Contract award · 20 Dec 2024

Provision of Enforcement Services

DVLA - Driver & Vehicle Licensing Agency awarded “Provision of Enforcement Services” to NSL Ltd for £25.8m. Awarded without open competition.

No competitionCommunity & personal servicesWales

Value £25.8m
WinnerNSL Ltd

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.

What “without competition” means

Key facts

Supplier
NSL Ltd
Value
£25,793,994
Procedure
Single tender action (below threshold)
Sector
Community & personal services · Parking enforcement services (CPV 98351110)
Region
Wales
Timeline
  1. Contract date20 Dec 2024
  2. Published19 Dec 2024Published 1 day before the contract date

Description

This is a voluntary ex ante transparency (VEAT) notice. DVLA intends to award a further contract to NSL Limited for the continued provision of Enforcement Services commencing on 1st February 2026 for 9 months with the option of a 3 month extension. The standstill period as prescribed by the Public Contract Regulations 2015 will conclude at 23:59 on Monday 13 January 2025 This extension is to ensure continuity of service and also to allow a full twelve month implementation period for the successful bidder (currently unknown) for the long term Enforcement contract PS 23 45. This procurement is currently live. This requirement was highlighted during market engagement as an essential requirement to a successful implementation. DVLA intends to award the contract without a call for competition in accordance with the following provisions of The Public Contracts Regulations 2015. 32.2 (b) ii. The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator for the follow…

About the supplier

Other awards in the same procurement

Call-offs and awards published under the same process (for example a framework or dynamic purchasing system).

Date Contract Supplier Value
2 Feb 2026 Egis Projects UK Ltd £133m
11 Feb 2025 NSL Ltd £25.8m

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