Provision of Soft Services

Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency
Wales
1 November 2028 to 31 October 2032

Soft facilities management covering cleaning, catering, waste management and pest control across an estate. The procurement model is undecided: the services may be bundled or divided into separate service areas or lots, so the final packaging remains to be determined.

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Closed· 23 October 2026

Estimated value: Not published
Published: 2 October 2026
Deadline: 23 October 2026; Closed
Contract length: 48 months; Ends 31 October 2032

What the contract covers

Framework

Provision of soft facilities management services, including cleaning, catering, waste management and pest control for an operational estate.

Provision of Soft Facilities Management Services, which includes Cleaning, Catering, Waste and Pest Control, across the DVLA’s Swansea estate
Cleaning, catering, waste management and pest control services

Terms and requirements

Contract type: Framework
Initial term: 48 months
Extensions: 12 months
Longest it can run: 60 months
Contract dates: 1 November 2028 to 31 October 2032
Certifications asked for: None stated
Lots: 1
Suitable for SMEs: Yes
Category: Services
CPV codes: 55520000, 42933000, 90500000, 90922000

Services in this tender

Multi-service soft FM contractMain service£3.1m typicalSoft FM covering cleaning, catering, waste and pest control
Contract cleaning of buildings£620k typicalCleaning across the Swansea estate, possibly as its own lot
Multi-setting contract catering£1.5m typicalCatering services, no setting stated
Pest control services£58k typicalPest control services
Waste management services (unspecified)Waste management, stream not stated

Lifecycle

Published
2 October 2026
Deadline for bidsClosed
23 October 2026
Contract awardedUsually published within a few months
Contract starts
1 November 2028

The buyer

Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency

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Cite this tender

Link: https://bidskim.com/tender/3873378/provision-of-soft-services
Buyer reference: CRN9235
Open contracting ID: ocds-h6vhtk-077f37
Last checked: 5 November 2026

Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency. Provision of Soft Services. Tender, 2 October 2026. BidSkim, https://bidskim.com/tender/3873378/provision-of-soft-services (accessed 5 November 2026).