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DVLA Payment Gateway

Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency · Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 4 Oct 2026, 16:41.

Opportunity overview

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)

Classification

  • CPV66100000 — Banking and investment services

Lots

  • Lot 1Value not stated

Documents and notices

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
CRN/25/13
Main Procurement Category
services
Above Threshold
Yes
Status
planned

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
planned

Contract period

Starts
1 Jun 2027, 00:00
Ends
31 May 2032, 23:59

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
CPV
Id
66100000
Description
Banking and investment services

Planning and budget

Milestones

Entry 1
Id
engagement
Type
engagement
Description
Please contact Vikki.John@dvla.gov.uk to receive the questions and participate in this market engagement exercise.
Due
16 Mar 2026, 23:59
Status
scheduled

Documents

Entry 1
Id
018803-2026
Document Type
marketEngagementNotice
Notice Type
UK2
Description
Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
Published
3 Mar 2026, 10:33
Format
text/html

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Name
Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency
Id
GB-PPON-PYVZ-4215-PGYM

Identifier

Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PYVZ-4215-PGYM

Address

Street Address
Longview Road
Locality
Morriston
Postal Code
SA6 7JL
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKL18

Contact

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Id
publicAuthorityCentralGovernment
Description
Public authority - central government

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Morriston · UKL18 · SA6 7JL · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

2 published notice versions reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

2 VERSIONS
  1. 018490-2026Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender ·
  2. 018803-2026Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender ·