DFT Operator Limited 'DFTO': Contract Register & Procurement Profile
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Tenders you can still bid for.
Notices at tender stage whose deadline has not passed, counted the way the search counts them: a notice shows under every code and region it names.
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Notices published in the last 12 months.
Counted per tender, not per lot, against the 12 months before where shown.
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How much of this buyer’s work goes to its three most frequent suppliers.
Share of its awarded tenders that name at least one of the top three. Each tender is counted once.
42 awarded tenders, 43 different suppliers.
Describes the record. It is not a sign of favouritism.
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Contracts that finish in the next 18 months.
Contracts ending in that window by the published end date or, where only a duration is published, an estimate from signature plus duration (marked). Neither, not counted.
An end date does not confirm a new procurement.
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How much this buyer has awarded recently, by published values.
Sum of published VAT-exclusive awards to single suppliers, last 24 months. Left out: concession revenue, framework ceilings, repeated notices, equal-value duplicates.
Published values, not actual spend. The biggest rows are listed so you can check.
Open notices
1 live · deadline in the future or not published · as of page build
| Notice | Deadline | Days left | Published value |
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| DFTO Ground Transportation | 31 May 2034 | 2775d | — |
What they buyi
What kind of work is bought here.
Notices by procurement category (CPV). A notice with several categories counts in each.
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What kind of work is bought here.
Notices by procurement category (CPV). A notice with several categories counts in each.
Last 24 months · CPV divisions on published procedures · a notice with several divisions counts in each
79 Business services: law, marketing, consulting11 procedures · 24%72 IT services: consulting, software, internet7 procedures · 15%48 Software package and information systems4 procedures · 9%34 Transport equipment and products3 procedures · 7% · 1 open66 Financial and insurance services3 procedures · 7%60 Transport services (except waste transport)2 procedures · 4% · 1 open63 Supporting and auxiliary transport; travel2 procedures · 4%22 Printed matter and related products1 procedures · 2%How they buyi
How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
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How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
Last 24 months · 46 notices · commercial tool and route as published on the notice, not a legal-regime claim
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How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
Contract96%(44 notices)
44 of 46 notices are Contract (96%).Dynamic purchasing system2%(1 notices)
1 of 46 notices are Dynamic purchasing system (2%).Framework2%(1 notices)
1 of 46 notices are Framework (2%).
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Which procedures buyers here use.
Notices by the procedure they declare: open, selective, limited or direct. Open and selective are competitions; limited and direct are not.
Limited / restricted54%(25 notices)
25 of 46 notices are Limited / restricted (54%).Route not published28%(13 notices)
13 of 46 notices are Route not published (28%).Direct award9%(4 notices)
4 of 46 notices are Direct award (9%).Open4%(2 notices)
2 of 46 notices are Open (4%).Selective4%(2 notices)
2 of 46 notices are Selective (4%).
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How often this buyer changes a notice after publishing it.
Middle number of amendments per notice. Deadline extensions and corrections both count.
Based on 46 notices across all categories, last 24 months.
Who wins herei
Which suppliers win the most here.
Suppliers ranked by the number of tenders won, not by money. A supplier on one big framework with many call-offs does not outrank one that won many separate competitions.
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Which suppliers win the most here.
Suppliers ranked by the number of tenders won, not by money. A supplier on one big framework with many call-offs does not outrank one that won many separate competitions.
All published awards naming a supplier · ranked by distinct procedures, not pounds · panel and call-off entries inflate award records
| Supplier | Procedures | Share | Last 24m | Award records | Last activity |
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| Baringa Partners | 3 | 7.1% | 3 | 3 | — |
| VA Rail Limited | 2 | 4.8% | 2 | 2 | — |
| Alchester HR Consulting Ltd | 2 | 4.8% | 2 | 2 | — |
| Panthea Leadership Ltd. | 2 | 4.8% | 2 | 2 | — |
| Addleshaw Goddard LLP | 2 | 4.8% | 2 | 2 | — |
| PA CONSULTING SERVICES LTD | 2 | 4.8% | 2 | 2 | — |
| TRANSPORT UK LONDON BUS LIMITED | 1 | 2.4% | 1 | 2 | 3 Jul 2026 |
| CMAC Group UK Ltd | 1 | 2.4% | 1 | 2 | 3 Jul 2026 |
The three most frequent suppliers are named on 17% of 42 awarded procedures (each procedure counted once, so a panel shared by several of them is not double-counted); 43 distinct suppliers hold at least one. Descriptive concentration of published awards, not a statement of preference.
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How much this buyer has awarded recently, by published values.
Sum of published VAT-exclusive awards to single suppliers, last 24 months. Left out: concession revenue, framework ceilings, repeated notices, equal-value duplicates.
Published values, not actual spend. The biggest rows are listed so you can check.
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The middle published award value for this buyer.
Middle value of the same awards as the total above.
Largest published awards iThe biggest published awards. Awards to a single supplier with a published value, largest first, so you can check the totals against the notice. A repeated framework total can appear here. Open the notice to check. | Supplier | Awarded | Term | Published value |
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| Provision of Recruitment Services | Alexander Mann Solutions Ltd | — | — | £100,000,000 † |
| Provision of Legal Advisers for the Public Ownership Programme | Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP | — | — | £3,650,000 † |
| Rail Network Customer Interfaces Merger: Structure, Purpose & Principles | M&C Saatchi (UK) Ltd | — | — | £3,000,000 † |
| Provision of Travel Management Services | TravelPerk UK IRL Limited | — | — | £2,000,000 † |
| Provision of Insurance Brokerage Services | Willis Limited | — | — | £1,400,000 † |
Contracts endingi
Contracts that finish in the next 18 months.
Contracts ending in that window by the published end date or, where only a duration is published, an estimate from signature plus duration (marked). Neither, not counted.
An end date does not confirm a new procurement.
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Contracts that finish in the next 18 months.
Contracts ending in that window by the published end date or, where only a duration is published, an estimate from signature plus duration (marked). Neither, not counted.
An end date does not confirm a new procurement.
21 of 41 contracts carry an end date · not a retender forecast
| Contract | Holder | Ends | Published value |
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| Procurement Consultancy Support | Ad Astra Consultants Ltd | 31 Dec 2026 | £95,000 |
| Provision of Political Monitoring Services | POLICYMOGUL LIMITED | 2 Mar 2027 | £101,876 |
| Procurement Legal Support | DLA Piper | 6 Mar 2027 | £100,000 |
| Supply Chain Consultancy Services | Selva Consulting Ltd | 4 Apr 2027 | £95,000 |
| Executive Team Coaching | Panthea Leadership Ltd. | 1 Jun 2027 | £84,000 |
| Strategic Safety Management Programme (SSMP) Training | Arthur D Little Ltd | 15 Jun 2027 | £100,000 |
| IT Architecture Services for DFTO | PA CONSULTING SERVICES LTD | 29 Jun 2027 | £175,000 |
| Cyber strategy and roadmap consultancy support | Marlborough Consulting LLP | 23 Aug 2027 | £30,000 |
| TOC Remco Chair Services | Alchester HR Consulting Ltd | 1 Oct 2027 | £30,000 |
Recent procedures
Latest 47 of 46 procedures where this authority buys, is the authority the work is for, or runs the procurement
| Procedure | Status | Published | Published value |
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| Customer Engagement and Relationship ManagementDatabase and operating software package | Planning | 22 Oct 2026 | — |
| GBR Smart Wi-Fi Programme Management & Delivery Portfolio SupportProject-management services other than for construction work | Awarded / complete | 19 Oct 2026 | — |
| Rolling Stock and Infrastructure Strategy Strategic AdvisoryGeneral management consultancy services | Awarded / complete | 19 Oct 2026 | — |
| Rolling Stock and Infrastructure Strategy Technical AdvisoryGeneral management consultancy services | Awarded / complete | 19 Oct 2026 | — |
| Executive Team Coaching | Awarded / complete | 16 Oct 2026 | — |
| DTx Case Management SoftwareIT services: consulting | Awarded / complete | 30 Sept 2026 | — |
| The provision of supply chain consultancy support | Awarded / complete | 30 Sept 2026 | — |
| Rolling Stock and Infrastructure Strategy Financial AdvisoryFinancial consultancy services | Awarded / complete | 28 Sept 2026 | — |
| Provision of Legal Advisers for In-life OperatorLegal advisory services | Awarded / complete | 28 Sept 2026 | — |
| IT Cost VisualisationInformation systems or technology strategic review and planning services | Awarded / complete | 22 Sept 2026 | — |
| Provision of Legal Advisers for the Public Ownership ProgrammeLegal services | Awarded / complete | 27 Aug 2026 | — |
| TOC Remco Chair Services | Awarded / complete | 25 Aug 2026 | — |
| Cyber strategy and roadmap consultancy support | Awarded / complete | 24 Aug 2026 | — |
| PME Notice for 46902 Supply and Service of HosesHoses | Planning | 18 Aug 2026 | £17,000,000 |
| Provision of Claims Handling and Related ServicesFinancial and insurance services | Awarded / complete | 17 Aug 2026 | — |
| Procurement Consultancy Support | Awarded / complete | 14 Jul 2026 | — |
| Provision of Insurance Brokerage ServicesInsurance brokerage services | Awarded / complete | 14 Jul 2026 | — |
| Rail Network Customer Interfaces Merger: Structure, Purpose & PrinciplesAdvertising and marketing services | Awarded / complete | 10 Jul 2026 | — |
| GTR Resilience Plan | Awarded / complete | 9 Jul 2026 | — |
| DFTO Support for GBR Digital narrative and capabilityProject management consultancy services | Awarded / complete | 9 Jul 2026 | — |
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.
- One profile per authority. Different spellings and registration numbers of the same body are merged into this profile. It includes tenders the authority ran for other bodies and tenders run on its behalf; spend is credited to the body that pays.
- Values are published values. Award values are what the authority published, excluding VAT and framework ceilings. They are not a budget or total spend.
- Contract end dates. 21 of 41 published contracts have an end date; 0 of those are estimated as the signature (or publication) date plus the published duration and are marked “estimated”. They feed “Contracts ending”, the same rule as the retender radar.
- 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.