Transport for Wales (TFW) Ltd: Contract Register & Procurement Profile
Companies House: PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)·Wales (Cymru)·Pontypridd
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Tenders you can still bid for.
Notices at tender stage whose deadline has not passed.
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Notices published in the last 12 months.
Counted per tender, not per lot, against the 12 months before where shown.
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How many companies usually bid when this buyer runs a tender.
Middle value of the bid counts on its award notices, one per lot. Only real competitions count: direct awards and framework places are left out.
Based on 3 lots from this buyer’s competitions, last 24 months. Small sample.
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Contracts that finish in the next 18 months.
Published contracts with an end date in that window. No end date, not counted.
An end date does not confirm a new procurement.
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How much this buyer has awarded recently, by published values.
Sum of published VAT-exclusive awards to single suppliers, last 24 months. Left out: concession revenue, framework ceilings, repeated notices, equal-value duplicates.
Published values, not actual spend. The biggest rows are listed so you can check.
What they buyi
What kind of work is bought here.
Notices by procurement category (CPV). A notice with several categories counts in each.
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What kind of work is bought here.
Notices by procurement category (CPV). A notice with several categories counts in each.
Last 24 months · CPV divisions on published procedures · a notice with several divisions counts in each
45 Construction work10 procedures · 24%48 Software package and information systems8 procedures · 19%34 Transport equipment and products6 procedures · 14%71 Architectural, construction, engineering6 procedures · 14%72 IT services: consulting, software, internet6 procedures · 14%60 Transport services (except waste transport)5 procedures · 12%15 Food, drink, tobacco3 procedures · 7%63 Supporting and auxiliary transport; travel3 procedures · 7%How they buyi
How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
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How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
Last 24 months · 42 notices · commercial tool and route as published on the notice, not a legal-regime claim
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How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
Contract93%(39 notices)
39 of 42 notices are Contract (93%).Framework5%(2 notices)
2 of 42 notices are Framework (5%).Dynamic purchasing system2%(1 notices)
1 of 42 notices are Dynamic purchasing system (2%).
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Which procedures buyers here use.
Notices by the procedure they declare: open, selective, limited or direct. Open and selective are competitions; limited and direct are not.
Route not published83%(35 notices)
35 of 42 notices are Route not published (83%).Direct award7%(3 notices)
3 of 42 notices are Direct award (7%).Open7%(3 notices)
3 of 42 notices are Open (7%).Selective2%(1 notices)
1 of 42 notices are Selective (2%).
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How many companies usually bid when this buyer runs a tender.
Middle value of the bid counts on its award notices, one per lot. Only real competitions count: direct awards and framework places are left out.
Based on 3 lots from this buyer’s competitions, last 24 months. Small sample.
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How long this buyer takes to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from deadline to first award notice, on this buyer’s own tenders.
Based on 3 decided tenders across all categories, last 24 months.
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How often this buyer changes a notice after publishing it.
Middle number of amendments per notice. Deadline extensions and corrections both count.
Based on 41 notices across all categories, last 24 months.
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Do this buyer’s awards land above or below its own estimates.
Each lot’s published estimate against its award, on this buyer’s competitions, like for like.
Based on 2 lots with both an estimate and an award, last 24 months. Small sample.
A past pattern, not a price to bid.
Who wins herei
Which suppliers win the most here.
Suppliers ranked by the number of tenders won, not by money. A supplier on one big framework with many call-offs does not outrank one that won many separate competitions.
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Which suppliers win the most here.
Suppliers ranked by the number of tenders won, not by money. A supplier on one big framework with many call-offs does not outrank one that won many separate competitions.
All published awards naming a supplier · ranked by distinct procedures, not pounds · panel and call-off entries inflate award records
| Supplier | Procedures | Share | Last 24m | Award records | Last activity |
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| Expert Commercial and Project Management Services Ltd | 1 | 16.7% | 1 | 1 | 24 Dec 2025 |
| Edwards Coaches Ltd | 1 | 16.7% | 1 | 1 | 9 Sept 2026 |
| University of South Wales | 1 | 16.7% | 1 | 1 | 22 May 2026 |
| M&H Coaches Ltd | 1 | 16.7% | 1 | 1 | 17 Jun 2026 |
| Amey Infrastructure Wales (AIW) | 1 | 16.7% | 1 | 1 | 24 Apr 2026 |
| Arriva Cymru Ltd | 1 | 16.7% | 1 | 1 | 25 Aug 2026 |
6 awarded procedures across 6 suppliers: too few to describe concentration.
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How much this buyer has awarded recently, by published values.
Sum of published VAT-exclusive awards to single suppliers, last 24 months. Left out: concession revenue, framework ceilings, repeated notices, equal-value duplicates.
Published values, not actual spend. The biggest rows are listed so you can check.
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The middle published award value for this buyer.
Middle value of the same awards as the total above.
Largest published awards iThe biggest published awards. Awards to a single supplier with a published value, largest first, so you can check the totals against the notice. A repeated framework total can appear here. Open the notice to check. | Supplier | Awarded | Term | Published value |
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| North-South Wales Coach Operator Service (Bangor - Carmarthen) | Arriva Cymru Ltd | 25 Aug 2026 | 1 yrs · up to 4 yrs | £14,759,631 ≈ £15m/yr |
| North-South Wales Coach Operator Service (Bangor - Carmarthen) | Edwards Coaches Ltd | 9 Sept 2026 | 1 yrs · up to 4 yrs | £14,097,511 ≈ £14m/yr |
| C001304.00 TrawsCymru T8 Bus Operator Service | M&H Coaches Ltd | 17 Jun 2026 | 2 yrs · up to 3 yrs | £2,322,050 ≈ £1.2m/yr |
| Track, Drainage and Level Boarding (TDLB) Works | Amey Infrastructure Wales (AIW) | 24 Apr 2026 | 11 mo · up to 2.7 yrs | £762,684 |
| Contract Details Notice for the Continuation of Commercial Support Services on CVL Transformation | Expert Commercial and Project Management Services Ltd | 24 Dec 2025 | 1.8 yrs | £512,000 ≈ £293k/yr |
Contracts endingi
Contracts that finish in the next 18 months.
Published contracts with an end date in that window. No end date, not counted.
An end date does not confirm a new procurement.
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Contracts that finish in the next 18 months.
Published contracts with an end date in that window. No end date, not counted.
An end date does not confirm a new procurement.
Published end dates only · 4 of 4 contracts carry one · not a retender forecast
| Contract | Holder | Ends | Published value |
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| TfW Accessibility Modelling Tool | University of South Wales | 5 Jul 2027 | £100,000 |
| North-South Coach Operator Service (Bangor - Carmarthen) - "TaithCymru" | Edwards Coaches Ltd | 24 Oct 2027 | £14,097,511 |
| Continuation of Commercial Support Services on CVL Transformation | Expert Commercial and Project Management Services Ltd | 29 Oct 2027 | £512,000 |
Recent procedures
Latest 42 of 42 procedures on this authority cluster, incl. beneficiary and procuring-entity roles
| Procedure | Status | Published | Published value |
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| Supply of Catering Packaging and ConsumablesCatering supplies | Planned | 5 Dec 2025 | £182,691 |
| Supply of Catering EquipmentCatering supplies | Planned | 5 Dec 2025 | £435,000 |
| Supply of Alcohol for onboard cateringBeverages | Planned | 5 Dec 2025 | £250,000 |
| Project Management Organisation (PMO) FrameworkBusiness and management consultancy services | Planned | 5 Dec 2025 | £10,000,000 |
| Occupational HealthCompany health services | Planned | 5 Dec 2025 | £2,750,000 |
| CSM AssessorTransport systems consultancy services | Planned | 5 Dec 2025 | £5,000,000 |
| Bus Ticket MachinesTicket-issuing machines | Planned | 5 Dec 2025 | £6,000,000 |
| Bus Fleet Analysis SystemSoftware package and information systems | Planned | 5 Dec 2025 | £200,000 |
| Assessment Body (AsBo)ServicesTransport systems consultancy services | Planned | 5 Dec 2025 | £4,000,000 |
| Rolling Stock Asset Management SystemIT services: consulting | Planning | 21 Nov 2025 | £483,000 |
| Proof of Concept (PoC) Standards Mapping Digital ToolCompliance software package | Planning | 12 Aug 2025 | £25,000 |
| Heath High Level StationBuilding construction work | Planned | 11 Jul 2025 | £5,999,999 |
| Crwys Road and Heath High Level station construction projectsBuilding construction work | Planned | 8 Jul 2025 | £11,399,999 |
| Hydrogen Internal Combustion Engine (HICE) Technology - Market CapabilityHydrogen | Planning | 2 Jul 2025 | £1 |
| 6 x Battery Electric BusesElectric buses | Planned | 23 May 2025 | £3,000,000 |
| Digital Marketing AgencyAdvertising and marketing services | Planned | 23 May 2025 | £10,000,000 |
| Civils Level BoardingConstruction work | Planned | 23 May 2025 | £9,000,000 |
| QS (Queen Street) RemodellingTrack construction works | Planned | 23 May 2025 | £10,000,000 |
| Track Interventions excluding QS (Queen Street)Track construction works | Planned | 23 May 2025 | £5,000,000 |
| TAM (Treherbert Aberdare Merthyr Route Section) - Decommission compoundsConstruction work | Planned | 23 May 2025 | £3,500,000 |
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- One profile per authority. Different spellings and registration numbers of the same body are merged into this profile. It includes tenders the authority ran for other bodies and tenders run on its behalf; spend is credited to the body that pays.
- Values are published values. Award values are what the authority published, excluding VAT and framework ceilings. They are not a budget or total spend.
- Contract end dates. 4 of 4 published contracts state an end date; those feed “Contracts ending”.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.