Open competition
Open procedure: the contract was advertised and any supplier could submit a bid.
Key facts
- Buyer
- Transport for Wales · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Ricardo Rail Ltd
- Value
- £348,570
- Procedure
- Open procedure
- Sector
- Architecture & engineering · Civil engineering consultancy services (CPV 71311000)
- Region
- Wales
- Official notice
- 027798-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date26 Jun 2025
- Published26 Mar 2026Published 273 days after the contract date
Description
The scope of this contract is to provide independent assessment and verification services for the Cardiff Central Enhancements Programme (CCEP). The CCEP project scope can be found in Annex 1. The project is managed and delivered by TfW, which is a company set up by Welsh Government to manage the transport infrastructure on behalf of the Welsh Government. In the context of this project, TfW is a third-party developer on Network Rail infrastructure. The project is governed through the TfW ‘Plan of Works’ (PoW) project lifecycle, which aligns with the Network Rail Project Acceleration in a Controlled Environment (PACE) project lifecycle as shown below: TfW Plan of Work (PoW) Stage A – Develop Output Requirements and Options Stage B – Options Development and Selection Stage C – Preliminary Design Stage D – Statutory Process Stage E – Detailed Design Stage F – Construct, Commission and Handover Stage G - Closeout Network Rail PACE Phase 1 – Strategic Development & Project Selection ES1 Ph…
About the supplier
Ricardo Rail Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 03226319).