Official UK procurement notice
Airport Route Upgrades · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Tyne and Wear Passenger Transport Executive T/A Nexus (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionTyne and Wear Passenger Transport Executive t/a Nexus are seeking to appoint a Principal Contractor to carry out and complete the Airport Route Upgrade works between Newcastle International Airport station and Longbenton (Tyne and Wear). The upgrade works consists of the replacement and renewal of permanent way assets and overhead line equipment. This will include renewal of specified areas of track, which have reached the end of their serviceable life, tamping to achieve a new through alignment, offloading ballast and stressing along with replacing an existing fixed tension overhead line system with a new automatically tensioned system. Certain civil engineering and signalling activities may also form part of the overall scope.
- How the procedure runs: Competitive flexible procedure. Only qualified suppliers are invited to tender.
CPV: Construction work for buildings relating to railway transport · Railway equipment
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Published value£16,000,000
- Economic & financial standing
As per tender documentation
- Technical & professional ability
As per tender documentation
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published award criteria (3)
- Price
- Quality
- Social Value
- Economic & financial standing
As per tender documentation
- Technical & professional ability
As per tender documentation
- Price carries 35 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3.5 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Works
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Utilities
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 31 Jul 2025, 16:51 BST
- Last source update
- 27 Aug 2026, 16:41 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 21 Oct 2026
- Authority reference
NEX25/55- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-010347- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-056a9dFind a Tender- Contract terms summary
As per tender documentation
- How it runs
Competitive flexible procedure.
Only qualified suppliers are invited to tender.
- Risks
As per tender documentation
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 4 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 5 Jun 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
31 Jul 2025 → 30 Nov 2026 · 8 dates- Planning notice published31 Jul 2025, 16:51 BST
- Market engagement25 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST
25th August is the deadline by which applications to attend the engagement workshop must be made.
The Preliminary Market Engagement workshop will take place 12th September 2025 in Newcastle Upon Tyne.
The workshop will provide an overview of the project to potential interested parties and we aim to gain helpful insights to aid our programme and approach to market.
Please register your interest by close of business Monday 25th August using Nexus procurement portal : www.nepo.org/open ↗
All applications to attend the event and clarifications must be made via this portal.
There are restrictions on the number of attendees. In the event Nexus receives more than 30 requests to attend they will randomly select suppliers to attend the event.
Please see preliminary market engagement information on the portal for full information and instruction on registering your interest.
- Tender notice published259 days ago5 Feb 2026, 11:02 GMT
- Clarification questions by139 days ago5 Jun 2026, 12:00 BST
- Latest notice published56 days ago27 Aug 2026, 16:41 BST
- Submission deadline48 days ago4 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
- Award decision expected by1 day ago21 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
- Today22 Oct 2026
- Contract startsin 38 days30 Nov 2026
Notice history
13 events · 6 releases on Find a Tender · since 31 Jul 2025- Preliminary market engagement notice published31 Jul 2025, 16:51 BSTUK2
- Tender notice published5 Feb 2026, 11:02 GMTUK4
- Published value published: £16,000,0005 Feb 2026, 11:02 GMT
- Status changed to active5 Feb 2026, 11:02 GMT
- Procurement method changed5 Feb 2026, 11:02 GMT
- Deadline published: 3 Jun 2026, 12:00 BST5 Feb 2026, 11:02 GMT
- Tender notice published24 Feb 2026, 10:54 GMTUK4
- Tender notice published8 May 2026, 11:37 BSTUK4
- Deadline moved to 22 Jun 2026, 12:00 BST8 May 2026, 11:37 BST+19 days · was 3 Jun 2026, 12:00 BST
- Tender notice published22 May 2026, 15:05 BSTUK4
- Deadline moved to 31 Aug 2026, 12:00 BST22 May 2026, 15:05 BST+70 days · was 22 Jun 2026, 12:00 BST
- Tender notice published27 Aug 2026, 16:41 BSTUK4
- Deadline moved to 4 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST27 Aug 2026, 16:41 BST+4 days · was 31 Aug 2026, 12:00 BST
Published amendments (1)
The Procurement Description has been amended for added clarity.
Routine re-releases (6)
- 2026-02: 2 releases · 5 Feb 2026, 24 Feb 2026
- 2025-07: 1 release · 31 Jul 2025
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (8)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Technical specifications Please see tender documentation in our eProcurement website: https://www.open-uk.org/
- Bidding documents and specifications Please see tender documentation in our eProcurement website: https://www.open-uk.org/
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender