RFP QuestBeta
ClosedStage · tender

Translink

P-3266 Provision of Vehicle Inspection Services

Engineering & ArchitectureCPV 71631200
ValueValue not published
Deadline23 Oct 2025
Published7 Oct 2025
RegionNationwide

No value: the buyer is not paying for this — the notice is flagged a concession, so the money runs the other way.

Timeline
Published 7 Oct 2025ClosedCloses 23 Oct 2025
Who to contact
neil.bowers@translink.co.uk

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

How to submit
Open the submissions portal

The submission route named on the official notice.

When this comes round again

Translink publishes Engineering & Architecture work continuously — 13 notices, roughly one every 85 days. This is a stream to watch, not a cycle to wait for.

36% of Translink’s awards go to a supplier it has used before.

Which is the argument for getting on the list rather than winning this one. The incumbent is rarely the last winner — it is the roster. See the retention odds by category →


You'll hear when Translink publishes Engineering & Architecture work again. One email per notice, unsubscribe in one click. We don’t use your address for anything else.

Match for your company
Sign up free to see how well this tender matches your company — the score, the signals that align, and where the gaps are.
The brief

Translink has a requirement for the Provision of Vehicle Inspection Services. • Carry out independent vehicle condition inspections on a sample of the bus fleet (circa of 100 vehicles) and provide an assessment of the efficacy of the in-house audit function on the basis of same.

The sample will include single deck, double deck, and coach type vehicles. • The vehicle condition inspectors shall be experienced vehicle examiners, with experience of carrying out condition inspection audits of buses and familiarity with the Driver and Vehicle Agency (DVA) Northern Ireland standards or The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) standards

Requirements

What the notice asks for

01

Carry out independent vehicle condition inspections on

Carry out independent vehicle condition inspections on a sample of the bus fleet (circa of 100 vehicles) and provide an assessment of the efficacy of the in-house audit function on the basis of same.

02

The vehicle condition inspectors shall be experienced

The vehicle condition inspectors shall be experienced vehicle examiners, with experience of carrying out condition inspection audits of buses and familiarity with the Driver and Vehicle Agency (DVA) Northern Ireland standards or The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) standards.

Sentences from the notice that state an obligation, surfaced automatically and shown in the order they appear. Not an exhaustive list — always confirm against the tender documents.

The gates

What this notice demands of you

1 named in obligation language, 0 mentioned. Each one is quoted from the notice.

DVSAsays mustRegulator registrations
The vehicle condition inspectors shall be experienced vehicle examiners, with experience of carrying out condition inspection audits of buses and familiarity with the Driver and Vehicle Agency (DVA) Northern Ireland standards or The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) standards

Matched against the notice text, so this is a floor — the tender pack will demand things the notice never mentions. “Says must” means the quoted sentence itself used obligation language; anything ambiguous is left as a mention.

Buyer intelligence

Make the case to bid

Reveal who to approach at Translink, and generate a go-to-market strategy from their news, accounts and people.

Sign up free to unlock buyer intelligence

Free to start. Named contacts come from published notices; the strategy is generated from the buyer’s news, accounts and people.

Deep dive · beta

The full intelligence dossier

Our agent reads Translink’s accounts, hunts live signals, finds the people who decide — and hands you a bid strategy plus a go-to-market influence plan, including what your team should post this week. You approve every paid step.

Sign up free to run a deep dive

Five included while we’re in beta, and the agent asks before it spends on any paid step.

Source & provenance
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05a932
Stage
tender · Open
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
062715-2025
View the original notice on Find a Tender

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source data © Crown copyright.

Market context

Who wins this kind of work

The suppliers and buyers around this opportunity — drawn from official award data. Drag to orbit; click a node to explore.

Top suppliers & buyers in Engineering & Architecture

This view needs WebGL, which this browser has turned off.

Translink’s tender network

This view needs WebGL, which this browser has turned off.
Also open now

Similar open tenders

Provision of EA, QS and CDM Consultant Services for Crossways Close and Parkhurst Fields, Churt

Waverley Borough Council

Closes 8 Oct 2026Engineering & Architecture
Value not publishedValue

The Provision of Town Planner Services for the New Frimley Park Hospital and the Retained Estate at Frimley Park

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust

Closes 7 Oct 2026Engineering & Architecture
£221,000Value