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DVLA Payment Gateway

Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency · Central government

In brief

Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency has announced plans to buy financial services work. This is an early notice: there is nothing to bid on yet, but it tells you a tender may follow.

The notice does not state a value.

The contract runs for 5 years, starting 1 June 2027.

Built from the notice's own fields. Always check the official notice before you bid.

Can I win this?

Competition

Typical: a median of 4 bids per contract for financial services contracts in this region (from 20 awards in the last 12 months).

What the notice says

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)

How to bid

  1. Read the full notice on Find a Tender, including any tender documents it links to.
  2. Register your organisation on the Central Digital Platform (through Find a Tender) if you have not already. Suppliers need to be registered to take part in procurements under the Procurement Act 2023.
  3. Follow the submission instructions in the notice; it does not name an e-tendering portal.

Timeline

  1. Preliminary market engagement notice · UK2, notice 018490-2026
  2. Preliminary market engagement notice · UK2, notice 018803-2026

About the buyer

  1. Wrexham Library and Information Service Feasibility Study (Proc-26-128)

    Wrexham County Borough CouncilWalesResearch and development, Management consultancy

    Open8 days leftSuitable for SMEsSmall contract

    £70kestimated
  2. Provision of Legal Services

    Pobl Group LtdWalesFinancial services and insurance, Legal services

    Open16 days left10 lots

    £2mestimated

From notice 018490-2026 on Find a Tender, first published 2 March 2026, last updated 3 March 2026. We last checked for changes on 28 September 2026.