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North-South Wales Coach Operator Service (Bangor - Carmarthen)

Transport for Wales (TfW)

Wales

Key details

Contracting authority

Transport for Wales (TfW)

Public authority - sub-central government

Region

Pontypridd

Delivery: Wales, United Kingdom

Contract value

£10,400,000ex VAT

Deadline

3 August 2026

Published

9 September 2026

Procurement

Contract period

25 October 2026 - 24 October 2027

1 year

Possible extension to 24 October 2030 · 3 years, 11 months in total

Extension terms: Initial term of one (1) year, with the option to extend for three (3) x further periods of up to one (1) year, at TfW's sole discretion.

Procedure type

Competitive flexible procedure

What happened

Transport for Wales (TfW) awarded this contract to Arriva Cymru Ltd worth £14,759,631 on 25 Aug 2026. The contract runs until 24 Oct 2027.

How to engage

The purpose of this Preliminary Market Engagement (PME) Notice is to test market appetite, operator capability, and understand route optimisation and feasibility. To register your interest in this Preliminary Market Engagement, please follow the link below (or copy and paste into your browser) and complete the Microsoft Form by 17:00 on Monday 8th June 2026: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=JNDchxkwJkiZVrp2sqBP9GQHxZZpmRBEpZb6y9KNSQVUQzNRN0FSMDY2MUhSN05XRFdEOU1MNDRJVC4u TfW may wish to engage further with interested operators, but this is not guaranteed, depending on timescales. For any queries or issues, please contact: [email protected]

Awarded supplier

Supplier

Arriva Cymru Ltd

Award value

£14,759,631

Award date

25 August 2026

Contact

Address

3 Llys Cadwyn, Pontypridd, CF37 4TH

Website

https://tfw.wales

Contact name

TfW Procurement

[email protected]

Identifiers

Buyer reference

C001366.00

Notice ID

085476-2026

OCID

ocds-h6vhtk-069f20

Companies House

09476013

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