Official UK procurement notice
AVIR Services for 756 & 398
Authority: Transport for Wales Rail Limited (Utility Buyer) (Public body)
Sectors: Security, fire-fighting, police and defence equipment (35) Delivery: Wales (UKL)
Awarded value£47,772published award · exc. VAT
Award in standstill Not publishedno call for competition
Award (standstill) to ONE BIG CIRCLE LTD
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThere is a business objective to provide train mount ed monitoring equipment to some of the
TfW fleet to be used on the Core Valley Lines, this consists of PLPR (line scanning camera
equipment to look for faults with track components ), UGMS (unmanned Geometry
measurement systems to measure track quality and log defects), and Pan Monitoring
(Pantograph video monitoring ). Up to now, these were 3 separate systems to be provided by 3
separate suppliers. A survey and feasibility study by One Big Circle, will determine if a combined
system will fit both a Class 756 & Class 398 vehicle.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedProcedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - without competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 3 Mar 2026, 11:16 GMT
- Last source update
- 3 Mar 2026, 11:16 GMT
- Authority reference
TFW1015.00- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-018834- Latest notice
- Transparency notice (UK5)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0660a6Find a Tender
Notice history
2 events · 1 release on Find a Tender · since 3 Mar 2026- Transparency notice published3 Mar 2026, 11:16 GMTUK5
- Contract signature expected16 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1some still in standstill
Awarded value £47,7721 award exc. VAT
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| ONE BIG CIRCLE LTDSMEAVIR Class 756 & 39817 Mar 2026 – 18 Mar 2026 | £47,772 | — | Standstill |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- One Big Circle Awarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender