Rail Replacement Service - Bus and Coach Operators- Release 2
What the buyer wrote
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 dutie…
Details
- What the buyer calls it
- Rail Replacement Service - Bus and Coach Operators- Release 2
- How they are buying
- Advertised, then negotiatedThe buyer talked terms with bidders rather than taking fixed offers.
- Type
- services
- Lots
- 3
- Framework
- Yes: joining it lets you bid for call-offs without a new tender each time
- Where
- in the East Midlands, in the East of England, in London, in the North East, in the North West, in the South East, in the South West, in Wales, in the West Midlands, in Yorkshire and The Humber
- Kind of work
- Passenger transport services, Vehicle supply and leasing
Asking a question
The buyer published a contact address on this notice. Questions close 22 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST.
Above threshold you will be asked for a PPON and a share code when you bid. Getting one takes about half an hour, once.