--- title: "Bus Franchising Network and Timetable Design Software (TfW)" ocid: "ocds-kuma6s-144771" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-kuma6s-144771" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-kuma6s-144771.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-kuma6s-144771.json" source: "Sell2Wales" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "TRANSPORT FOR WALES" published: "2024-10-02" --- # Bus Franchising Network and Timetable Design Software (TfW) Buyer: TRANSPORT FOR WALES Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-kuma6s-144771 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-kuma6s-144771) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-kuma6s-144771.json) ## Summary Transport for Wales (TfW) is planning the procurement of software for their Bus Franchising Network and Timetable Design. This procurement falls under the transport industry category and includes services specifically for designing and producing bus timetables. Located in Pontypridd, UK, the detailed procurement process is in its planning stage as of October 2024, with critical dates including the issue of the Invitation to Tender (ITT) in October 2024, the tender deadline by November/December 2024, and the contract award expected in February 2025. The contract is set to start in April 2025, ensuring a structured approach to acquiring software solutions for Transport for Wales' bus scheduling needs. This tender presents extensive growth opportunities for businesses within the software and IT services sector, especially those specialising in transport and scheduling solutions. Firms with expertise in scheduling systems, data management, and customer information systems are well-suited to compete. The scope includes standardising the scheduling process, integrating customer information, and improving workflow efficiency. Interested suppliers will have the chance to engage in pre-market activities through various means such as "Meet the Buyer" events or written feedback requests, enabling them to align with TfW's objectives of creating a comprehensive bus network management system. ## Notice TfW has an upcoming opportunity for the provision of software to support the design and timetable production for TfW bus functions. Details of the current scope of services can be found in the description section below. The purpose of this PIN notice is to alert the market to the upcoming opportunity and seek feedback on the current market capabilities in order to inform our procurement approach and scope. ### Lot Information Lot 1 Transport for Wales (Trafnidiaeth Cymru) (TfW) exists to drive forward the Welsh Government's vision of a high quality, safe, integrated, affordable and accessible transport network of which the people of Wales are proud. We are potentially seeking a technology partner to assist with the bus network development and customer information teams within TfW from design stage through to data generation for downstream systems. Our core objectives are to: - Standardise the scheduling/ timetabling system provision across TfW; - Ensure a primary system for bus is available for core TfW processes: network design, engagement, customer information, procurement, contract management, network performance, ticketing and revenue analysis and; - Improve workflows of the TfW teams to generate schedules for our programmes including Traws, Traveline Cymru, franchising, realtime systems and an upcoming multimodal digital customer system. We intend to undertake pre-market engagement with this PIN with the structure to be confirmed at a later date and Supplier will be given the full details. The structure can be via Meet the Buyer event, one-to-one sessions or written feedback request and will be open to all Suppliers that register their interest via email on SupplyChain@tfw.wales. Please note that this is only an early pre-market engagement, and no quotations or proposals will be accepted or reviewed at this stage. Notes and information from this engagement will be shared as part of the Tender Documentation pack when this opportunity is actually tendered later this year. The current anticipated timetable for the procurement is listed below: - Issue of Prior Information notice and pre-market engagement - September/October 2024 - Issue of ITT - October 2024 - Tender Deadline - November/December 2024 - Contract Award - February 2025 - Contract Start Date - April 2025 TfW is not bound by the above dates, and they may be subject to change. The aim of our PIN is to develop our workflow requirements and understand the market capability to supply core functionality at key points in the network development and customer information journey, including post-award activities in network performance and change management. This may include: - Design process and information available to users, - Mapping and timetable capability for both fixed and demand responsive services, - Scheduling options for diesel and alternative power vehicles, - Understand the user experience and file management process, - Utilising data to provide accurate schedules - Reporting capabilities - Data management - import and export functionality, including the publication of customer facing datasets - Scope to manage contract information and monitor performance of services ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Sell2Wales | | Latest notice | https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/search_switch.aspx?ID=144771 | | Notice type | OJEU - F1 - Prior Information Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Goods | | Procurement method | Not Specified | | Procurement method details | Not specified | | Tender suitability | Not specified | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Planning | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 2 Oct 2024 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 7 Apr 2025 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | Not specified | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | Not specified | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Planned | | Lots status | Planned | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | TRANSPORT FOR WALES | | Locality | PONTYPRIDD | | Post town | Cardiff | | Postcode | CF37 4TH | | Country | Wales | | ITL 1 | TLL Wales | | ITL 2 | TLL5 South East Wales | | ITL 3 | TLL51 Central Valleys and Bridgend | | Local authority | Rhondda Cynon Taf | | Electoral ward | Pontypridd Town | | Westminster constituency | Pontypridd | | Delivery location | Not specified | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 48 - Software package and information systems - 72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support ### Codes - 48000000 - Software package and information systems - 48300000 - Document creation, drawing, imaging, scheduling and productivity software package - 48332000 - Scheduling software package - 48333000 - Contact management software package - 48800000 - Information systems and servers - 48813000 - Passenger information system - 48813200 - Real-time passenger information system - 72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support - 72200000 - Software programming and consultancy services - 72210000 - Programming services of packaged software products - 72212000 - Programming services of application software - 72212332 - Scheduling software development services ## Release History - 2 Oct 2024 at 00:00 - Planning - OJEU - F1 - Prior Information Notice - https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/search_switch.aspx?ID=144771 ## Documents - https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=OCT492091 Bus Franchising Network and Timetable Design Software (TfW) - TfW has an upcoming opportunity for the provision of software to support the design and timetable production for TfW bus functions. Details of the current scope of services can be found in the description section below. The purpose of this PIN notice is to alert the market to the upcoming opportunity and seek feedback on the current market capabilities in order to inform our procurement approach and scope. ## Notice URLs - http://tfw.wales - http://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=144771 - https://api.sell2wales.gov.wales/v1?lang=cy/Notice?id=ocds-kuma6s-144771 ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. The canonical page is https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-kuma6s-144771. The underlying structured data is available as OCDS JSON at https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-kuma6s-144771.json.