Official UK procurement notice
P-3047 Fleet CCTV Bus & Rail
Authority: Translink (Public body)
As part of this PME exercise, Translink is seeking to engage with suppliers that have demonstrated experience in delivering CCTV solutions across the bus, coach and rail sectors This engagement will help Translink better understand the current market and inform the development of a future procurement strategy for a CCTV solution across Translink's bus, coach and rail fleets. The solution will include the provision, installation and ongoing support of CCTV hardware and software across Translink's bus, coach, and rail fleets, together with a central management platform capable of securely storing, monitoring, and providing access to CCTV footage.
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionAs part of this PME exercise, Translink is seeking to engage with suppliers that have demonstrated experience in delivering CCTV solutions across the bus, coach and rail sectors This engagement will help Translink better understand the current market and inform the development of a future procurement strategy for a CCTV solution across Translink's bus, coach and rail fleets.
The solution will include the provision, installation and ongoing support of CCTV hardware and software across Translink's bus, coach, and rail fleets, together with a central management platform capable of securely storing, monitoring, and providing access to CCTV footage. The solution should also support seamless integration with existing Translink onboard systems, back-office platforms, and third-party supplier systems.
Please note the estimated contract figure includes the exercising of all potential options over the lifetime of this project and is not to be taken as a guarantee of any potential spend.
CPV: Closed-circuit television apparatus
How this framework works
From the published notice- Framework period
- 5 yrs · up to 8 yrs from 1 Apr 2027
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1PlannedRenewal
What it takes to wini
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
- “P-3047 Fleet CCTV Bus & Rail” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
How Translink buys Radio transmission apparatus with reception apparatus (CPV 3223), and who usually turns up
Translink’s published record next to the market for the same work. Compared with other frameworks and DPS only. Whole-market view: Radio transmission apparatus with reception apparatus (CPV 3223) →
How the contest usually goes
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Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.
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Most of this buyer’s recorded winners were registered in the region where that award was delivered.
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Half of these awards have an award date within 157 days of the bid deadline.
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The market share is a minimum: some awards have no bid count.
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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1 bid0% / 7%
2–331% / 18%
4–625% / 30%
7+44% / 46%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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On a framework or DPS, prices are agreed when work is called off.
Not comparable on a framework or DPS: the price is set later, on each call-off.
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Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list
Lot #1CPV 3223Published estimate£15m
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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 57 past lots.
1 bid7%
2–318%
4–630%
7+46%
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No comparable awards for this lot yet.
Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
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No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.
Who could compete for this lot? i
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Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.
About this data
- Estimates, labelled. The price range, possible competitors and earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards, not published facts, win chances or price advice. The buyer’s own record and the wider market are shown apart, never mixed.
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender and Contracts Finder), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0, updated through the day and rebuilt nightly. Not every figure uses both feeds, and each one shows how many records it rests on: see the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
Coming up in this sector
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Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Planned procurement
- Procurement threshold
- Below threshold
- Regulatory regime
- Utilities
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 12 Nov 2026, 11:45 GMT
- Last source update
- 12 Nov 2026, 11:45 GMT
- Authority reference
P-3047- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-107489- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-07ba64Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
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Timeline
12 Nov 2026 → 1 Apr 2027 · 4 dates- Planning notice published2 days ago12 Nov 2026, 11:45 GMT
- Today14 Nov 2026
- Market engagementin 26 days10 Dec 2026, 23:59 GMT
As part of the PME exercise, interested parties are required to complete and return a questionnaire, obtainable and via from eTendersNI, by no later than 15:00 10th December 2026.
- Tender notice expectedin 106 days28 Feb 2027, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 137 days1 Apr 2027, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published12 Nov 2026, 11:45 GMTUK2
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- 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