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Bus Franchising - Dynamic Market for the South West

Public road transport services
Wales (UKL1)
Published value
£400,000,000
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
Procurement Executive Summary
AI & Search Synopsis
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Tenderline Synopsis: Transport for Wales (TfW): "Bus Franchising - Dynamic Market for the South West". Published status: planning. Published value: £400,000,000. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityTransport for Wales (TfW)Scope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
planning
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)£400,000,000
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: Transport for Wales (TfW)
Market Analytics
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Derived from OCDS awards & bid statistics
Published history for Transport for Wales (TfW). These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Published-to-award variance
Not availableInsufficient comparable data
Requires at least 5 comparable procedures
Competition Density
4Bids / Report
0% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationHigh Concentration
Amey Infrastructure Wales (AIW)Top vendor: 100% of attributable value
Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Payment obligations depend on the applicable regime and contract. Consult the official documents.
Coverage: 4 active published awards; 2 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Historical Awarded Suppliers With This Authority:
Supplier NameHistoric AwardsAttributable GBP Value
Amey Infrastructure Wales (AIW)1 win£762,684
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityTransport for Wales (TfW)
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statusplanning
Framework / DPSDynamic market
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published20 Oct 2025, 09:53 BST
Last source update20 Oct 2025, 09:53 BST
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationPublic road transport services
Delivery area
Wales (UKL1)
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-05cf71
What is being bought
This notice is intended to inform Bus Operators with interest in running future bus services within the South West of Wales, and to offer guidance around Transport for Wales proposed route to market for the procurement of franchised bus services in support of the Bus Services (Wales) Bill. Transport for Wales are intending to procure services via a Dynamic Market, with the first region covering services from Pembrokeshire, Carmarthenshire, Swansea and Neath Port Talbot with some cross border services to neighbouring authorities. The franchising programme will take a regional approach with initial focus within the South West.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Published value updated to £400,000,000
    20 Oct 2025, 09:53 BST
  2. Status changed to planning
    20 Oct 2025, 09:53 BST
  3. Official notice release published
    20 Oct 2025, 09:53 BST
  4. Buyer information updated
    20 Oct 2025, 09:53 BST
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    planning
    Published valueNot published
    The source published no individual title or description for this lot.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Pipeline notice
    20 Oct 2025, 09:53 BST
  2. Procedure published
    20 Oct 2025, 09:53 BST
  3. engagement
    3 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT · scheduled
    Transport for Wales will be holding a number of in person events across the South West of Wales. Our intention is to meet with operators interested in running various sizes of franchised bus services within Neath Port Talbot, Swansea, Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire. An event will be held in each of these areas. The events will be designed to give potential tenderers a better understanding of bus franchising, our route to market via a Dynamic market, the requirements for onboarding, potential route packages for tender at a later stage and our timelines for the process. It is important to Transport for Wales to engage the market and explain our approach to those wishing to tender, take feedback on our strategy and deliver a network solution for the South West of Wales that works for everyone. The events will be by invite only so that we ensure we can cater effectively for all interested bidders. If interested, please contact Transport for Wales via supplychain@tfw.wales where we will give you further details on the events and help you to register.
Commercial outcome and competition
AwardsNo award published
ContractsNo contract published
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

Transport for Wales (TfW)

Contracting authority GB-COH-09476013
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  • Transport for Wales
    buyer

    GB-COH: 09476013
    3 Llys Cadwyn, Pontypridd, UKL15, CF37 4TH, GB
    supplychain@tfw.wales
Documents (1)
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Related procedures (0)
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Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Procedure rationaleNot published