The Driving Standards Agency (DSA) acting on behalf of the Government Procurement Service (GPS) has completed a competition to award a new framework agreement for the supply of computer-based testing for Government. The outcome was an award of the framework to Learn Direct Ltd on Friday 18 October 2013. The DSA and the Driver and Vehicle Agency Northern Ireland have agreed that the driving theory test, the largest contract under this framework, will be provided by Learn Direct Ltd from September 2016 and that Pearson Driving Assessments Ltd will continue to provide the driving theory test until that date. The cost of running the procurement process is estimated to have been £510,380. This covers pay costs of £350,865 and £159,515 non pay costs, which consists primarily of professional fees.