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Transport for Wales Rail Limited (Utility Buyer)

Rail Replacement Service - Bus and Coach Operators

Historical · AwardedNo open deadline

Historical: no longer open for bids.

01/ The notice

Key facts

Value
Not statedValue not stated in source
Deadline (UK time)
No open deadlineA deadline does not apply to this historical notice.
Published
10 Aug 2026
Region
Not stated

02/ The brief

What the notice says

Not fully read: this is the notice text; attached documents are not read.

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.

This means that all pre-planned and emergency rail replacement services currently provided by coach and bus operators through an aggregator agreement, will be contracted for as services, directly by TfWRL.

This procurement also includes the requirement for adhoc travel services to be commissioned via this framework as they arise.

Based upon 24/25 Financial year data, approximately 6,000 emergency duties and 21,000 planned duties were delivered by circa 135 different operators.

It is currently intended the Open Framework will run for the maximum 8 year term.

03/ Classification

CPV codes

Common Procurement Vocabulary codes, exactly as the notice lists them. No descriptions are added here.

  • 60112000
  • 60130000
  • 60140000
  • 60170000

04/ History

Releases of this notice

4 releases held, oldest first. Dates are UK time.

  1. 9 Jan 2026
    Planning notice

    Planning notice published 9 January 2026.

    Release 002064-2026

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  2. 27 Apr 2026
    Tender notice

    Tender notice published 27 April 2026. The notice text changed; the source gives no change note.

    Deadline in this release: Wed 27 May 2026, 12:00 BST.

    Release 038244-2026

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  3. 22 May 2026
    Tender notice update

    Tender notice update published 22 May 2026. Stated change: Extension of dates for bidders to submit clarification questions and tender closing date for submission of bids. New closing date for tender queries is 23:45 01/06/26. New closing date for tender responses is 12:00 10/06/26.

    Deadline in this release: Wed 10 Jun 2026, 12:00 BST.

    Release 048289-2026

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  4. 10 Aug 2026
    Notice

    Notice published 10 August 2026. The notice text changed; the source gives no change note.

    Release 075598-2026

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05/ Limits

What the source does not tell us

  • The source does not state a usable value.

06/ Questions

About this notice

Transport for Wales Rail Limited (Utility Buyer) published this notice.

Value not stated in source.

07/ Tender hubs

More Wales tenders like this

This notice is closed and kept here as a record. These pages list the live notices in the same subject, buyer or place. Chosen by the notice’s current recorded classification or a fixed rule on its title, buyer and region.

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08/ Related

Where to go next

These links follow a fixed rule applied to this notice’s buyer, text and CPV codes. They are not advice on whether to bid.

Reference
ocds-h6vhtk-060348
Source
Find a Tender
Stage
award · Awarded
Framework
Yes, as recorded by the source
Last verified
Mon 17 Aug 2026, 08:14 BST
Read at
Thu 29 Oct 2026, 06:58 GMT

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