Official UK procurement notice
Bro Tathan Power · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Llywodraeth Cymru / Welsh Government (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Welsh Government is providing potential market participants with early notice of the forthcoming Bro Tathan Power Project procurement. This notice and Memorandum of Information (MOI) provides preliminary details in respect of the background, objectives and intended delivery approach for the Project, to enable interested organisations to consider and prepare for the formal tender process, which is expected to commence in at the end of April2026.
The information contained within this notice and MOI is provided for awareness only. It does not constitute a call for competition, nor does it commit the Welsh Government to proceed with any procurement.
Bro Tathan is a 1,200-acre strategic employment and innovation site located at St Athan in the Vale of Glamorgan (Bro Tathan Site). The Bro Tathan Site forms part of the Cardiff Airport and St Athan Enterprise Zone, a key driver for regional growth. The Bro Tathan Site benefits from exceptional connectivity - just five miles from Cardiff Airport and directly linked to the M4 corridor via the Northern Access Road (Ffordd Bro Tathan). It also features a fully operational 1,800-metre runway with airside access. Bro Tathan is already home to major occupiers such as Aston Martin Lagonda, eCube Solutions and Caerdav, and offers capacity for over3 million sq ft of additional development across its designated zones (West, East, North, South and Y Porth). Each zone of the Bro Tathan Site will support advanced manufacturing, aerospace, R&D and commercial employment uses. The Welsh Government has invested extensively in enabling infrastructure and site servicing, positioning Bro Tathan as a ready-to-invest platform for high-value inward investment. The Project is central to this long-term vision, delivering the energy capacity and resilience needed to attract and sustain occupiers at the Bro Tathan Site.
Connecting the Bro Tathan Site to the National Grid Electricity Transmission network via new 132kV circuits and a substation, the Project will help realise Bro Tathan’s potential as a nationally significant location for investment, innovation and sustainable industrial growth.
The intention is for the Project to be delivered through a Joint Venture (JV) between the Welsh Government and a private-sector partner. The JV will be responsible for the design, build, finance, operation and maintenance of the network infrastructure required to deliver up to 280 MVA of capacity to the Bro Tathan Site. The forthcoming procurement will seek to select a single consortium capable of providing the full range of expertise required for successful delivery of the Project.
The Welsh Government intends to launch the Project procurement through the Competitive Flexible Procedure under the Procurement Act 2023. Further information in relation to the anticipated procurement process (including an indicative timetable) can be found in the MOI. The MOI can be found by following the this link: www.brotathan.wales/news ↗
CPV: Construction work · Installation services (except software) · Petroleum products, fuel, electricity and other sources of energy · Public utilities
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedPipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
How Llywodraeth Cymru / Welsh Government buys Petroleum, coal, oil and gas (CPV 09), and who usually turns up
Llywodraeth Cymru / Welsh Government’s own published record, next to the published market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids. Whole-market view: Petroleum, coal, oil and gas (CPV 09) →
How the contest usually goes
Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.
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How often small and medium firms win.
Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.
The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.
Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.
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How often local firms win similar work.
Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners are registered outside the delivery region.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Half of these awards were announced within 52 days of the bid deadline.
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How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.
Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.
The buyer’s share is a minimum: some awards have no bid count.
Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.
Direct awards or one recorded bid are common here. Check the route before spending time on a bid.
How many bids did past lots attract?
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How many bids past lots received.
Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.
Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid18%
2–338%
4–638%
7+7%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Where winning prices landed against estimates.
Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.
Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Below estimate31%
Within ±2%64%
Above estimate5%
Assess each lot i
What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list
Lot #1Published estimate£35m
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How many bids this lot may attract.
The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.
Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative. The bar shows 178 past lots.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid6%
2–338%
4–643%
7+13%
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Where the award price may land.
The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.
No comparable awards for this lot yet.
A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.
Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
| Supplier | This buyer’s earlier contract | Lot | Award value | Why listed |
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| Bettisfield Consulting LimitedEarlier contract | Bro Tathan Power Supportended Mar 2026 | — | £88k | Matched as the earlier contract |
Who could compete for this lot? i
Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.
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.
- Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
- Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
- 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.
What this replaces i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
68% title match.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
68% title match.
A past supplier may not bid again.
The prior contract this notice most likely re-tenders · matched by title and category (68% title match), the holder is not guaranteed to re-bid
Bro Tathan Power Support — held by Bettisfield Consulting Limited; the published contract ends 31 Mar 2026.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Works
- Notice status
- Planned procurement
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 20 Mar 2026, 14:58 GMT
- Last source update
- 20 Mar 2026, 14:58 GMT
- Authority reference
C058/2025/2026- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-025860- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06708aFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
20 Mar 2026 → 31 Mar 2027 · 4 dates- Planning notice published216 days ago20 Mar 2026, 14:58 GMT
- Market engagement181 days ago24 Apr 2026, 23:59 BST
The Welsh Government conducted extensive market engagement for the Bro Tathan Power Project between 2021 and 2025. This engagement involved discussions with key industry stakeholders, including:
Independent Distribution Network Operators (IDNOs)
Independent Connection Providers (ICPs)
Funders
Infrastructure Operators
Objectives of Engagement:
Test Deliverability: Assess the feasibility of the project and its implementation.
Gauge Investment Appetite: Understand the level of interest and willingness of private-sector entities to invest in the project.
Evaluate Commercial Structure: Gather feedback on the proposed Joint Venture (JV) model and its alignment with market expectations.
Key Outcomes:
Market Readiness: Strong support and readiness from stakeholders for the project.
Endorsement of JV Model: Participants favoured the formation of a single bidding consortium combining IDNO, ICP, funder, and operator capabilities.
Alignment of Expertise: The consortium structure was recognised as the most effective way to integrate technical delivery with financing and operational expertise.
This engagement has helped to shape the delivery approach and procurement strategy for the project, ensuring alignment with market expectations and maximising the potential for success.
Welsh Government is now undertaking a further phase of structured pre-procurement market engagement. This phase is intended to support the refinement of the proposed delivery, legal and commercial approach ahead of the formal procurement.
As part of this engagement, Welsh Government is inviting interested organisations to provide feedback on the proposed legal and commercial principles for the Project, as set out in further detail in the MOI. Any feedback received may be used to inform the development of the formal procurement approach.
Welsh Government also intends to offer the opportunity for meetings with interested organisations during [March and April] 2026. These meetings are intended to provide a forum for high-level discussion of the Project and the proposed approach. Participation is voluntary and will not form part of the procurement process or influence any future tender evaluation. Any documentation shared as part of the engagement process and supplier meetings will be made available via the Sell2Wales notice so that interested parties that could not make the meetings have access to the information.
Further information on how interested organisations can register their feedback in relation to the anticipated procurement approach, or request a meeting with the Welsh Government, can be found in the MOI.
Previous notices published under the PCR 2015 in connection to this opportunity are as follows:
Bro Tathan - High Voltage Power Connection
Llywodraeth Cymru / Welsh Government
F01: Prior information notice (prior information only)
Notice identifier: 2024/S 000-016186
Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-0469b6
Published 22 May 2024, 2:32pm
All interested parties are encouraged to express an interest in the forthcoming procurement by sending an email to [email protected] .
Please note that organisations will not be prevented from participating in any future procurement where they do not register an interest. Any information shared by the Welsh Government during the preliminary market engagement exercise will be made available to organisations via future notice amendments.
The MOI can be found by clicking on the following link: www.brotathan.wales/news ↗
- Tender notice expected178 days ago27 Apr 2026, 23:59 BST
- Today22 Oct 2026
- Contract startsin 159 days31 Mar 2027, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published20 Mar 2026, 14:58 GMTUK2
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender