Vehicle Certification Agency: tenders, sectors & how to win their contracts

Vehicle Certification Agency has published 9 tenders in United Kingdom.

2 are open for bids as of 14 November 2026.

Its buying spans 5 CPV divisions, most often laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses).

Across 3 awarded contracts the median value is £1.2m.

Its published awards total £3.6m.

Open Tenders

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Vehicle Certification Agency

VCA requires the provision of: i. Classroom IMI level training course on electric vehicle safety, including IMI assessm...

United Kingdom

£24,000

19 days remaining

80521000

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Vehicle Certification Agency

Provision of IMI Level 1 EV Training Services to VCA engineers.

United Kingdom

£24,000

19 days remaining

80521000

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Measured from Vehicle Certification Agency's own published record — no estimates, no generic advice.

Plan for about 37 days to prepare a bid — that is the median gap between publication and deadline across 5 of their tenders.
They publish about 0.9 tenders a month, measured over 10 months of history.
Half of their 3 awarded contracts are worth £1.2m or less — size your bid to that range.
Most of their buying falls in laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses), education and training services, transport equipment and auxiliary products to transportation.
Their most frequent suppliers are Horiba Mira Limited (4) — expect to bid against incumbents who already know this buyer.

Tender	Winner	Tender closed	Contract Value
VCA0012 - Vehicle Emissions Testing 2026	Horiba Mira Limited	13 March 2026	£1.2m
VCA0012 - Vehicle Emissions Testing 2026	Horiba Mira Limited	13 March 2026	£1.2m
VCA0012 - Vehicle Emissions Testing 2026	Horiba Mira Limited	13 March 2026	£1.2m

Contracts are dated by the tender's closing date — award dates are not published in the source data.