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Transport for Wales Rail Limited (Utility Buyer)
Rail Replacement Service - Bus and Coach Operators- Release 2
Live: the notice is at tender stage.
01/ The notice
Key facts
- Value
- £81,008,616Estimated value stated in the notice
- Deadline (UK time)
- Tue 27 Oct 2026, 12:00 GMTOpen for bids.
- Published
- 2 Oct 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 25/26 Financial year data, approximately 6,000 emergency duties and 21,000 planned duties were delivered by circa 110 different operators.
It is currently intended the Open Framework will run for the maximum 8 year term.
This procurement relates to the second opening of the Rail Replacement Services Open Framework and provides an opportunity for additional operators to apply for the framework and current operators to update their submissions. Full information of how to do so is included in the ITT pack.
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
5 releases held, oldest first. Dates are UK time.
- 16 Sep 2026Planning notice
Planning notice published 16 September 2026.
Release 087908-2026
View this release on Find a Tender (opens in a new tab) - 21 Sep 2026Planning notice update
Planning notice update published 21 September 2026. The source does not state what changed.
Release 089069-2026
View this release on Find a Tender (opens in a new tab) - 23 Sep 2026Planning notice update
Planning notice update published 23 September 2026. The source does not state what changed.
Release 089902-2026
View this release on Find a Tender (opens in a new tab) - 23 Sep 2026Planning notice
Planning notice published 23 September 2026. The source does not state what changed.
Release 089903-2026
View this release on Find a Tender (opens in a new tab) - 2 Oct 2026Tender notice
Tender notice published 2 October 2026. The notice text changed; the source gives no change note.
Deadline in this release: Tue 27 Oct 2026, 12:00 GMT.
Release 093451-2026
View this release on Find a Tender (opens in a new tab)
05/ Limits
What the source does not tell us
- None recorded for the fields above. Attached documents are not read, so this is not a full account of the tender.
06/ Questions
About this notice
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-0773c0
- Source
- Find a Tender
- Stage
- tender · Open
- Framework
- Yes, as recorded by the source
- Last verified
- Fri 9 Oct 2026, 08:14 BST
- Read at
- Thu 22 Oct 2026, 16:41 BST
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