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Provision of Payment Gateway Services

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DVLA - Driver & Vehicle Licensing Agency · published 14 Oct 2026. This page preserves the identifiers and current held fields for one Contracts Finder release; it is not an invoice, performance assessment or complete contract history.

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Contracts Finder release ID8f6f26b5-f618-49ed-847e-b8dffc34d8f7-917835
Open Contracting ID (OCID)ocds-b5fd17-f779d297-34a2-498b-9eb4-45a67ef0d956
Buyer identifierGB-CFS-179733
Release typeawardUpdate
PUBLISHED COMMERCIAL FIELDS

Values stay separate.

A tender estimate and an award value answer different questions. Neither is treated as cash paid.

Award value
£3,100,000
award field
Tender value
£3,100,000
tender field
Procurement method
Open procedure (above threshold)
Category
services
CPV
66000000
Financial and insurance services
Delivery
Not stated
SA6 7JL
PUBLISHED DESCRIPTION

What the notice says

Awarded Contract: Provision of Payment Gateway Services PS/20/48. This service will be used for DVLA's online and telephony channels for services including, but not limited to, Electronic Vehicle Licensing, Personalised Registrations, Driving Licence applications and Penalty Payments. DVLA services total circa 28 million payment transactions per year currently. This is expected to increase in the future as new digital services are introduced and digital uptake increases. DVLA are keen to ensure that new payment methods and technologies are explored and used where these are of benefit to customers throughout the life of the contract, including but not limited to support for digital wallet transactions including mobile transactions (e.g. Apple Pay, Android Pay and open banking transactions). ***Contract contains 2 x 1 years extension options which were enacted 18/12/2024, the contract end date has been changed to 31/05/2027.***

Tender statuscomplete
STAGE-DATE LEDGER

Reported dates, without an invented lifecycle.

The current projection contains one award release, not a verified chain of planning, tender, award, contract and modification records. Dates are shown in source-field order and are not silently repaired.

Source-date conflictAt least one reported end date precedes its corresponding start date. Check the official notice before using the schedule.
  1. 01Notice publishedPublication timestamp on the held release14 Oct 2026
  2. 02Tender period startsTender-period field as published30 May 2022
  3. 03Tender period endsTender-period field as published21 Apr 2021End precedes start · verify
  4. 04Contract startsContract-period field as published30 May 2022
  5. 05Contract endsContract-period field as published31 May 2027
SUPPLIER EVIDENCE

Published names and exact identifiers

A company profile appears only when this release carries a usable company number. Name-only suppliers remain name-only.

Published name only

Barclays Bank PLC

No legal entity is inferred from this supplier name.

SOURCE

Contracts Finder release

Published 14 Oct 2026 · held through the daily award projection · Open Government Licence v3.0.

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