market engagement/competition. As this is a pipeline notice, there is not guarantee that a tender opportunity will result from this. Should a tender opportunity materialise, further notices will be published in relation to this.

5.1 The Authority requirement is for the manufacture and supply of the following items listed below. Please be advised this may not be an exhaustive production list as there may potentially be other polycarbonate card bodies required to support other government initiatives and in the event there is a regulatory change: • United Kingdom Driving Licence • United Kingdom Tachograph Card on behalf of Driving and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) and Department for Transport • United Kingdom Drivers Qualification Card on behalf of DVSA

The purpose of this Prior Information Notice (PIN) is to assist the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) in early engagement with the market. This market engagement is intended to serve as a fact-finding exercise only. Routes to market are still being considered and there is a strong likelihood that the Crown Commercial Service “Open Banking (Data, Digital Payments & Confirmation of Payee Services)” Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) will be used, however this is subject to change. More information on the above DPS can be found at the following address: https://www.crowncommercial.gov.uk/agreements/RM6301 Background DVLA maintains the records of 50 million drivers and 40 million vehicles in the UK. We collect £7 billion a year in vehicle tax and process over 77 million transactions a year.  Our online services offer card payments for customers and our online Electronic Vehicle Licensing (EVL) service to pay for Vehicle Excise Duty (VED) also provides Direct Debit as a payment method. Currently refunds are primarily issued via payable orders with the bulk of these attributed to VED refunds. In the 2023-24 financial year DVLA issued 4.89 million Payable Orders with a value of £442 million pounds. What is happening now DVLA are in a “Discovery” period exploring the possibility of introducing Open Banking for DVLA services, payments in (e.g. for VED) and payments out to entitled customers (refunds). During early 2025 we would like to begin engagement with the market via an online webinar on 8th January 2025 to help inform our Discovery. What would be required? • The ability for DVLA customers to make payments into DVLA through our online channels using Open Banking; and • The ability for DVLA to send secure payments out to customers who are entitled to a refund through Open Banking. What is not required? • Variable reoccurring payments through Open Banking; or • Any wider use of Open Banking. To register your interest in this webinar, please email rhodri.llewellyn@dvla.gov.uk by Friday 20th December 2024. Please include your organisation name and the names, positions, and email addresses of those wishing to attend. If you have a presentation or overview of your Open Banking provision available, please also send it with your expression of interest email. Note that any such information you send to DVLA will be treated as background information only and shall not constitute any offer or commitment on the part of either party. DVLA may also offer 1-2-1 sessions with interested parties in the weeks following the webinar.