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# TfW Accessibility Modelling Tool

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/tfw-accessibility-modelling-tool-ocds-h6vhtk-06a7e7). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Transport for Wales (TFW): "TfW Accessibility Modelling Tool". Published status: complete. Contract Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Transport for Wales (TFW)](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/transport-for-wales-tfw-GB-PPON-PPHD-4211-XYXJ)
- **Contract Value (direct award):** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Below threshold - without competition
- **Main Category:** Not published
- **Classifications (CPV):** None published
- **Delivery Location:** UKL
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Awarded Value:** £100,000 (exc. VAT, 1 award)
- **Official Documents:** 3 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/tfw-accessibility-modelling-tool-ocds-h6vhtk-06a7e7#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-06a7e7`

## Before you bid
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- **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/tfw-accessibility-modelling-tool-ocds-h6vhtk-06a7e7#tl-md)

## Description
TfW are seeking to establish a Research & Design partnership to develop and deliver an analytical methodology tool to measure and quantify the level of access and opportunity provided by the Welsh transport network, and future network proposals. 
The key output will be the development of an algorithm and model to quantify proximity analysis and access to opportunity analysis of the Bus and Rail networks. In addition to this, an MVP prototype of the front end interface will be developed. The model will be capable of digesting industry standard network file types. 
A Direct Award is justified under Schedule 5 (Section 41) of the Procurement Act 2023 – Special Cases – Prototypes and Development:
(15) This justification allows for direct award when procuring a prototype or other novel good or service that is designed or developed at the request of the contracting authority. For example, procuring a solution to enable data to be shared securely between different agencies.
A partnership project to develop a tool to measure access and opportunity of the transport network across Wales; strengthening Transport for Wales analytical capabilities. Specific requirement from an academic partner required to build and refine computational model. The skills and complexity required to meet the project objectives means that USW are a unique/the only Supplier of this service in the industry. As such, this is the most effective solution to deliver our needs.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 48460000, 72000000, 73000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKL
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** TfW Accessibility Modelling Tool (active)
  - Award id: `1`
  - Supplier(s): **University of South Wales**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-89456`
  - Value: £100,000 (exc. VAT)
  - Date: 21/05/2026

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** TfW Accessibility Modelling Tool (active)
  - Signed Value: £100,000
  - Signed Date: 02/07/2026

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F063508-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-07-07T09:44:12.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-20T05:37:27.013Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-06a7e7