Find a TenderPlanned procurementPreliminary market engagement notice
Published 16 Jul 2026, 14:09 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Traffic management services · UK public procurement notice

Authority: HAFREN DYFRDWY CYFYNGEDIG (Public body)·Consortium: 2 public authorities

Framework agreementServicesAbove thresholdUtilitiesSME suitable
Planned pipeline value£3,333,333pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 9 Sept 2026from the planned procurement notice
Framework period 1 yr 4 moends 31 Mar 2028 · up to 31 Mar 2032 with extensions · starts 1 Dec 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Traffic management services for Hafren Dyfrdwy and Chester(Severn Trent Water).

CPV: Traffic control services

How this framework works

From the published notice
Framework period
1 yr 4 mo · up to 5 yrs 4 mo from 1 Dec 2026

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1PlannedRenewal 1 yr 4 moSME
Contract period: 1 Dec 2026 – 31 Mar 2028 (1 yr 4 mo) · up to 31 Mar 2032 with extensions
Delivery: WalesEligibility: SME eligible
Extensions: Extension options published

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

What it takes to win
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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 more
What this means for your bid
  • “Traffic management services” 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

Competition for Support services for land transport (CPV 6371), and who usually turns up

HAFREN DYFRDWY CYFYNGEDIG has too little published record in this market to describe on its own. Published market evidence for the same work stands beside whatever it has. This notice is a framework or DPS, so only frameworks and DPS are compared. Whole-market view: Support services for land transport (CPV 6371) →

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How the contest usually goes

Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.

Question for the bidWhat to do with it
How often do SMEs win?
i

How often small and medium firms win.

Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.

The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.

Last 36 months.

Market: CPV 6371 · UK-wide, n=11
55%

Across this market, small firms won 55% of awards with a known supplier size.

How often do local suppliers win?
i

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 the winner is registered in the region where that contract was delivered.

A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.

Last 36 months.

Market: CPV 6371 · UK-wide, n=14
50%

Across this market, 50% of winners were registered in the delivery region.

How long to a decision?
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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.

Last 36 months.

Market: CPV 6371 · UK-wide, n=8
67 days

Half of these awards were announced within 67 days of the bid deadline.

How often single-bid or direct?
i

How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.

Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.

The market share is a minimum: some awards have no bid count.

Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.

Last 36 months.

Market: CPV 6371 · UK-wide, n=8
25%

Across this market, at least 25% of awarded procurements had no recorded rival.

How many bids did past lots attract?

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How many bids past lots received.

Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.

Past bids do not predict this tender.

Last 36 months.

The market12 lots with bid counts · CPV 6371 · UK-wide
0% had one bid
Market · select a colour for counts
1 bid0%
Market: 0 of 12 lots with published bid counts.
2–38%
Market: 1 of 12 lots with published bid counts.
4–617%
Market: 2 of 12 lots with published bid counts.
7+75%
Market: 9 of 12 lots with published bid counts.

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.

On a framework or DPS, prices are agreed when work is called off.

Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.

Last 36 months.

Not comparable on a framework or DPS. The notice sets up a supplier panel and a ceiling value; what the work actually costs is agreed later, on each call-off or mini-competition, and those publish as contract notices of their own. The award-vs-estimate record of this market therefore sits on the call-offs; this page shows it on the contracts, not on the panel that frames them.

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Assess each lot
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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.

Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list

Lot #1CPV 637116 monthsSME suitablePublished estimate£3.3m
Expected competition
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How many bids this lot may attract.

The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.

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 12 past lots.

A forecast, not a list of bidders.

—No model forecast yet0% single-bid risk
Past bids on 12 similar lots
1 bid0%
0 of 12 similar past lots received 1 bid (0%).
2–38%
1 of 12 similar past lots received 2–3 (8%).
4–617%
2 of 12 similar past lots received 4–6 (17%).
7+75%
9 of 12 similar past lots received 7+ (75%).
Comparable past lots usually drew 11 bids.
Commercial price forecast
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Where the award price may land.

The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.

No comparable awards for this lot yet.

A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.

—Priced at call-off
On a framework or DPS the price is agreed on each call-off, so there is no award price to forecast here: the published figure is a ceiling.

Who has supplied this buyer on similar work?
i

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.

No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.

Who could compete for this lot?
i

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.
  • Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
  • Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
  • Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.

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
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
16 Jul 2026, 14:09 BST
Last source update
31 Jul 2026, 15:08 BST
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-072810
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Traffic control services
Delivery area
North West (UKD6)Wales (UKL)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06ccf9 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Appointment period ends
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Timeline

16 Jul 2026 → 1 Dec 2026 · 5 dates
  1. Planning notice published97 days ago
    16 Jul 2026, 14:09 BST
  2. Latest notice published82 days ago
    31 Jul 2026, 15:08 BST
  3. Market engagement67 days ago
    14 Aug 2026, 23:59 BST

    Direct contact with individual organisations, to ascertain capability and capacity of the market.

    Please follow the link below to register your interest in this opportunity:

    forms.cloud.microsoft/e/86rQUDK9Ln ↗

  4. Tender notice expected41 days ago
    9 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST
  5. Today
    21 Oct 2026
  6. Contract startsin 41 days
    1 Dec 2026

Notice history

2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 16 Jul 2026
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    16 Jul 2026, 14:09 BST
    UK2
  2. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    31 Jul 2026, 15:08 BST
    UK2
Published amendments (1)

Update description

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 notice

Hafren Dyfrdwy Cyfyngedig (Severn Dee Ltd)

Contracting authorityPrivate utilityWelsh devolved regulations apply GB-COH: 03527628 Packsaddle Wrexham Road, Wrexham, Wales, LL14 4EHContact email

Consortium members and other public bodies

  • Severn Trent Water LimitedContracting authorityPrivate utilityGB-COH: 02366686 Coventry, West MidlandsContact email

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure