Rail Replacement Service - Bus and Coach Operators- Release 2
Transport for Wales Rail Limited (Utility Buyer)
- Estimated value
- £81,008,616
- Excluding VAT
- Where
- 10 regions
- Buyer in Wales
- Trade
- Transport and logistics
- Public road transport services
- Documents
- On Transport for Wales’s supplier portal
- Registration may be needed
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Quick read
Worked out by Evendraft from the notice’s own data, on 24 Oct 2026. The official notice is the one to rely on.
- Time to bid
- 1 full UK working day before the closing day, Tue 27 Oct 2026 (England and Wales bank holidays left out).
- Time allowed
- The buyer allowed 25 days from publication to the closing day: shorter than the median for open transport and logistics tenders (31 days).
- Value
- £81m is above the median (£4m) of the 107 open transport and logistics tenders that state a value.
- This buyer
- 1 more open tender from Transport for Wales Rail Limited (Utility Buyer) listed here.
- Lots
- Divided into 3 lots. The documents say whether you can bid for one, several or all.
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About this tender
The summary is the start of the buyer’s own description, word for word. The full description and the documents are on the official notice.
Transport for Wales Rail (TfWRL) are in-housing the co-ordination and management of Rail Replacement Service (RRS) across Wales and Border routes operated by TfWRL within Wales and between Wales and England. Or any such route operated by TfW as may arise in future.
- Official notice
- Find a Tender, notice 093451-2026
- Buyer
- Transport for Wales Rail Limited (Utility Buyer)
- Buyer’s region
- Wales
- Where the work is
- North East England, North West England, Yorkshire and the Humber, East Midlands, West Midlands, East of England, London, South East England, South West England, Wales
- Listed on Evendraft under
- Wales (the buyer’s region: the notice says the work can be anywhere)
- Published
- 2 Oct 2026
- Tender deadline
- 27 Oct 2026, 12:00 UK time
- Questions by
- 22 Oct 2026, 23:59 UK time
- Estimated value
- £81,008,616 (excluding VAT)
- Trade
- Transport and logistics
- CPV codes
- 60112000 Public road transport services
- 60130000 Special-purpose road passenger-transport services
- 60140000 Non-scheduled passenger transport
- 60170000 Hire of passenger transport vehicles with driver
- Procedure
- Competitive flexible procedureThe buyer sets the stages; the notice and documents say what they are.
- Framework
- Yes
- Lots
- 3 lots
- Suitable for small businesses The buyer’s answer
- Yes
- Suitable for charities and social enterprises The buyer’s answer
- Yes
- Good for small firms Evendraft’s filter
- No (estimated value over £1m)Good for small firms means the buyer marked it suitable for small businesses, the estimated value is £1m or less (or not stated), it is open to new suppliers, and it is not a framework with more than 20 places. Tenders where the buyer didn't say are left out.
- Documents
- On Transport for Wales’s supplier portal
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