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title: "Pre-Market Engagement - Supply of Transfers and Vinyls and associated design work"
url: "https://tenderline.uk/tenders/pre-market-engagement-supply-of-transfers-and-vinyls-and-associated-design-work-ocds-h6vhtk-03347f"
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# Pre-Market Engagement - Supply of Transfers and Vinyls and associated design work

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/pre-market-engagement-supply-of-transfers-and-vinyls-and-associated-design-work-ocds-h6vhtk-03347f). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Translink: "Pre-Market Engagement - Supply of Transfers and Vinyls and associated design work". Published status: planned. Planned Pipeline Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 19 May 2022, 15:00 BST. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNED (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Translink](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/translink-GB-PPON-PTMT-7134-NRMV)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** 19 May 2022 at 15:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Miscellaneous business-related services
- **Delivery Location:** UKN
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0025
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-03347f`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **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/pre-market-engagement-supply-of-transfers-and-vinyls-and-associated-design-work-ocds-h6vhtk-03347f#tl-md)

## Description
Before embarking on the procurement, Translink wish to engage with the marketplace to gather intelligence which will inform the Procurement Strategy for this contract which will involve seeking a supplier to provide a service to supply a range of transfers and vinyls primarily for the bus and train fleets and also have the capability to produce design options. Translink plans to hold a virtual interview with each interested supplier at the end of May 2022- exact dates to be arranged. Interested suppliers are requested to email their contact details to Mike Kerr at michael.kerr@translink.co.uk NO LATER THAN 3pm Thursday 19th May 2022.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planned

- **Delivery regions:** UKN

- **Description:** Translink have a requirement for a company to provide a service to supply a range of transfers and vinyls primarily for the bus and train fleets and also have the capability to produce design options. Up to 5 year initial term of contract. Additional...

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F011746-2022)
- **Last Source Update:** 2022-05-05T15:26:49.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-29T15:56:28.072Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-03347f