Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
Driver & Vehicle Licensing Agency
Longview Road,Clase
SWANSEA
SA67JL
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKL18 - Swansea
Justification for not providing organisation identifier
Not on any register
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/driver-and-vehicle-licensing-agency
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Other type
Central Government
one.5) Main activity
Other activity
Department For Transport
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
Provision of Quick Address System
Reference number
PS-22-68
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 48217100 - Mainframe transaction processing software package
two.1.3) Type of contract
Supplies
two.1.4) Short description
DVLA require continued support and
maintenance for their QAS software
system
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: £1,296,238.26
two.2) Description
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKL - Wales
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
DVLA utilises the Quick Address
System (QAS) to enable to look up
address from its postal file. the facility
enables the quick and accurate return
of completed customer addresses and
reduces error caused by previous
manual keying processes
two.2.5) Award criteria
Price
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: No
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.1) Type of procedure
Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition in the cases listed below
- The services can be provided only by a particular economic operator for the following reason:
- protection of exclusive rights, including intellectual property rights
Explanation:
DVLA needs to ensure continuity of service with the ability to maintain return address accuracy. Following completion of a discovery phase, transformation priorities changed as resulted in the project portfolio which QAS is part of. Moved down the list of priorities. DVLA Architectures view is that it is too complex to integrate legacy business services with OSL addressing (once it is built).
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: No
four.2) Administrative information
four.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number: 2022/S 000-019183
Section five. Award of contract
Contract No
PS/22/68
Title
Provision of Quick Address System
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
27 July 2022
five.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Experian Limited
The Sir John Peace Building Experian Way, Ng2 Business Park
Nottingham
NG80 1ZZ
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UKF1 - Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire
Companies House
00653331
The contractor is an SME
No
five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: £1,296,238.26
Section six. Complementary information
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
High Court
London
Country
United Kingdom