Awarded contract

HR Technology Evaluation and Workforce Planning Advisory

Details

Buyer: Transport for Wales
Supplier(s): Gartner UK Ltd
Value: £236,925
Topic: Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
Published: 16 December 2025
Source: uk:sell2wales

Tender description

Transport for Wales Rail Ltd (TfWRL) has awarded a contract to Gartner UK Ltd for the provision of HR Technology Evaluation and Workforce Planning Advisory Services. The contract supports TfWRL’s strategic objectives by providing access to research-driven HR insights, benchmarking tools, and expert advisory services to inform technology evaluation, workforce planning, compliance, and decision-making.The contract was awarded via a Framework Direct Call-Off under CCS RM1557.14.

Timeline

Completed: Award date8 December 2025
Completed: Award published16 December 2025
Current notice

About the buyer

Transport for Wales runs and develops the country's rail, bus and active travel networks, buying as a central body with its own procurement and supply chain team. Every tender is advertised on Sell2Wales, the Welsh government's open tendering portal, where registration is free for suppliers. Above-threshold opportunities are also published on the UK government's Find a Tender Service. A dedicated procurement portal now carries every new tender opportunity. Pipeline notices and preliminary market engagement notices give suppliers early sight of contracts still to come. Procurement decisions follow the Procurement Act 2023 and the Procurement (Wales) Regulations 2024.

Procurement spend from central entities makes up 66% of overall UK public spend.

Over the past 5 years, most of Transport for Wales's contract awards have been in business services, construction work and IT services.

Relevant CPV codes

79000000 · Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
79200000 · Accounting, auditing and fiscal services
79300000 · Market and economic research; polling and statistics

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

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Senior Buyer	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@transport-for-wales.gov
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