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Transport for Wales tenders and contracts

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Official name on notices: Transport for Wales (TFW)

Tenders published
3
About one every 122 days
Contracts awarded
12
To 11 different suppliers
Value awarded
£42.7m
12 contracts, frameworks excluded
Typical contract
£936k
Median value awarded
Open now
0
10 coming up

Figures cover in the last 12 months, from notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.

Open tenders

Transport for Wales has no tenders open right now.

Coming up

Pipeline, market engagement and planned procurement notices: early warning of tenders to come.

  1. Travel Wales by TfW: Retail, Marketplace and Licensing Ecosystem / Teithio Cymru gan TrC: Manwerthu, Y Farchnad ac Ecosystem Trwyddedu

    UK-wideManagement consultancy, IT services and software

    UpcomingLow competitionSuitable for SMEsSmall contract

    £100kestimated
  2. Transport For Wales - Exploring Cycle Hire Opportunities Across Wales

    UK-wideTransport

    UpcomingLow competitionSuitable for SMEs

    £500kestimated
  3. Future Transport Modelling - Strategic Advice

    UK-wideArchitecture and engineering, IT services and software

    UpcomingLow competitionSuitable for SMEsSmall contract

    £75kestimated
  4. Onboard Supply of Food, Beverages and Alcohol

    UK-wideFood and drink supplies

    UpcomingLow competitionSuitable for SMEsFramework

    £1.1mframework ceiling
  5. Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) System

    UK-wideIT services and software

    UpcomingLow competitionSuitable for SMEs

    £349kestimated
  6. Transport for Wales and Transport for Wales Rail – Public Transport Summit 2027

    WalesTransport, Construction

    UpcomingLow competitionSuitable for SMEsSmall contract

    £250estimated
  7. Project Management Organisation (PMO) Framework 2

    WalesIT services and software

    UpcomingLow competitionSuitable for SMEsFramework

    £10mframework ceiling
  8. Revenue Management System

    WalesIT services and software

    UpcomingLow competitionSuitable for SMEs

    £3.2mestimated
  9. Caerphilly Interchange

    UK-wideConstruction

    UpcomingLow competition

    £33.6mestimated
  10. TfW Technical Advisory Services

    UK-wideArchitecture and engineering

    UpcomingLow competitionSuitable for SMEs

    £900kestimated

When it goes to market

Tender notices published each month. Active in 2 of 12 months.

What it buys

Procurements in the last 12 months, by trade.

What its tenders ask for

Accreditations and conditions its notices mention in the last 12 months. Always check the tender documents.

  1. DBS checks7%
    In 1 of 14 notices

Who it buys from

Suppliers awarded contracts in the last 12 months, by value awarded (frameworks excluded).

  1. 1 contract
  2. Richards BrosSME£14m
    1 contract
  3. Celtic Travel (Llanidloes) LimitedSME£13.6m
    1 contract
  4. 1 contract
  5. 1 contract
  6. 1 contract
  7. 2 contracts
  8. 1 contract

How it buys

How much of its work was open to any supplier.

  • Advertised openly (any supplier could bid)57%
  • Direct award (no competition)43%
Based on 14 procurements.

Scorecard

How we score

How Transport for Wales has bought over the last 12 months, compared with similar buyers.

Advertised openly
57%
Lower than 54% of other public bodies
Based on 14 procurements
Won by small firms
58%
Higher than 52% of other public bodies
Based on 12 winning suppliers
Bids per contract
2
Fewer than 91% of other public bodies
Based on 8 awards
Direct awards
43%
Higher than 71% of other public bodies
Based on 14 procurements

Compared with other other public bodies

Bids per contract, 155 other public bodies
Show as a table
RangeBuyers
0–2 bids7
2–4 bids37
4–6 bids36
6–8 bids22
8–10 bids22
10–12 bids9
12–14 bids4
14–16 bids4
16–18 bids4
18–20 bids2
20+ bids8
Advertised openly, 320 other public bodies
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RangeBuyers
0–10%36
10–20%34
20–30%25
30–40%14
40–50%18
50–60%23
60–70%28
70–80%17
80–90%29
90–100%96
Won by small firms, 303 other public bodies
Show as a table
RangeBuyers
0–10%6
10–20%14
20–30%25
30–40%27
40–50%44
50–60%49
60–70%45
70–80%39
80–90%29
90–100%25

Each column is a group of other public bodies with similar figures. The coloured column holds Transport for Wales.See the full scoreboard

Contracts ending in the next 90 days

Contracts like these are often re-tendered. Knowing early gives you time to prepare.

No contracts we hold from Transport for Wales end in the next 90 days.

2 more contracts end in the next 12 months.

Recent contract awards