Quick answer — TRANSPORT FOR WALES RAIL LTDLast refreshed 04 Jul 2025

At a glance

TRANSPORT FOR WALES RAIL LTD has awarded £2.7m across 2 suppliers, with 6 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 93% · 5 open notices now · 0 awards in last 90 d (£0) · SME share 100% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 0 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration93%
Modifications · 90 d0
SME spend share100%
Pipeline · open now5
Awards · 90 d0

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

TRANSPORT FOR WALES RAIL LTD is a contracting authority, based in UKL15. Tracks 50 published notices and 2 awards on PublicSupply.

50
Notices published
2
Awards
2
Suppliers engaged
2025
First award on file

Spend profile

Award value by month — rolling 24 months. Line shows 12-month moving average.

£195k
12 m spend
£0
Prior 12 m
YoY change
£2.6m
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
TRANSPORT FOR WALES RAIL LTD — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0m£0m£1m£1m£1mJulOctJanAprJulOctJanApr

Contract pipeline

Forward flow — planned notices through to completed awards in the last 90 days.

Planned

37

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

5

Live tenders

Awarded (90d)

0

£0

Frameworks open

0

Framework / DPS routes

Procurement mix

How this buyer procures — by procedure, instrument, and publication source.

Contract type

services30 · £168.3m
goods12 · £45.1m
works2 · £5.1m
Unspecified6 · £2.7m

Instrument type

contract50 · £221.3m
Source:Find a Tender: 50

Awarded contracts · 6 live

All contracts with a published award notice where TRANSPORT FOR WALES RAIL LTD is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
Security Services79710000£5.0mest.planned
Crowd Management Services79710000£4.0mest.planned
Taxi Booking Management Service (Taxi Aggregator)60120000£17.4mest.active
TFW0983.00 - Return to Base (RtB) Cycle Hirecomplete
Taxi Booking Management Service (Taxi Aggregator)60120000£17.4mest.planned
MK4 OH2 (Overhaul 2) VMI (Vehicle Maintenance Instructions) Work and Bogie Overhaul50222000£15.0mest.planning
TFW0983.00 - Return to Base (RtB) Cycle Hire60000000£400kest.active
Mk4 OH2 Minus and Corrosion Repaircomplete
Car Park Management98351000£1.0mest.planned
Car Park Management98351000£1.0mest.planned
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Top suppliers · by total award value

Ranked by cumulative awarded value. YoY = last 12 months vs prior 12 months.

1
IL
1 contract · SME
£2.6m
93% of total
2
EL
1 contract · SME · 04 Jul
£195k
7% of total
New

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Transport services
4 contracts
£75.2m
36%
Repair & maintenance
10 contracts
£49.4m
24%
Business, legal, advisory
5 contracts
£18.9m
9%
Transport equipment, vehicles
4 contracts
£18.1m
9%
Petroleum, fuel, energy
3 contracts
£18.0m
9%
Office equipment, IT
3 contracts
£14.9m
7%
Sewage, waste, environment
3 contracts
£7.5m
4%
Construction works
2 contracts
£5.1m
2%

Activity heatmap

Award volume by CPV division × month. Darker = more £ awarded.

Jul
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Transport services
Repair & maintenance
Business, legal, advisory
Transport equipment, vehicles
Petroleum, fuel, energy
Office equipment, IT
LessMore (£m awarded)

Commercial & procurement leadership

Who signs off contracts, owns frameworks and runs SME engagement.

Coming Q3 2026

Curated leadership roster

Chief commercial officer, framework owners, SME lead and clinical sign-offs per buyer. Top-50 contracting authorities first, rolling out by sector.

Modifications · 0 in 90 d

Variations logged under Procurement Act 2023 s.74. Above-tolerance modifications attract a flag.

Total mods
0
Above tolerance
0
Total value
£0
Novations
0

No modifications recorded in the last 90 days.

TRANSPORT FOR WALES RAIL LTD has not filed a modification notice in the selected window.

Compliance & transparency

FOIA performance, statutory disclosures & prompt payment.

Coming Q4 2026

FOIA & prompt-payment ingestion

Notice timeliness and modification flags are derivable today. FOIA refusal rate, prompt-payment %, KPI reporting and net-zero plans need new data sources — work scoped, ingestion next quarter.

SME & social value

Performance against Cabinet Office targets & PPN 06/20.

100%
SME supplier share
target 33%
2
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
2
Distinct suppliers

Peer benchmark

vs other buyers in the same type. Highlighted row = this buyer.

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News mentions

Major UK press & trade publications.

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Statutory & accountability

Legal status, identifiers & accountable officers.

Identifiers & contact

Type
Contracting authority
Region
UKL15
Companies House
12619906
Contact
TfWRL Procurement
Email
Procurement.Help@tfwrail.wales

Board & accountable officers

Coming Q3 2026

Accountable officer + board roster

Pulled from gov.uk for arm's-length bodies and from Companies House for company-form buyers — chair, CEO, SRO and sign-off authority per contract band.

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