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title: "Frequency Enhancements to the existing Ebbw Valley Railway Line - Consultancy Support"
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# Frequency Enhancements to the existing Ebbw Valley Railway Line - Consultancy Support

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/frequency-enhancements-to-the-existing-ebbw-valley-railway-line-consultancy-support-ocds-h6vhtk-02d12e). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council: "Frequency Enhancements to the existing Ebbw Valley Railway Line - Consultancy Support". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/blaenau-gwent-county-borough-council-ons-w06000019)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Transport systems consultancy services
- **Delivery Location:** UKL16
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0023
- **Awarded Value:** £1,080,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-02d12e`

## Before you bid
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- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/frequency-enhancements-to-the-existing-ebbw-valley-railway-line-consultancy-support-ocds-h6vhtk-02d12e#tl-md)

## Description
This is a VEAT notice of Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council's (BGCBC) intention to award a service contract to Transport for Wales (TfW), to provide expert Project and Commercial Management along with technical advice and programme management to enable the delivery of an additional train service from Ebbw Vale to Newport, in support of the Frequency Enhancements to the existing Ebbw Valley Railway Line.
The project is part of the aim to increase train capacity (up to four (4) trains per hour) as set out by Welsh Government in the Wales Transport Strategy 2021.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** Not published
- **CPV codes:** 71311200
- **Delivery regions:** UKL

- **Description:** The procurement comprises the appointment of Transport for Wales (TfW), to provide Project and Commercial Management along with expert technical advice to enable the Council to deliver an additional train service in support of the Frequency Enhanceme...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 018880-2021-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Transport for Wales**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-24723`
  - Value: £1,080,000 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 018880-2021-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £1,080,000
  - Signed Date: 03/08/2021

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F018880-2021)
- **Last Source Update:** 2021-08-05T11:54:02.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-29T16:54:00.396Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-02d12e