Official UK procurement notice
Holyhead Lathe Depot Protection - Award
Authority: Transport for Wales Rail Limited (Utility Buyer) (Public body)
Sectors: Transport Equipment & Vehicles (34)Industrial machinery (42)Construction & Civil Engineering (45) Delivery: UK
Published estimate£500,000£600,000 inc. VAT
Submissions closed 18 Apr 2025awarded 13 Jun 2025
Awarded to FirstClass Safety and Control Ltd
Contract term 4 moends 8 Sept 2025 · starts 5 May 2025
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionAward of the Holyhead Lathe Depot Protection tender.
CPV: Construction work · Depot system · Railway equipment
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedPublished value£500,000
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
How bids were scored
Published sub-criteria (1)
- Commercial Weighting: 100%
Published award criteria (1)
- Commercial Weighting: Please refer to ITT for commercial weighting details.
What this means for your bid
- Price carries 100 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 10 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - open competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Works
- Notice status
- Awarded
- 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
- 25 Mar 2025, 10:26 GMT
- Last source update
- 13 Jun 2025, 14:32 BST
- Authority reference
Holyhead Lathe Depot Protection - Award- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-011052- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04f844Find a Tender
How it was run
Official noticeRun through: Sell2Wales · Who buys & how to bid on Sell2Wales
Access & registration note: Free Wales registration; eTenderWales runs on Jaggaer
- Submission deadline
- 18 Apr 2025, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 11 Apr 2025, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
Timeline
25 Mar 2025 → 13 Jun 2025 · 5 dates- Tender notice published25 Mar 2025, 10:26 GMT
- Clarification questions by11 Apr 2025, 12:00 BST
- Submission deadline18 Apr 2025, 12:00 BST
- Contract starts5 May 2025, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published13 Jun 2025, 14:32 BST
Notice history
4 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 25 Mar 2025- Tender notice published25 Mar 2025, 10:26 GMTUK4
- Contract award notice published13 Jun 2025, 14:32 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete13 Jun 2025, 14:32 BST
- Contract signature expected3 Jul 2025, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £154,0861 award exc. VAT
Bids received 44 from SMEs
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| FirstClass Safety and Control LtdHolyhead Lathe Depot Protection4 Jul 2025 – 31 Mar 2028 | £154,086 | 13 Jun 2025 | Awarded |
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4final-stage tenders | 4 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- FirstClass Safety and Control LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specifications ITT Pack
- Bidding documents and specifications Link to appendices: Password - Transport1
Notices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender