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Department for Transport

Clean Vehicle Retrofit Accreditation Scheme

Business ServicesCPV 79342300
Value£1.4m
Deadline4 Aug 2026
Published7 Jul 2026
RegionNationwide
Timeline
Published 7 Jul 202612 days leftCloses 4 Aug 2026
Who to contact
andy.gowanlock@dft.gov.uk

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

How to submit
Open the submissions portal

https://dft.app.jaggaer.com/web/login.html Reference TMAR3163 - Clean Vehicle Retrofit Accreditation Scheme

The submission route named on the official notice.

Contract value in context
£1.4mtotal contract value
median £195k
this tender£0£5.0m

This is a large award for Environment & Waste — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 11,894 valued Environment & Waste tenders in our corpus.

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The brief

The CVRAS (Clean Vehicle Retrofit Accreditation Scheme) supports the reduction of air pollutant emissions from older and more polluting diesel vehicles during the transition to a zero-emission fleet.

The scheme was launched in 2017 and funded by Government to accredit retrofit technologies that could reduce levels of nitrogen oxides (NOX) emissions from buses to close to Euro VI levels.

The Department for Transport has a requirement for an outsourced service to provide an accreditation scheme.

This comprises monitoring performance of the CVRAS bus fleet, improving compliance including telematics reporting, engaging bus operators and Local Authorities on bus fleet maintenance and supporting accurate functioning of Clean Air Zone charging.

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

The Department for Transport has a requirement

The Department for Transport has a requirement for an outsourced service to provide an accreditation scheme.

Derived from the notice text — always confirm against the original documents.

What it takes to bid this

2540 daysof bid-team effort
£17.1k£27.4kat typical UK bid-team rates
Compressed window — start the same week

Typical UK bid effort for the £1m–£10m band — an estimate, not a quote.

Qualify & bid/no-bid ~10% · SQ / PQQ ~20% · Written response ~55% · Review & presentation ~15%

Typical for this category — confirm against the ITT pack

  • Hold at bidWaste carrier licence / environmental permits
  • Hold at bidISO 14001 (environmental)
  • Plan for deliveryTUPE (incumbent staff often transfer)
  • Show at bidComparable references / case studies
  • Hold at bidFinancial standing (accounts, often ~2× contract value turnover)
  • Hold at bidInsurance cover (PL / EL, often PI)
  • Show at bidSocial value commitments

Hold at bid = pass/fail conditions of participation. Show at bid = scored in the quality response. Plan for delivery = contract obligations from day one.

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Source & provenance
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06ae31
Stage
tender · Open
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
063706-2026
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