Planning

Automotive Guides 2026-2028

  • Home Office

UK2: Preliminary market engagement notice - Procurement Act 2023 - view information about notice types

Notice identifier: 2025/S 000-071992

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-05dcad

Published 7 November 2025, 12:05pm



Scope

Reference

P_19407

Description

The provision of a dataset of vehicles (including motorbikes and commercial vehicles) that contain eSIMs. The Dataset must include:

-Vehicle

-Make

-Model

-Year of manufacture

-Contains an eSIM?

-Bought in SIM?

-Network operator

-OEM (original equipment manufacturer)

This must be provided in either a searchable database or via a portal from which the information can be downloaded twice a year. The dataset must go back as far as 2016, and be updated in line with the bi-annual release of new car registrations.

Total value (estimated)

  • £34,000 excluding VAT
  • £40,800 including VAT

Below the relevant threshold

Contract dates (estimated)

  • 1 April 2026 to 31 March 2028
  • Possible extension to 31 March 2030
  • 4 years

Main procurement category

Services

CPV classifications

  • 34640000 - Automotive elements
  • 79980000 - Subscription services

Engagement

Engagement deadline

21 November 2025

Engagement process description

If you are interested in this project and technically capable of meeting the requirements please answer the following and send your responses along with any questions to CollaborativeProcurement@homeoffice.gov.uk by 5pm on 21st November 2025:

1. Can you provide the guides in the requested format and ensure they are kept up-to-date in line with the bi-annual release of new car registrations?

2. Where do you source the guides from, i.e. do you create or produce the guides in-house, or purchase/procure them from elsewhere (please give details)? Are you a re-seller?

3. Do you have the retrospective data from 2016 or can you source it?


Participation

Particular suitability

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)


Submission

Publication date of tender notice (estimated)

12 January 2026


Contracting authority

Home Office

  • Public Procurement Organisation Number: PWGC-6513-PQLZ

2 Marsham Street

London

SW1P 4DF

United Kingdom

Region: UKI32 - Westminster

Organisation type: Public authority - central government