Tyne and Wear Passenger Transport Executive T/A Nexus: Contract Register & Procurement Profile
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Tenders you can still bid for.
Notices at tender stage whose deadline has not passed, counted the way the search counts them: a notice shows under every code and region it names.
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Notices published in the last 12 months.
Counted per tender, not per lot, against the 12 months before where shown.
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How many companies usually bid when this buyer runs a tender.
Middle value of the bid counts on its award notices, one per lot. Only real competitions count: direct awards and framework places are left out.
Based on 135 lots from this buyer’s competitions, last 24 months.
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How much of this buyer’s work goes to its three most frequent suppliers.
Share of its awarded tenders that name at least one of the top three. Each tender is counted once.
30 awarded tenders, 32 different suppliers.
Describes the record. It is not a sign of favouritism.
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Contracts that finish in the next 18 months.
Published contracts with an end date in that window. No end date, not counted.
An end date does not confirm a new procurement.
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How much this buyer has awarded recently, by published values.
Sum of published VAT-exclusive awards to single suppliers, last 24 months. Left out: concession revenue, framework ceilings, repeated notices, equal-value duplicates.
Published values, not actual spend. The biggest rows are listed so you can check.
Open notices
2 live · deadline in the future or not published · as of page build
| Notice | Deadline | Days left | Published value |
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| Bus Services Framework | 30 Oct 2026 | 9d | £200,000,000 |
| NEX26/29- Metro Go Technical Services Contract | 29 Jan 2027 | 99d | £8,000,000 |
What they buyi
What kind of work is bought here.
Notices by procurement category (CPV). A notice with several categories counts in each.
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What kind of work is bought here.
Notices by procurement category (CPV). A notice with several categories counts in each.
Last 24 months · CPV divisions on published procedures · a notice with several divisions counts in each
45 Construction work12 procedures · 28%34 Transport equipment and products11 procedures · 26% · 1 open60 Transport services (except waste transport)11 procedures · 26% · 1 open71 Architectural, construction, engineering5 procedures · 12% · 1 open48 Software package and information systems3 procedures · 7%50 Repair and maintenance services3 procedures · 7%44 Construction structures and materials2 procedures · 5%72 IT services: consulting, software, internet2 procedures · 5%How they buyi
How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
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How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
Last 24 months · 43 notices · commercial tool and route as published on the notice, not a legal-regime claim
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How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
Contract88%(38 notices)
38 of 43 notices are Contract (88%).Framework12%(5 notices)
5 of 43 notices are Framework (12%).
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Which procedures buyers here use.
Notices by the procedure they declare: open, selective, limited or direct. Open and selective are competitions; limited and direct are not.
Open47%(20 notices)
20 of 43 notices are Open (47%).Direct award21%(9 notices)
9 of 43 notices are Direct award (21%).Route not published21%(9 notices)
9 of 43 notices are Route not published (21%).Selective9%(4 notices)
4 of 43 notices are Selective (9%).Limited / restricted2%(1 notices)
1 of 43 notices are Limited / restricted (2%).
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How many companies usually bid when this buyer runs a tender.
Middle value of the bid counts on its award notices, one per lot. Only real competitions count: direct awards and framework places are left out.
Based on 135 lots from this buyer’s competitions, last 24 months.
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How long this buyer takes to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from deadline to first award notice, on this buyer’s own tenders.
Based on 19 decided tenders across all categories, last 24 months.
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How often this buyer changes a notice after publishing it.
Middle number of amendments per notice. Deadline extensions and corrections both count.
Based on 43 notices across all categories, last 24 months.
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Do this buyer’s awards land above or below its own estimates.
Each lot’s published estimate against its award, on this buyer’s competitions, like for like.
Based on 61 lots with both an estimate and an award, last 24 months.
A past pattern, not a price to bid.
Who wins herei
Which suppliers win the most here.
Suppliers ranked by the number of tenders won, not by money. A supplier on one big framework with many call-offs does not outrank one that won many separate competitions.
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Which suppliers win the most here.
Suppliers ranked by the number of tenders won, not by money. A supplier on one big framework with many call-offs does not outrank one that won many separate competitions.
All published awards naming a supplier · ranked by distinct procedures, not pounds · panel and call-off entries inflate award records
| Supplier | Procedures | Share | Last 24m | Award records | Last activity |
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| GO NORTH EAST | 6 | 20% | 6 | 49 | 11 Jun 2026 |
| NORTHSTAR CONSTELLATION LIMITED | 6 | 20% | 6 | 41 | 11 Jun 2026 |
| CENTRAL TAXIS GATESHEAD LTD | 6 | 20% | 6 | 28 | 6 May 2026 |
| BUSWAYS TRAVEL SERVICES LIMITED | 6 | 20% | 6 | 23 | 11 Jun 2026 |
| L & G COACHES LTD | 3 | 10% | 3 | 19 | 11 Jun 2026 |
| Stanley Travel (North East) Ltd | 3 | 10% | 3 | 19 | 11 Jun 2026 |
| Jim Hughes Coaches Limited | 2 | 6.7% | 2 | 22 | 19 Jun 2026 |
| Darktrace Holdings Limited | 2 | 6.7% | 2 | 2 | 17 Dec 2025 |
The three most frequent suppliers are named on 30% of 30 awarded procedures (each procedure counted once, so a panel shared by several of them is not double-counted); 32 distinct suppliers hold at least one. Descriptive concentration of published awards, not a statement of preference.
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How much this buyer has awarded recently, by published values.
Sum of published VAT-exclusive awards to single suppliers, last 24 months. Left out: concession revenue, framework ceilings, repeated notices, equal-value duplicates.
Published values, not actual spend. The biggest rows are listed so you can check.
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The middle published award value for this buyer.
Middle value of the same awards as the total above.
Largest published awards iThe biggest published awards. Awards to a single supplier with a published value, largest first, so you can check the totals against the notice. A repeated framework total can appear here. Open the notice to check. | Supplier | Awarded | Term | Published value |
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| Sunderland Connect September 2025 | CITY TRANSPORT GROUP LTD | 15 Jul 2025 | 1 yrs | £45,268,633 ≈ £45m/yr |
| Nexus Cleaning services | Churchill Contract Services Limited | — | — | £23,286,977 † |
| Security Services | STM Group (UK) Limited | 12 Nov 2025 | 3 yrs · up to 5 yrs | £14,671,000 ≈ £4.9m/yr |
| Metro Go Legal Services | Addleshaw Goddard LLP | 6 May 2026 | 6.9 yrs · up to 9.9 yrs | £4,000,000 ≈ £578k/yr |
| Secured Bus Services July 2025 | CENTRAL TAXIS GATESHEAD LTD | 23 May 2025 | 1 yrs · up to 2 yrs | £1,987,862 ≈ £2.0m/yr |
Contracts endingi
Contracts that finish in the next 18 months.
Published contracts with an end date in that window. No end date, not counted.
An end date does not confirm a new procurement.
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Contracts that finish in the next 18 months.
Published contracts with an end date in that window. No end date, not counted.
An end date does not confirm a new procurement.
Published end dates only · 138 of 141 contracts carry one · not a retender forecast
| Contract | Holder | Ends | Published value |
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| Lot 1. Contract 1071 (Service TB14) | CENTRAL TAXIS GATESHEAD LTD | 8 May 2027 | £31,172 |
| Lot 2. Contract 1072 (Services TB22 and TB23) | CENTRAL TAXIS GATESHEAD LTD | 8 May 2027 | £43,991 |
| Lot 3. Contract 1073 (Service TB29) | CENTRAL TAXIS GATESHEAD LTD | 8 May 2027 | £31,155 |
| Contract 1054 (Service 8) | BUSWAYS TRAVEL SERVICES LIMITED | 9 May 2027 | £68,119 |
| Contract 1069 (Service 594) | BUSWAYS TRAVEL SERVICES LIMITED | 9 May 2027 | £11,459 |
| Contract 1070 (Service 935) | GO NORTH EAST | 9 May 2027 | £18,805 |
| Contract 1055 (Service 12 and 13) | BUSWAYS TRAVEL SERVICES LIMITED | 9 May 2027 | £53,561 |
| Contract 1057 (Service 32) | GO NORTH EAST | 9 May 2027 | £107,421 |
| Contract 1060 (Service 35 and 36) | GO NORTH EAST | 9 May 2027 | £90,036 |
| Contract 1062 (Service 79) | NORTHSTAR CONSTELLATION LIMITED, NORDSTAR CONSULTING LTD | 9 May 2027 | £141,551 |
Soonest 10 of 124 contracts ending within 18 months.
Recent procedures
Latest 45 of 45 procedures where this authority buys, is the authority the work is for, or runs the procurement
| Procedure | Status | Published | Published value |
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| NEX26/18 Battery Locomotives RefurbishmentConstruction work | Planning | 24 Apr 2026 | — |
| NEX26/08 S&C Renewals - Chillingham Road and GatesheadConstruction work | Planned | 24 Apr 2026 | — |
| Nexus Backup and Recovery SolutionInformation technology services | Awarded / complete | 14 Apr 2026 | — |
| Risk-Based Training Needs Analysis Toolkit and Competence Management SystemHazard protection and control consultancy services | Planning | 10 Apr 2026 | — |
| Taxicard Scheme | Awarded / complete | 25 Mar 2026 | — |
| Cyber Defence Contract | Awarded / complete | 25 Mar 2026 | — |
| Radio and Support Maintenance | Awarded / complete | 25 Mar 2026 | — |
| Secured Bus Services - March 2026Public road transport services | Awarded / complete | 19 Feb 2026 | £4,986,102 |
| NEX24/27 Technical Advisory ServicesCivil engineering consultancy services | Awarded / complete | 2 Feb 2026 | £1,000,000 |
| Dredging Works at North Shields Ferry Landing | Awarded / complete | 19 Dec 2025 | — |
| HV Protection Relays | Awarded / complete | 19 Dec 2025 | — |
| Cyber Security Services | Awarded / complete | 17 Dec 2025 | — |
| Security ServicesSecurity services | Awarded / complete | 12 Nov 2025 | £13,600,000 |
| Small Works FrameworkConstruction materials and associated items | Awarded / complete | 10 Nov 2025 | £15,000,000 |
| Occupational HealthHealth and safety consultancy services | Awarded / complete | 10 Oct 2025 | £750,000 |
| Purchase of used rail grinder | Awarded / complete | 1 Oct 2025 | — |
| Miscellaneous Workings (Schools and Works Services)Public road transport services | Awarded / complete | 29 Sept 2025 | £1,600,000 |
| Secured Bus Services July 2025Public road transport services | Awarded / complete | 26 Sept 2025 | £3,700,000 |
| Bus Shelter Infrastructure FrameworkBus-stop shelter construction work | Awarded / complete | 10 Sept 2025 | £21,500,000 |
| Group TravelPublic road transport services | Awarded / complete | 29 Aug 2025 | £1,100,000 |
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- One profile per authority. Different spellings and registration numbers of the same body are merged into this profile. It includes tenders the authority ran for other bodies and tenders run on its behalf; spend is credited to the body that pays.
- Values are published values. Award values are what the authority published, excluding VAT and framework ceilings. They are not a budget or total spend.
- Contract end dates. 138 of 141 published contracts state an end date; those feed “Contracts ending”.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.