Provision of cheque and Postal orders Courier

The notice published is a Prior Information Notice (PIN) and is used to assist in engaging the market to inform of the upcoming tender opportunity.

The DVLA will be issuing the tender opportunity for a cheque courier service in January 2024 and the contract will commence on 1st August 2024. This opportunity will be published on find a tender and contracts finder webpages.

A brief description of the service: Currently DVLA receives and banks approximately 1.6 million combined cheques and postal orders per annum (approximately 31,000 cheques per week) , as payment for various Driver and Vehicle service streams. Following a Government Banking Procurement exercise awarded in 2014, Barclays Bank PLC were appointed the banking provider for DVLA on 24 March 2015.

DVLA require a next day secure cheque courier to collect cheques and postal orders twice a week and transport them securely to a designated cheque processing hub in Rotherham, location is subject to change. This does not have to be a dedicated service, DVLA cheques and postal orders can be part of a secure bulk movement with other companies' Cheques/Postal orders.

For this service all suppliers must be bank approved secure cheque couriers.

This notice has also been published on 'Find a Tender' web service, which can be found in the below link.

https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/033666-2023?origin=SearchResults&p=1