Awarded without open competition
Awarded without open competition. The buyer went directly to one or a few suppliers instead of advertising the contract. Procurement rules allow this only in specific cases, such as extreme urgency, when only one supplier can do the work, or for call-offs from an existing framework.
Key facts
- Buyer
- Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Knowles Associates Total Fleet Management LTD SME
- Value
- £6,000,000
- Procedure
- Negotiated without publication of a contract notice
- Sector
- Transport support & travel · Travel management services (CPV 63516000)
- Region
- South West
- Official notice
- 009215-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date15 Jan 2025
- Published13 Mar 2025Published 57 days after the contract date
Description
Fleet Management Services is a management service contract that provides DVSA with a single provider for the provision of managing the DVSA fleet of vehicles; 1. Including those funded through leasing arrangements and owned by DVSA 2. Mange the process of leasing and procuring vehicles on behalf of DVSA 3. Mange all invoices and payments arsing from the management of the DVSA fleet 4. Work with DVSA appointed vehicle converter to support the effective and efficient management of converted vehicle supplied to DVSA 5. Mange driving licence checks for all DVSA staff who require to drive a lease/hire vehicle for business purposes. To ensure continuation of this service and further electric vehicle development as part of the Government Fleet Commitment target a contract is required for this service.
About the supplier
Knowles Associates Total Fleet Management LTD: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 03185631).