Official UK procurement notice
Supply of Onboard Alcohol Wine and Champagne
Authority: Transport for Wales (TFW) (Public body)
Sectors: Food, beverages, tobacco and related products (15) Delivery: UK
Published estimate£320,000≈ £107k / year · £384,000 inc. VAT34.9% below published estimate
Submissions closed 12 Aug 2025awarded 25 Sept 2025
Awarded to RDM Wine T/A Fine Wines Direct Uk
Contract term 3 yrsends 30 Sept 2028 · up to 30 Sept 2029 with extensions · starts 30 Sept 2025
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionTFW Catering is seeking a wholesale Wine & champagne supplier for our on-board retail and premier restaurant service operations. Logistically we need someone who can distribute to four catering service centre's based at Carmarthen, Newport, Shrewsbury and Chester. The preferred supplier would ideally focus on provenance, with local suppliers in order to satisfy customer demand and support the Welsh economy.
- No preliminary market engagement: Not required as pool of suppliers are sufficient
CPV: Fruit wines · Wines
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£320,000
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 (2)
- Quality Response: 70%
- Commercial Response: 30%
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality Response: Quality Response ITT vol 1
- Commercial Response : Commercial Response Vol 3
What this means for your bid
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Awarded
- 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
- 15 Jul 2025, 14:02 BST
- Last source update
- 22 Oct 2025, 10:46 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 29 Sept 2025
- Authority reference
C001199.00- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-039997- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-055f7eFind a Tender- Contract terms summary
TFW standard of 28 days
How it was run
Official noticeRun through: Jaggaer · Who buys & how to bid on Sell2Wales
Access & registration note: Free; latest Chrome/Edge/Firefox only — corporate browsers fail
- Submission deadline
- 12 Aug 2025, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 5 Aug 2025, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
Timeline
15 Jul 2025 → 22 Oct 2025 · 8 dates- Tender notice published15 Jul 2025, 14:02 BST
- Clarification questions by5 Aug 2025, 12:00 BST
- Submission deadline12 Aug 2025, 12:00 BST
- Assessment summaries sent393 days ago25 Sept 2025, 00:00 BST
- Award decision expected by388 days ago29 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts388 days ago30 Sept 2025, 00:00 BST
- Standstill ends380 days ago7 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST
- Latest notice published366 days ago22 Oct 2025, 10:46 BST
Notice history
5 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 15 Jul 2025- Tender notice published15 Jul 2025, 14:02 BSTUK4
- Contract award notice published26 Sept 2025, 14:27 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete26 Sept 2025, 14:27 BST
- Contract signature expected7 Oct 2025, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract details notice published22 Oct 2025, 10:46 BSTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £208,3991 award exc. VAT
Bids received 44 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 17 Oct 2025
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| RDM Wine T/A Fine Wines Direct Uk8 Oct 2025 – 6 Oct 2028 · up to 5 Oct 2029Extensions: 3year + 1year contract | £208,399 | 25 Sept 2025 | Awarded |
Contracts
Supply of Onboard Alcohol Wine and Champagne · RDM Wine T/A Fine Wines Direct Uk
- Signed
- 17 Oct 2025
- Value
- £208,399
- Period
- 23 Oct 2025 – 13 Oct 2028 · up to 19 Oct 2029 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- 1 year extension
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- RDM Wine T/A Fine Wines Direct UkAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender