Buyer profile · Public body
Transport for Wales tenders and contracts
- Tenders published
- 3
- About one every 122 days
- Contracts awarded
- 10
- To 9 different suppliers
- Value awarded
- £17m
- 7 contracts, frameworks excluded
- Typical contract
- £100k
- Median value awarded
- Open now
- 0
- 5 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.
- £250estimated
- £10mframework ceiling
- £3.2mestimated
- £483kestimated
- £400mestimated
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.
Who it buys from
Suppliers awarded contracts in the last 12 months, by value awarded (frameworks excluded).
How it buys
How much of its work was open to any supplier.
- Advertised openly (any supplier could bid)62%
- Direct award (no competition)38%
Scorecard
How we scoreHow Transport for Wales has bought over the last 12 months, compared with similar buyers.
- Advertised openly
- 62%
- Lower than 55% of other public bodies
- Based on 13 procurements
- Won by small firms
- 50%
- Lower than 58% of other public bodies
- Based on 10 winning suppliers
- Direct awards
- 38%
- Higher than 66% of other public bodies
- Based on 13 procurements
Compared with other other public bodies
Transport for Wales: 62%
Show as a table
| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–10% | 18 |
| 10–20% | 20 |
| 20–30% | 13 |
| 30–40% | 15 |
| 40–50% | 14 |
| 50–60% | 16 |
| 60–70% | 20 |
| 70–80% | 18 |
| 80–90% | 20 |
| 90–100% | 78 |
Transport for Wales: 50%
Show as a table
| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–10% | 8 |
| 10–20% | 10 |
| 20–30% | 14 |
| 30–40% | 17 |
| 40–50% | 31 |
| 50–60% | 36 |
| 60–70% | 45 |
| 70–80% | 24 |
| 80–90% | 23 |
| 90–100% | 12 |
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.
Recent contract awards
| Contract | Won by | Value | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| North-South Wales Coach Operator Service (Bangor - Carmarthen) | Edwards Coaches Ltd | £14.1m | 9 Sept 2026 |
| North-South Wales Coach Operator Service (Bangor - Carmarthen) | Arriva Cymru Ltd | £14.8m | 25 Aug 2026 |
| Contract Award Notice: Provision of CVL Transformation Works – Track, Drainage and Level Boarding (TDLB) | Amey Infrastructure Wales (AIW) | £763k | 24 Apr 2026 |
| Pre-employment Checks Provider | Verifile Limited | — | 17 Feb 2026 |
| Pre-employment Checks Provider | Verifile Limited | — | 17 Feb 2026 |
| Contract Details Notice for the Continuation of Commercial Support Services on CVL Transformation | Expert Commercial and Project Management Services Ltd | £512k | 2 Feb 2026 |
| Job Evaluation Reward Benchmarking Tool | Korn Ferry | — | 29 Jan 2026 |
| TrawsCymru T5 Bus Operator Services | Richards Bros | — | 19 Dec 2025 |
| TfW Banking Services | HSBC Bank plc | — | 5 Dec 2025 |
| TrawsCymru T4 Bus Operator Services | Celtic Travel (Llanidloes) Limited | — | 19 Nov 2025 |