Official UK procurement notice
Innovation Lab by TfW Accelerator
Authority: Transport for Wales (TFW) (Public body)
We run a 10-week accelerator programme consisting of workshops, stakeholder 1-2-1s, mentoring, networking opportunities with key executives and access to a wide range of resources and knowledge from across the sector. At the end of the 10 weeks, all businesses taking part on the programme will present their MVP (Minimum Viable Product) on demo day, with the goal of securing a contract with Transport for Wales. Media Specific Challenges as outlined by Media Cymru (Must be based in Wales for the Media Challenge):
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionWe run a 10-week accelerator programme consisting of workshops, stakeholder 1-2-1s, mentoring, networking opportunities with key executives and access to a wide range of resources and knowledge from across the sector.
At the end of the 10 weeks, all businesses taking part on the programme will present their MVP (Minimum Viable Product) on demo day, with the goal of securing a contract with Transport for Wales. Successful candidates will then have the financial security and access to resources needed to continue development of their product or service to integrate across Transport for Wales.
2025 Media Cymru and Transport for Wales Challenge Statement
Media Specific Challenges as outlined by Media Cymru (Must be based in Wales for the Media Challenge):
- Supporting tourism via the transport network.
- Strengthening the use of the Welsh language across the network.
- Creating mixed-media experiences to improve commuter journeys.
- Promote the brand and/or offering using new forms of media.
- Attracting people to use the network via new media.
Transport Specific Challenges as outlined by Transport for Wales:
- Revenue Generation and Cost Efficiency
o Identifying new revenue opportunities
o Designing cost-effective solutions
o Leveraging AI to enhance operations
- Modal Shift and Engagement
o Encouraging more people to use sustainable transport
o Developing an integrated, sustainable transport system
- Operational Excellence
o Improving rail and bus performance
o Enhancing safety for passengers and staff
o Strengthening climate resilience
CPV: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support · Other community, social and personal services · Software package and information systems
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedProcedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Past planning notice
- 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
- 19 Mar 2025, 13:08 GMT
- Last source update
- 19 Mar 2025, 13:08 GMT
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-010137- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04ef06Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
19 Mar 2025 → 1 Oct 2025 · 3 dates- Planning notice published19 Mar 2025, 13:08 GMT
- Market engagement31 Mar 2025, 23:59 BST
Please visit the website for more information and how to apply.
- Contract starts397 days ago1 Oct 2025, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published19 Mar 2025, 13:08 GMTUK2
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
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- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender