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Published 18 Feb 2026, 13:18 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Vehicle Telematics II · UK public procurement notice

Authority: Llywodraeth Cymru / Welsh Government (Central government)

Framework agreement2 lotsGoodsOpen procedureAbove thresholdSME suitable
Planned pipeline value£6,000,000total for 2 lots · pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 18 May 2026from the planned procurement notice
Lots 2see the lot list below
Framework period 4 yrsends 28 Jul 2030 · starts 29 Jul 2026

What is being bought2 lots · detail below

Published requirement description

WGCD are looking to establish a replacement Framework Agreement for Vehicle Telematics. This Framework Agreement is for the provision of Telematics and Associated Products to the public sector in Wales. The Framework will cover a range of goods and services including Telematics Units and additional services.

CPV: Telematics system

How this framework works

From the published notice
Type
Open framework
Call-offs
call-offs may be awarded directly or by further competition
Framework period
4 yrs from 29 Jul 2026
Buyer regions
UKL
Who may buy through it

Details of the contracting authorities who are able to use this agreement will be provided within the tender documentation at point of tender.

Lots and requirements (2)Procurement structure

2 lots · no lot values published
Lot #1Telematics UnitsPlanned 4 yrsSME

Provision of a range of telematics units and associated software.

Contract period: 29 Jul 2026 – 28 Jul 2030 (4 yrs)
Delivery: WalesEligibility: SME eligible

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

Lot #2Additional ExtrasPlanned 4 yrs

A range of additional services to support the delivery of vehicle telematics systems.

Contract period: 29 Jul 2026 – 28 Jul 2030 (4 yrs)
Delivery: Wales

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

What it takes to win
i

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
  • “Vehicle Telematics II” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract: call-offs may be direct or by further competition.

Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published

How Llywodraeth Cymru / Welsh Government buys Telemetry and terminal equipment (CPV 3244), and who usually turns up

Llywodraeth Cymru / Welsh Government’s own published record, next to the published market for the same work. This notice is a framework or DPS, so only frameworks and DPS are compared. Whole-market view: Telemetry and terminal equipment (CPV 3244) →

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How the contest usually goes

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

Question for the bid
This buyerLlywodraeth Cymru / Welsh Government · all categories
What 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.

Buyer: 17 of 17 known-size awards · market: CPV 3244 · UK-wide, n=6
100%33%

Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.

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.

Buyer: 21 of 26 known-location awards · market: CPV 3244 · UK-wide, n=15
81%20%

Most of this buyer’s recorded winners are registered in Wales (Cymru).

How long to a decision?
i

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.

Buyer: 9 decided notices · market: division 32 · UK-wide, n=12
84 days55 days

Half of these awards were announced within 84 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.

Both shares are minimums: some awards have no bid count.

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

Last 36 months.

Buyer: at least 1 of 8 procurements with awards had no recorded rival · market: division 32 · UK-wide, n=24
13%38%

Missing bid counts may hide more single-bid awards. This share is a minimum.

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.

This buyer38 lots with bid counts · all categories
13% had one bid
The market6 lots with bid counts · CPV 3244 · UK-wide
0% had one bid
Buyer / market · select a colour for counts
1 bid13% / 0%
Buyer: 5 of 38 lots with published bid counts. Market: 0 of 6 lots with published bid counts.
2–332% / 33%
Buyer: 12 of 38 lots with published bid counts. Market: 2 of 6 lots with published bid counts.
4–632% / 33%
Buyer: 12 of 38 lots with published bid counts. Market: 2 of 6 lots with published bid counts.
7+24% / 33%
Buyer: 9 of 38 lots with published bid counts. Market: 2 of 6 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 #1Telematics UnitsCPV 3244130048 monthsSME suitableEstimate not published
Expected competition
i

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 56 past lots.

A forecast, not a list of bidders.

—No model forecast yet7% chance of a single bid
Past bids on 56 similar lots
1 bid7%
4 of 56 similar past lots received 1 bid (7%).
2–316%
9 of 56 similar past lots received 2–3 (16%).
4–629%
16 of 56 similar past lots received 4–6 (29%).
7+48%
27 of 56 similar past lots received 7+ (48%).
Comparable past lots usually drew 5.5 bids.
Commercial price forecast
i

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.

Lot #2Additional ExtrasCPV 3244130048 monthsEstimate not published
Expected competition
i

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 56 past lots.

A forecast, not a list of bidders.

—No model forecast yet7% chance of a single bid
Past bids on 56 similar lots
1 bid7%
4 of 56 similar past lots received 1 bid (7%).
2–316%
9 of 56 similar past lots received 2–3 (16%).
4–629%
16 of 56 similar past lots received 4–6 (29%).
7+48%
27 of 56 similar past lots received 7+ (48%).
Comparable past lots usually drew 5.5 bids.
Commercial price forecast
i

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
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Goods
Notice status
Planned procurement
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Framework agreement
Who may use this agreement
Details of the contracting authorities who are able to use this agreement will be provided within the tender documentation at point of tender.
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA, CPTPP)
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
18 Feb 2026, 13:18 GMT
Last source update
23 Feb 2026, 16:42 GMT
Award evaluation window
Submission end – 17 Jul 2026
Authority reference
C402/2025/2026
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-016236
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Telematics system
Delivery area
Wales (UKL)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-065713 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Appointment period ends
15 Jun 2026, 00:00 BST
Clarification deadline
8 Jun 2026, 00:00 BST
Electronic submission
Allowed
Accepted languages
en, cy

Timeline

18 Feb 2026 → 29 Jul 2026 · 8 dates
  1. Planning notice published246 days ago
    18 Feb 2026, 13:18 GMT
  2. Latest notice published241 days ago
    23 Feb 2026, 16:42 GMT
  3. Market engagement158 days ago
    17 May 2026, 23:59 BST

    Meet the buyer event (virtually hosted) with opportunity for individual supplier meetings with the contracting authority.

    Wednesday 25th March - 10am on Microsoft Teams. Please express an interest against this notice to receive an invitation.

  4. Tender notice expected157 days ago
    18 May 2026, 23:59 BST
  5. Clarification questions by137 days ago
    8 Jun 2026, 00:00 BST
  6. Admission / appointment period ends130 days ago · period end, not a bid countdown
    15 Jun 2026, 00:00 BST
  7. Award decision expected by97 days ago
    17 Jul 2026, 23:59 BST
  8. Contract starts86 days ago
    29 Jul 2026, 00:00 BST

Notice history

2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 18 Feb 2026
  1. Planned procurement notice published
    18 Feb 2026, 13:18 GMT
    UK3
  2. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    23 Feb 2026, 16:42 GMT
    UK2

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

Llywodraeth Cymru / Welsh Government

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central governmentWelsh devolved regulations apply GB-PPON: PQYQ-3841-BHTP Gwasanaethau Caffael Corfforaethol / Corporate Procurement Services, Cardiff, Wales, CF10 3NQContact name, email

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure