Stale Pre-tender

Provision of cheque and Postal orders Courier

Details

Buyer: Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency
Topic: Courier services
Published: 14 November 2023
Source: uk:contracts_finder

Tender description

The notice published is a Prior Information Notice (PIN) and is used to assist in engaging the market to inform of the upcoming tender opportunity. The DVLA will be issuing the tender opportunity for a cheque courier service in January 2024 and the contract will commence on 1st August 2024. This opportunity will be published on find a tender and contracts finder webpages. A brief description of the service: Currently DVLA receives and banks approximately 1.6 million combined cheques and postal orders per annum (approximately 31,000 cheques per week) , as payment for various Driver and Vehicle service streams. Following a Government Banking Procurement exercise awarded in 2014, Barclays Bank PLC were appointed the banking provider for DVLA on 24 March 2015. DVLA require a next day secure cheque courier to collect cheques and postal orders twice a week and transport them securely to a designated cheque processing hub in Rotherham, location is subject to change. This does not have to be a dedicated service, DVLA cheques and postal orders can be part of a secure bulk movement with other companies' Cheques/Postal orders. For this service all suppliers must be bank approved secure cheque couriers. This notice has also been published on 'Find a Tender' web service, which can be found in the below link. https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/033666-2023?origin=SearchResults&p=1

Timeline

Completed: Pre-tender published14 November 2023
Current notice

About the buyer

The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency runs driver and vehicle registration services, and buys as a central government agency through a virtual procurement team shared across the Department for Transport family. Much of its buying follows Cabinet Office guidance and pan-government arrangements for office solutions, temporary staff, travel and uniforms. Strategic contracts cover categories such as ICT, telephony, estates, print and mail, and enforcement work like wheel-clamping.

Over the past 5 years, most of Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency's contract awards have been in IT services, software and information systems and business services.

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

Job title	Phone number	Work email
Head of Procurement	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@driver-and-vehicle-licensing-agency.gov
Commercial Director	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@driver-and-vehicle-licensing-agency.gov
Procurement Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@driver-and-vehicle-licensing-agency.gov
Category Lead	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@driver-and-vehicle-licensing-agency.gov
Senior Buyer	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@driver-and-vehicle-licensing-agency.gov
Contracts Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@driver-and-vehicle-licensing-agency.gov