Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
Department for Transport
London
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UK - UNITED KINGDOM
Internet address(es)
Main address
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Ministry or any other national or federal authority
one.5) Main activity
General public services
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
In-Service Conformity Light-Duty Emissions Testing
Reference number
VCA0002
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 71300000 - Engineering services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
The Vehicle Certification Agency (VCA), with the understanding of the Swedish Transport Agency (STA), invites submissions from Suppliers for the undertaking of light-duty vehicle emissions testing for the purposes of the “New In-Service Conformity (ISC) Methodology”, introduced in Annex II (Part B) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1151, as amended by 2018/1832 (https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/GA/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32018R1832).
In this Contract, the Supplier will be required to source, examine and test vehicles in accordance with this methodology, for a minimum of two ISC annual programmes (2020 and 2021) with an option to extend the contract to cover a third annual programme (2022) subject to the agreement of all parties.
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)
Value excluding VAT: £430,327.50
two.2) Description
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 71300000 - Engineering services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UK - UNITED KINGDOM
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
A review by the European Commission of the historical light-duty emissions In-Service Conformity (ISC) tests, previously only performed by the manufacturers, revealed that very few ‘fails’ were reported to type approval authorities. This is despite known emissions-related recall campaigns and other voluntary actions being implemented in-market.
In an attempt to increase the effectiveness of ISC, and improve the correlation between a manufacturer’s ISC failure rates and in-market remedial actions, control has now also been given to Granting Type Approval Authorities (GTAAs) to perform ISC tests on a percentage of the approved vehicle emission types each year. The GTAA in this case is STA.
VCA and STA are responsible for selecting which vehicle types shall be tested each year for ISC. This is based on a risk assessment, supported by multiple data sources, to identify the vehicles that are most likely to “not comply with ISC rules”. This pertains to the vehicle exceeding one or more of the Euro 6 pollutant emissions limits, as given in Regulation (EC) No 715/2007, in Type 1, 4, 6 or RDE tests.
VCA and STA do not currently have the facilities in order to perform light-duty emissions tests required for ISC. As a result, VCA and STA are seeking the services of a Supplier with these facilities to perform this work.
Only Type 1 and RDE tests, as detailed in Annex IIIA and XXI, respectively, of Regulation (EU) 2017/1151, as amended by Regulation (EU) 2018/1832 (https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/GA/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32018R1832), will be included in the scope of this ISC testing.
The GTAA is required to publish an annual report which presents the results of all ISC testing conducted in the previous year, as well as all associated investigations therein (once closed). The deadline for submitting this report is 31 March of each year.
VCA and STA have identified 12 ISC families (i.e. vehicle types) that need to be tested for ISC purposes for the ISC 2020 annual programme. According to the regulation, a minimum sample size of three vehicles is required for each family (i.e. 36 vehicles total). However, the scope of this Contract is planned to exclude the testing of the first vehicle from each sample, as that activity has been awarded in a separate contract (subject to delivery). Therefore, a minimum of 24 vehicles are required to be tested by the Supplier who is awarded this Contract.
It has been decided to split the contracts in this way to commence the ISC 2020 testing as soon as possible, and allow for the “statistical folders” to be opened for each test type (see last paragraph in point 5.10.1. of Annex II,) before 31 March 2021. Once each folder has been opened, the GTAA has 12 months to complete all testing (with an extra 6 months if necessary), which is permitted to go beyond the 31 March date.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Price
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: No
two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes
four.2) Administrative information
four.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number: 2020/S 243-603172
Section five. Award of contract
Contract No
VCA0002
Title
In-Service Conformity Light-Duty Emissions Testing
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
24 February 2021
five.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 7
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
AVL Powertrain UK Limited
Sable Way Southfields Business Park Basildon
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UK - UNITED KINGDOM
The contractor is an SME
Yes
five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: £430,327.50
Section six. Complementary information
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
Vehicle Certification Agency
CA Headquarters, 1 The Eastgate Office Centre, Eastgate Road, Bristol
Country
United Kingdom
six.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures
Vehicle Certification Agency
VCA Headquarters, 1 The Eastgate Office Centre, Eastgate Road, Bristol
BS5 6XX
Country
United Kingdom
six.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Vehicle Certification Agency
Vehicle Certification Agency
Country
United Kingdom