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DVLA Payment Gateway

Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency

Estimated Value

Not specified

Deadline

Not specified

Published

2 March 2026

Type

Not specified

WalesGB

Full Description

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)

What’s Happening Now

DVLA will host a webinar on 13th August 2025, from 10:00 to 12:00, to present a slide pack and facilitate a Q&A session about the service.

Before attending, participants are required to complete a questionnaire to support the fact-finding exercise.

To register your interest and receive the questionnaire, please email cai.vickery@dvla.gov.uk by 6th August 2025. Include your organisation name and the names, job titles, and email addresses of those wishing to attend.

Please note: any information you provide will be treated as background information only and shall not constitute any offer or commitment by either party.

Requirements

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

Before attending, participants are required to complete a questionnaire to support the fact-finding exercise.

Please note: any information you provide will be treated as background information only and shall not constitute any offer or commitment by either party.

Contact Information

To register your interest and receive the questionnaire, please email cai.vickery@dvla.gov.uk by 6th August 2025. Include your organisation name and the names, job titles, and email addresses of those wishing to attend.

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Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency
Typepublic body
RegionUKL18
Total tenders52
Total spend£159,606,495
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Published

2 March 2026

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