Official UK procurement notice
Transport for Wales and Transport for Wales Rail – Public Transport Summit 2027
Authority: Transport for Wales (Public body)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionTransport for Wales and Transport for Wales Rail is seeking expressions of interest from organisations wishing to participate in the Public Transport Summit 2027 at Swansea Arena on 16–17 June 2027.
Opportunities include sponsorship, exhibition space, innovation participation and attendance.
This is a market engagement exercise only and not a procurement or call for competition.
- Overview
Transport for Wales (TfW) is undertaking a market engagement exercise to invite expressions of interest from organisations wishing to participate in the TfW Public Transport Summit 2027
Taking place on: Date: 16–17 June 2027
Venue: Swansea Arena
This notice is issued to ensure an open, fair and transparent approach to engaging the transport market and wider stakeholders. This is not a procurement exercise and does not constitute a call for competition. It is a pre-market engagement activity only, intended to inform event planning and gauge interest in participation.
- Background
Following the success of the inaugural Public Transport Summit held in Wrexham, Transport for Wales is pleased to confirm that the Summit will return in June 2027.
The Summit will bring together transport leaders, policymakers, industry experts, and stakeholders to engage in strategic discussions on the future of public transport across Wales and the Borders.
The event will focus on:
- Connecting ideas
- Moving people and communities
- Shaping the future of public transport
Transport for Wales is continuing to transform public transport services and infrastructure. The Summit provides a platform to build on this momentum and support future investment, integration and innovation across the network.
- Purpose of the Summit
The Summit will provide an opportunity for the public, private and third sectors to:
- Collaborate on the future of transport in Wales and the Borders
- Share strategic visions and priorities
- Support integrated transport development
- Drive wider economic and social impact for communities
The event will include:
- Themed panel discussions
- Keynote speeches
- Workshops
- Exhibition and innovation space
- Networking opportunities
- Summit Themes
The 2027 Summit will focus on the following key themes:
- Connectivity – Building economic and social impact through connectivity
- Integration – Bus franchising
- Future Investment
- Safety, accessibility and inclusion
- Sustainability and innovation.
Opportunities for Participation
TfW is seeking expressions of interest across the following participation and sponsorship categories:
Sponsorship Categories
- Headline Partner – 1 partner (~£40k–50k)
- Official Partners – 5 partners (~£20k–25k each), aligned to Summit themes
- Official Exhibitors – c.12 organisations (~£7.5k each)
- Official Supporters – c.10 organisations (~£3k–5k each)
- Innovation Lab Participants – c.12 organisations (~£1.5k–2k each)
- VIP Dinner Sponsor – 1 partner (~£10k–15k)
- Welcome Drinks Sponsor – 1 partner (~£5k)
- Ticket Only Attendance – 2 days (~£300 Private Sector £240 Public Sector)
VCSE Participation
Transport for Wales is committed to inclusive participation and intends to offer:
- An allocated amount of free tickets for VCSE (Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise) organisations to attend
Organisations requesting a free place must:
- Confirm their VCSE status as part of their response
CPV: Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services · Construction work · Research and development services and related consultancy services · Supporting and auxiliary transport services; travel agencies services · Telecommunications equipment and supplies · Telecommunications network · Transport equipment and auxiliary products to transportation · Transport services (excl. Waste transport)
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Planned
Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
How Transport for Wales buys Local area network (CPV 3241), and who usually turns up
Transport for Wales’s published record next to the market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are left out: they draw different bid counts. Whole-market view: Local area network (CPV 3241) →
How the contest usually goes
Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.
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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.
Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.
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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.
Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered.
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners were registered in the region where that award was delivered.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the bid deadline to the award date, on competitions that published both.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Half of these awards have an award date within 40 days of the bid deadline.
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How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.
Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.
Both shares are minimums: some awards have no bid count.
Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.
Direct awards or one recorded bid are common here. Check the route before spending time on a bid.
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.
1 bid7% / 0%
2–352% / 56%
4–628% / 33%
7+14% / 11%
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 estimate63% / 44%
Within ±2%13% / 56%
Above estimate25% / 0%
Assess each lot i
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.
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 32No real estimate
This lot lists more than one class in CPV 32. The comparison uses that group.
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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 112 past lots.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid16%
2–340%
4–627%
7+17%
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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.
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.
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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.
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.
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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.
- 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
- Below threshold
- 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
- 8 Sept 2026, 13:09 BST
- Last source update
- 8 Sept 2026, 13:09 BST
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-084867- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06f478Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
8 Sept 2026 → 1 Feb 2027 · 4 dates- Planning notice published47 days ago8 Sept 2026, 13:09 BST
- Market engagement5 days ago20 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
How to Register Interest:-
Organisations interested in participating are invited to register their interest by emailing: [email protected]
Please include the following information:
Organisation name
Contact details (name, email, phone)
Area(s) of interest:
Sponsorship (specify category)
Exhibition
Attendance only
If seeking a free VCSE ticket, confirmation of VCSE eligibility
Brief summary of your organisation's relevance to transport or the Summit themes
Please respond by 20th October 2026
Next Steps:-
Responses will be used to:
Inform event planning and capacity; Support fair and transparent allocation of sponsorship and attendance opportunities; Enable targeted follow-up with interested organisations
Submission of an expression of interest:
Does not guarantee participation
Does not create any contractual rights
Transport for Wales may contact respondents to provide further
information or discuss opportunities.
Transparency Statement:-
The publication of this notice ensures that:
The opportunity is open to the market
All interested organisations have equal opportunity to participate
- Today25 Oct 2026
- Tender notice expectedin 67 days31 Dec 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 98 days1 Feb 2027
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published8 Sept 2026, 13:09 BSTUK2
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 noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- Transport for Wales RailContracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central governmentWelsh devolved regulations apply
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender