Official UK procurement notice
Educational Season Tickets - Rail
Authority: Transport for Wales Rail Limited (Utility Buyer) (Public body)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionEducational Season Ticket Solution
CPV: Industry specific software package · Sale of travel tickets and package tours services · Tickets · Transport tickets
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedProcedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Past planning notice
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- 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
- 15 Apr 2025, 16:35 BST
- Last source update
- 23 May 2025, 09:25 BST
- Authority reference
TFW0884.00- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-025555- Latest notice
- Pipeline notice (UK1)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-050382Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
15 Apr 2025 → 1 Jan 2027 · 5 dates- Planning notice published15 Apr 2025, 16:35 BST
- Latest notice published23 May 2025, 09:25 BST
- Market engagement30 May 2025, 23:59 BST
- The Authority is seeking to engage with the market to obtain information to inform various aspects of the requirement in terms of 1) potential routes to market e.g. use of an existing framework or run an independent competitive flexible competition. 2) Areas of the scope TfW may not have considered and potential solutions for delivery. 3) Understand any regulatory standards. 4) Obtain information of any specific contract terms TfW need to consider and that which would support industry suppliers in successful delivery. 5) Aid in risk identification with the procurement/ solution provision. 6) Timescales for delivery. 7) Indicative budget costs to support development of the Business Case.
The Authority will hold an online market engagement session via Microsoft Teams on on the 6th June starting at 10:30am and concluding at 12:00pm. The Authority will deliver a presentation, answer questions and request feedback via a questionnaire. To register your interest in taking part, please email supplychain@tfw.wales by 30th May 2025.
The Authority may hold further 1-to-1 sessions with suppliers, requesting demonstrations or issue further questionnaires, dependant upon the volume of responses.
- Tender notice expected1 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST
- Today28 Oct 2026
- Contract startsin 64 days1 Jan 2027
Notice history
6 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 15 Apr 2025- Preliminary market engagement notice published15 Apr 2025, 16:35 BSTUK2
- Preliminary market engagement notice published6 May 2025, 16:30 BSTUK2
- Published value updated to £750,0006 May 2025, 16:30 BSTwas £2,000,000
- Pipeline notice published23 May 2025, 09:25 BSTUK1
- Published value updated to £2,000,00023 May 2025, 09:25 BSTwas £750,000
- Status changed to planned23 May 2025, 09:25 BST
Published amendments (1)
Additional information has been provided on the details of the engagement process. The value of the opportunity has been amended. The contract start date has been changed from the 01/01/27 to the 01/01/26. The due date for the market engagement period to end is estimated as the end of July 25. The initial supplier engagement date is the 6th June 25.
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 WalesContracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central governmentWelsh devolved regulations apply
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Pipeline notice Pipeline notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender