Official UK procurement notice
Fixed Term Senior Sponser
Authority: Transport for Wales Rail Limited (Utility Buyer) (Public body)
Sectors: Transport & Passenger Services (60) Delivery: UK
Awarded value£171,000published award · exc. VAT
Award in standstill 19 Mar 2026no call for competition
Award (standstill) to Station Guru
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe supplier has previously been engaged through an existing framework to support the project and produce a concept of operations and requirements schedule. The supplier holds project knowledge and key relationships externally and internally with a change in personnel with the existing framework contracting ending, would be detrimental as we are in a crucial period of delivery. A permanent recruitment of this role has failed in two occasions and with the project in delivery ensuring consistency of service for the client is imperative to the project success.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Direct award
- 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
- 19 Mar 2026, 09:59 GMT
- Last source update
- 19 Mar 2026, 10:09 GMT
- Authority reference
TFW1024.00- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-024990- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-066e71Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Single Suppliers Technical Reasons
- Published justification
Single supplier - technical reasons
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
19 Mar 2026 → 30 Mar 2026 · 2 dates- Notice published216 days ago19 Mar 2026, 10:09 GMT
- Standstill ends204 days ago30 Mar 2026, 23:59 BST
Notice history
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 19 Mar 2026- Transparency notice published19 Mar 2026, 09:59 GMTUK5
- Contract award notice published19 Mar 2026, 10:09 GMTUK6
- Contract signature expected1 Apr 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £171,0001 award exc. VAT
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Station Guru1 Apr 2026 – 1 Oct 2027 | £171,000 | 19 Mar 2026standstill to 30 Mar 2026 | Standstill |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Station GuruAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender