Official UK procurement notice
Security and Crowd Management Services
Authority: Transport for Wales Rail Limited (Utility Buyer) (Public body)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionTransport for Wales (TfW) is seeking qualified suppliers to express interest in providing professional Crowd Management/Control and Security Services for major public events and transportation station safety across its Wales and border network. The contract will be divided into two separate lots:
Lot 1: Crowd Management/Control Services
This lot covers the management and coordination of crowd movements and safety at events, including managing entrances/exits, monitoring crowd density, and supporting public order. The Supplier will play a central role in the planning, delivery, and ongoing development of all crowd management responsibilities across the railway network, alongside associated customer service functions. This includes support for major events as well as a wide range of operational activities requiring a crowd management or customer service presence, such as significant engineering works, passenger assistance, lift outages, and any form of network disruption.
Lot 2: Security Services
This lot covers comprehensive security provision including transport station supervision, incident response, and compliance with relevant licensing and legal requirements.
The supplier will be expected to provide a fully integrated security service covering transport station oversight, incident response, and adherence to all relevant licensing and legal obligations. This will span the entire Transport for Wales (TfW) network, including stations, depots, on‑train environments, and major events.
The required services include on‑board security and patrols, station and depot patrols, management of anti‑social behaviour (ASB), emergency response and on‑call support, security checks at key locations, event security and crowd management, as well as specialist functions such as drone operations.
Across both lots, suppliers will be expected to hold recognised security qualifications and demonstrate robust operational and compliance management systems suited to event environments and security needs.
**Please note a UK1 Pipeline Notice, has been published in relation to these requirements: ocds-h6vhtk-06a213 & ocds-h6vhtk-06a212**
CPV: Emergency and security equipment · Event services · Public security services · Security services · Transport services (excl. Waste transport)
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedPipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
How Transport for Wales Rail Limited (Utility Buyer) buys Security services (CPV 7971), and who usually turns up
Transport for Wales Rail Limited (Utility Buyer)’s own published record, next to the published market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids. Whole-market view: Security services (CPV 7971) →
How the contest usually goes
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How often local firms win similar work.
Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.
Here, local means registered in Wales (Cymru).
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners are registered outside Wales (Cymru).
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Half of these awards were announced within 62 days of the bid deadline.
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Both shares are minimums: some awards have no bid count.
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How many bids did past lots attract?
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Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid21% / 0%
2–342% / 7%
4–626% / 14%
7+11% / 79%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Where winning prices landed against estimates.
Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.
Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Below estimate50% / 63%
Within ±2%36% / 13%
Above estimate14% / 25%
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
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No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list
Lot #1CPV 7971Published estimate£33m
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How many bids this lot may attract.
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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 14 past lots.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid0%
2–37%
4–614%
7+79%
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Where the award price may land.
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No comparable awards for this lot yet.
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Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
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A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
| Supplier | This buyer’s earlier contract | Lot | Award value | Why listed |
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| Silurian SecurityEarlier contract | Security Servicesnotice published Oct 2023 | — | — | Matched as the earlier contract |
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Who could compete for this lot?
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None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
43% title match.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
43% title match.
A past supplier may not bid again.
The prior contract this notice most likely re-tenders · matched by title and category (43% title match), the holder is not guaranteed to re-bid
Security Services — held by Silurian Security; no contract end date published.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Planned procurement
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- 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
- 22 May 2026, 16:13 BST
- Last source update
- 1 Jun 2026, 15:31 BST
- Authority reference
TFW1049.00- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-051501- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06a213Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
22 May 2026 → 1 Feb 2027 · 5 dates- Planning notice published152 days ago22 May 2026, 16:13 BST
- Latest notice published142 days ago1 Jun 2026, 15:31 BST
- Market engagement112 days ago30 Jun 2026, 23:59 BST
Contracts cover events and transport hubs across Wales, with regional delivery requirements adapted to reflect local market conditions.
A co-design Meet-the-Buyer event will be held to collaboratively shape the tender scope and requirements with input from suppliers and practitioners, ensuring the contracts reflect practical market capabilities and legal obligations.
Dates for supplier engagements are set for 22nd June 2026, 1300-1700 for (North Wales) Ellice house, Ellis Way Wrexham LL13 7YL and the 29th June 2026 1000-1400 for South Wales ( Floor 3, 3 Llys Cadwyn, Pontypridd, CF37 4TH, Wales).
Suppliers are encouraged to participate in the co-design workshops to fully understand the scope, contribute to the tender design, and ensure their capabilities are reflected.
The model of meet the buyer event promotes active market consultation beyond traditional tender presentations and seeks practical solutions aligned with event delivery needs.
Suppliers with expertise in crowd control or security services for large public events are invited to engage in this meet the buyer opportunity. Through a collaborative co-design approach, we aim to develop a practical and robust contract that reflects market realities and legal requirements, ensuring high-quality service delivery across South and North Wales. We encourage interested parties to participate in the upcoming engagement sessions to contribute their insights and prepare for the procurement process.
*please note: our North Wales venue is restricted by it's capacity, and we recommend only one delegate per business*
**both events in the North and South of Wales will be identically, , managed and designed, so there will be no rationale in any organisation attending both**
To register your interest please complete this Microsoft Form using this link by Wednesday 17th June 2026 by 5pm. - forms.cloud.microsoft/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx ↗ (please copy and paste into your web browser)
If there are any issues with completing the Microsoft Form, please email [email protected] by Wednesday 17th June 2026 by 5pm.
- Tender notice expected81 days ago31 Jul 2026, 23:59 BST
- Today21 Oct 2026
- Contract startsin 103 days1 Feb 2027
Notice history
4 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 22 May 2026- Pipeline notice published22 May 2026, 16:13 BSTUK1
- Preliminary market engagement notice published1 Jun 2026, 15:31 BSTUK2
- Published value updated to £32,500,0001 Jun 2026, 15:31 BSTwas £5,000,000
- Buyer details updated1 Jun 2026, 15:31 BST
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
2 public bodies on the noticeOfficial documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Pipeline notice Pipeline notice on Find a Tender