Contract award · 31 Oct 2024

Prosecution and Legal Services

DVSA - Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency awarded “Prosecution and Legal…” to ABR Solicitors Limited, CE Transport Law, DAC Beachcroft LLP for £4m.

Business servicesSouth West

Open competition

Open procedure: the contract was advertised and any supplier could submit a bid.

Key facts

Value
£4,000,000
Procedure
Open procedure (below threshold)
Sector
Business services · Legal services (CPV 79100000)
Timeline
  1. Contract date31 Oct 2024
  2. Published15 Apr 2025Published 166 days after the contract date

Description

The Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA), an executive agency of the Department for Transport (DfT), has awarded a multi-supplier contract for the following requirement. The contracts will be subject to the terms of the specification for the Provision of Prosecution and Legal Services, and will be for an initial term of 4 (four) years. DVSA are responsible for carrying out various enforcement functions on a number of different schemes relating to road safety. As a result of this activity, various types of offences are detected by DVSA Examiners and Investigators which may justify prosecution action through the court system. Once a decision has been taken to prosecute, the case papers are passed over to the DVSA Prosecution and Legal Services team ("PLS"), based in Bristol. PLS is responsible for progressing cases through the courts; dealing with all matters including the laying of information, adjournments, conclusion of the case and reporting back to the DVSA Network customer.

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