Find a TenderPlanned procurementPreliminary market engagement notice
Published 7 Nov 2025, 16:01 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Data & Insight Project Alpha Phase

Authority: Sport Wales (Charity / VCSE)

ServicesBelow thresholdSME suitable
Planned pipeline value£120,000pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 5 Jan 2026from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 6 moends 20 Sept 2026 · starts 20 Mar 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Trosolwg

Mae Chwaraeon Cymru yn paratoi i gynnal ymarfer caffael ar gyfer cam Alffa ei Brosiect Data a Dirnadaeth.

Bydd y cam Alffa yn canolbwyntio ar ddatblygu a phrofi cyflenwad o ddata prawf o gysyniad ac ar asesu'r amodau sefydliadol sydd eu hangen ar gyfer ei fabwysiadu'n llwyddiannus a'i gynaliadwyedd hirdymor.

Felly rydym yn ceisio ymgysylltu'n gynnar â'r farchnad i ddeall gallu, dull a diddordeb cyflenwyr mewn cefnogi'r gwaith hwn - sy'n dod â datblygiad technegol a diwylliant a pharodrwydd sefydliadol at ei gilydd yn un gofyniad integredig.

Bydd yr ymgysylltu rhagarweiniol hwn yn helpu Chwaraeon Cymru i lunio ei fanyleb derfynol, ei fodel masnachol a'i ddull cyflawni.

Pwrpas y Cam Alffa

Mae’r cam Alffa yn adeiladu ar waith darganfod a gwblhawyd yn 2024, a nododd y cyfle i gryfhau sut mae Chwaraeon Cymru yn casglu, yn cysylltu ac yn defnyddio data i gynhyrchu dirnadaeth ac fel sail i benderfyniadau.

Bydd y cam Alffa yn gwasanaethu fel prawf o gysyniad ar gyfer y canlynol:

  • Dylunio a phrofi cyflenwad o ddata sy'n galluogi data o sawl ffynhonnell i gael ei dderbyn, ei lanhau a'i drawsnewid yn ddirnadaeth.
  • Dangos sut gall data sbarduno penderfyniadau mwy unedig, sy'n seiliedig ar dystiolaeth.
  • Deall pa bobl, prosesau a llywodraethu sydd eu hangen i ymgorffori a graddio'r gallu hwn ar draws y sefydliad.

Felly, bydd y cam Alffa yn dod â dwy agwedd ryng-gysylltiedig at ei gilydd:

  1. Agwedd dechnegol – dylunio a phrofi cyflenwad o ddata prawf o gysyniad graddadwy a'r gallu adrodd cysylltiedig.
  2. Agwedd ddiwylliannol – asesu a chryfhau diwylliant data'r sefydliad, ei barodrwydd a'i allu i fabwysiadu a chynnal y cyflenwad hwnnw.

Rydym yn edrych ar a fydd un cyflenwr yn gallu cyflawni'r ddwy agwedd yn effeithiol, neu ai partneriaethau neu gonsortia fydd yn gallu cynnig y llwybr gorau.

Cwmpas Dangosol

Agwedd dechnegol

  • Dylunio, adeiladu a phrofi cyflenwad data diogel ac awtomatig o fewn amgylchedd Microsoft Azure.
  • Derbyn a thrawsnewid data o sawl fformat a ffynhonnell (e.e. Excel, SQL, APIs, SharePoint).
  • Datblygu “achos defnydd” wedi’i ddiffinio i ddangos dirnadaeth ymarferol (e.e. data dyrannu grantiau, cyfranogiad neu gyfleusterau).
  • Cynhyrchu dangosfyrddau neu ddelweddau (e.e. Power BI) a dogfennu’r broses ar gyfer ailadroddadwyedd a graddadwyedd.
  • Trosglwyddo gwybodaeth a meithrin gallu o fewn Chwaraeon Cymru drwy ddull “dangos a gwneud”.

Agwedd ddiwylliannol

  • Asesu parodrwydd a gallu Chwaraeon Cymru i fabwysiadu ac ymgorffori ffyrdd o weithio sy'n seiliedig ar ddata.
  • Edrych ar rwystrau a galluogwyr i ddefnyddio data'n gyson (sgiliau, perchnogaeth, prosesau, llywodraethu).
  • Argymell ymyriadau ymarferol i gryfhau llythrennedd data, llywodraethu a diwylliant.
  • Datblygu map ffordd a chynllun newid ar gyfer mabwysiadu a meithrin gallu yn y tymor hir.
  • Gweithio ar y cyd â thîm y prosiect i sicrhau bod y canfyddiadau'n ymarferol ac wedi'u gwreiddio yng nghyd-destun y sefydliad.

Canlyniadau Allweddol

Erbyn diwedd y cam Alffa, mae Chwaraeon Cymru yn disgwyl bod wedi cyflawni’r canlynol:

  • Bod â chyflenwad prawf o gysyniad sy'n gweithio ac yn ddangosadwy, gan ddarparu dirnadaeth o ddwy neu fwy o setiau data allweddol.
  • Deall y newidiadau sefydliadol, y sgiliau a'r prosesau sydd eu hangen i raddio'r cyflenwad hwnnw.
  • Bod â map ffordd clir ar gyfer y cam Beta a’r gweithredu yn yr hirdymor.

Overview

Sport Wales is preparing to undertake a procurement exercise for the Alpha phase of its Data & Insight Project.

The Alpha phase will focus on developing and testing a proof-of-concept data pipeline and on assessing the organisational conditions needed for its successful adoption and long-term sustainability.

We are therefore seeking early engagement with the market to understand supplier capability, approach, and interest in supporting this work - which brings together technical development and organisational culture and readiness into one integrated requirement.

This preliminary engagement will help Sport Wales to shape its final specification, commercial model, and delivery approach.

Purpose of the Alpha Phase

The Alpha phase builds on discovery work completed in 2024, which identified the opportunity to strengthen how Sport Wales collects, connects, and uses data to generate insight and inform decisions.

The Alpha will serve as a proof of concept to:

  • Design and test a data pipeline that enables data from multiple sources to be ingested, cleaned, and transformed into insight.
  • Demonstrate how data can drive more joined-up, evidence-based decision-making.
  • Understand what people, processes, and governance are required to embed and scale this capability across the organisation.

The Alpha phase will therefore bring together two interconnected aspects:

  1. Technical aspect – to design and test a scalable proof-of-concept data pipeline and associated reporting capability.
  2. Cultural aspect – to assess and strengthen the organisation’s data culture, readiness, and capability to adopt and sustain that pipeline.

We are exploring whether one supplier can deliver both aspects effectively, or whether partnerships or consortia may offer the best route.

Indicative Scope

Technical aspect

  • Design, build, and test a secure, automated data pipeline within a Microsoft Azure environment.
  • Ingest and transform data from multiple formats and sources (e.g., Excel, SQL, APIs, SharePoint).
  • Develop a defined “use case” to demonstrate actionable insight (e.g., grant allocation, participation, or facility data).
  • Produce dashboards or visualisations (e.g., Power BI) and document the process for repeatability and scalability.
  • Transfer knowledge and build capability within Sport Wales through a “show and do” approach.

Cultural aspect

  • Assess Sport Wales’ readiness and capability to adopt and embed data-driven ways of working.
  • Explore barriers and enablers to consistent data use (skills, ownership, processes, governance).
  • Recommend practical interventions to strengthen data literacy, governance, and culture.
  • Develop a roadmap and change plan for long-term adoption and capability building.
  • Work collaboratively with the project team to ensure findings are actionable and grounded in organisational context.

Key Outcomes

By the end of the Alpha phase, Sport Wales expects to:

  • Have a functioning, demonstrable proof-of-concept pipeline delivering insight from at two or more key datasets.
  • Understand the organisational changes, skills, and processes needed to scale that pipeline.
  • Have a clear roadmap for a Beta phase and long-term implementation.

CPV: Design and execution of research and development · IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support · Research and development consultancy services · Research and experimental development services · Software package and information systems

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published

How Sport Wales buys Research and experimental development services (CPV 7310), and who usually turns up

Sport Wales’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: Research and experimental development services (CPV 7310) →

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How the contest usually goes

Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.

Question for the bid
This buyerSport Wales · all categories
What to do with it
How often do SMEs win?
i

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.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 7 of 8 known-size awards · market: CPV 7310 · UK-wide, n=41
88%27%

Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.

How often do local suppliers win?
i

How often local firms win similar work.

Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.

Here, local means the winner is registered in the region where that contract was delivered.

A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 7 of 14 known-location awards · market: CPV 7310 · UK-wide, n=47
50%17%

Most of this buyer’s recorded winners are registered in Wales (Cymru).

How long to a decision?
i

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.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 6 decided notices · market: division 73 · Wales (Cymru), n=25
19 days24 days

Half of these awards were announced within 19 days of the bid deadline.

How often single-bid or direct?
i

How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.

Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.

Both shares are minimums: some awards have no bid count.

Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: at least 1 of 15 procurements with awards had no recorded rival · market: CPV 7310 · UK-wide, n=63
7%70%

Missing bid counts may hide more single-bid awards. This share is a minimum.

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.

Last 36 months.

This buyer8 lots with bid counts · all categories
13% had one bid
The market6 lots with bid counts · CPV 7310 · UK-wide
33% had one bid
Buyer / market · select a colour for counts
1 bid13% / 33%
Buyer: 1 of 8 lots with published bid counts. Market: 2 of 6 lots with published bid counts.
2–325% / 17%
Buyer: 2 of 8 lots with published bid counts. Market: 1 of 6 lots with published bid counts.
4–625% / 17%
Buyer: 2 of 8 lots with published bid counts. Market: 1 of 6 lots with published bid counts.
7+38% / 33%
Buyer: 3 of 8 lots with published bid counts. Market: 2 of 6 lots with published bid counts.

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.

Last 36 months.

This buyer12 lots with estimate and award · all categories
67% below estimate
The market37 lots with estimate and award · division 73 · Wales (Cymru)
43% below estimate
Buyer / market · select a colour for counts
Below estimate67% / 43%
Buyer: 8 of 12 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 16 of 37 lots with an estimate and award.
Within ±2%17% / 41%
Buyer: 2 of 12 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 15 of 37 lots with an estimate and award.
Above estimate17% / 16%
Buyer: 2 of 12 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 6 of 37 lots with an estimate and award.
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Assess each lot
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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 #1CPV 73106 monthsSME suitablePublished estimate£120k
Expected competition
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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 37 past lots.

A forecast, not a list of bidders.

—No model forecast yet11% single-bid risk
Past bids on 37 similar lots
1 bid11%
4 of 37 similar past lots received 1 bid (11%).
2–322%
8 of 37 similar past lots received 2–3 (22%).
4–641%
15 of 37 similar past lots received 4–6 (41%).
7+27%
10 of 37 similar past lots received 7+ (27%).
Comparable past lots usually drew 4 bids.
Commercial price forecast
i

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.

—No model forecast yet
No comparable awards on record for this lot’s category yet. The published estimate is £120k, and the forecast stays empty until the market has a record to read.

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.

No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.

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.

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.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Planned procurement
Procurement threshold
Below threshold
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
7 Nov 2025, 16:01 GMT
Last source update
7 Nov 2025, 16:01 GMT
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-072159
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Design and execution of research and developmentIT services: consulting, software development, Internet and supportResearch and development consultancy servicesResearch and experimental development servicesSoftware package and information systems
Delivery area
Wales (UKL)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05dd14 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

7 Nov 2025 → 20 Mar 2026 · 4 dates
  1. Planning notice published348 days ago
    7 Nov 2025, 16:01 GMT
  2. Market engagement320 days ago
    5 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT

    Mae Chwaraeon Cymru yn cynnal ymarfer ymgysylltu rhagarweiniol â’r farchnad fel sail i ddatblygiad caffael sydd i ddod. Pwrpas yr ymgysylltu hwn yw deall y gallu, y capasiti a’r diddordeb o fewn y farchnad i gyflawni ar draws agweddau technegol a diwylliannol y gofyniad arfaethedig, a sicrhau bod y tendr yn y dyfodol wedi’i ddiffinio’n glir, yn gyraeddadwy ac yn ddeniadol i gyflenwyr posibl.

    Drwy’r ymgysylltu hwn, ein nod ni yw gwneud y canlynol:

    • Profi lefel y diddordeb a’r parodrwydd yn y farchnad i gyflawni yn erbyn y ddwy agwedd ar y gofyniad o dan un contract.
    • Archwilio dulliau cyflawni, methodolegau a modelau masnachol posibl a allai gyflawni’r canlyniadau sydd wedi'u bwriadu orau.
    • Mireinio a dilysu’r cwmpas, yr elfennau i'w cyflawni a’r amserlenni dangosol cyn cyhoeddi’r Gwahoddiad i Dendro (GID) llawn.
    • Nodi unrhyw risgiau, heriau neu ddibyniaethau y dylid eu hystyried yn nyluniad y tendr.

    Rydym yn croesawu trafodaeth gynnar ac agored gyda chyflenwyr sydd â phrofiad perthnasol mewn seilwaith data a gwybodaeth, rhaglenni newid diwylliannol, neu’r ddau.

    Nid yw’r ymgysylltu hwn yn rhan o broses gaffael ffurfiol ac ni chaiff ei ddefnyddio i asesu na chyn-gymhwyso cyflenwyr. Dim ond i siapio'r ddogfennaeth a’r dull tendr sydd i ddod fydd y wybodaeth sy'n cael ei chasglu'n cael ei defnyddio. Y bwriad yw i'r sgyrsiau hyn fod yn anffurfiol ac yn archwiliadol. Ni fyddant yn rhan o unrhyw broses werthuso, a bydd pob trafodaeth yn cael ei thrin yn gyfrinachol yn unol â rheoliadau caffael.

    Sport Wales is undertaking a preliminary market engagement exercise to inform the development of a forthcoming procurement. The purpose of this engagement is to understand the capability, capacity, and interest within the market to deliver across both the technical and cultural aspects of the proposed requirement, and to ensure that the future tender is well-defined, achievable, and attractive to potential suppliers.

    Through this engagement, we aim to:

    Test the level of market interest and readiness to deliver against both aspects of the requirement under a single contract.

    Explore potential delivery approaches, methodologies, and commercial models that could best meet the intended outcomes.

    Refine and validate the scope, deliverables, and indicative timescales ahead of publication of the full Invitation to Tender (ITT).

    Identify any risks, challenges, or dependencies that should be factored into the tender design.

    We welcome early and open dialogue with suppliers who have relevant experience in data and insight infrastructure, cultural change programmes, or both.

    This engagement is not part of a formal procurement process and will not be used to assess or pre-qualify suppliers. The information gathered will be used solely to shape the forthcoming tender documentation and approach. These conversations are intended to be informal and exploratory. They will not form part of any evaluation process, and all discussions will be treated confidentially in accordance with procurement regulations.

  3. Tender notice expected289 days ago
    5 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMT
  4. Contract starts216 days ago
    20 Mar 2026

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    7 Nov 2025, 16:01 GMT
    UK2

Commercial outcome & contract awards

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Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Sport Wales

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central governmentWelsh devolved regulations apply GB-CHC: 524477 Sport Wales National Centre, Cardiff, Wales, CF11 9SWContact name, email

Official documents & specifications (1)

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