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Published 22 Sept 2026, 11:05 BST

Official UK procurement notice

NEX26/29- Metro Go Technical Services Contract

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Competition analysis

Authority: Tyne and Wear Passenger Transport Executive T/A Nexus (Public body)

Two-stageServicesCompetitive flexible procedureAbove thresholdUtilitiesSME suitable
Sectors: Architecture & Engineering (71) Delivery: North East (UKC)North West (UKD)Yorkshire & Humber (UKE)
+6 moreEast Midlands (UKF)West Midlands (UKG)East of England (UKH)London (UKI)South East (UKJ)South West (UKK)
Published estimate£8,000,000≈ £1.0m / year · £10,000,000 inc. VAT
Submission deadline 29 Jan 202712:00 GMT · 77 days left
Clarification cut-off 26 Oct 202623:59 GMT · questions to the authority
Contract term 8 yrsends 31 Mar 2035 · starts 1 Apr 2027
Notice summaryFrom the published notice

The scope of the Metro Go Technical Services Contract is to assist Nexus with the development of the specification for the new Digital Command and Control system, Control Room and all associated peripheral systems; providing Safety Governance in line with CSM, ensuring its integration into the existing system, process and procedures. The aim of this element of Metro Go is for NEXUS to successfully procure and deliver a digital replacement for the existing system, including its installation, commissioning, and optimisation. Suppliers will need to register to gain free access to procurement documents and, to submit tender responses.

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The scope of the Metro Go Technical Services Contract is to assist Nexus with the development of the specification for the new Digital Command and Control system, Control Room and all associated peripheral systems; providing Safety Governance in line with CSM, ensuring its integration into the existing system, process and procedures.

The aim of this element of Metro Go is for NEXUS to successfully procure and deliver a digital replacement for the existing system, including its installation, commissioning, and optimisation.

The scope will be instructed through a series of Task Orders, there will be two Task Orders awarded with the contract.

The Scope of the Technical Services Contract will include:

  • Correlation and Condition Survey of the existing system
  • Production of the Concept of Operations
  • Production of a Functional Specification and Technical Tender Documentation for a new Digital Command and Control System
  • Verifying and Validating the existing Nexus Signalling system,
  • Identify all interfacing systems
  • Creating of a digital twin for the existing system
  • Guidance, Navigation and Process development of organisational change
  • The design of a new Integrated Transport Control Centre
  • The design of a new Disaster Recovery Suite and associated building modifications.
  • Ergonomic and Human Factors Assessments for all interactions with the Proposed System and the migration to it.
  • Specification and Requirements for the Train Fleet
  • Specification and Requirement for Radio systems and infrastructure
  • Provision of a Regulatory Body and Legislator interface
  • Requirements and options for Data Storage and Security.
  • Any associated Environmental, Ecological mitigation or management, such as Biodiversity Nett Gain and Carbon offset.
  • Provision of Specialist input during the tender process.
  • Provision of Specialist support during the supply contract.
  • Optimisation advice following entry into service.
  • Any design related works associated with planning applications or similar.
  • All stakeholder work involved with the project.
  • Implementation and Construction Estimates.
  • Outline design development and construct programmes.
  • The first two Task Orders will be awarded with the Technical Services Contract

Nexus will shortlist the Tenderers following the conditions of participation stage in November 2026. Shortlisted Tenderers will then be invited to ITT stage in accordance with the following anticipated procurement timeline:

Conditions of Participation/PSQ stage: September - November 2026

Invitation to Tender (ITT) stage: November 2026 - January 2027

Anticipated Contract Award: March 2027

Anticipated Contract Start Date: April 2027

Nexus utilises the North East Procurement Organisation OPEN eProcurement portal for all tender opportunities. Suppliers will need to register to gain free access to procurement documents and, to submit tender responses. If you are not registered, you can do so here: www.open-uk.org ↗ (the "Portal"). Project # OPEN20262012

  • Two-stage procedure: up to 4 candidates will be invited to tender.
  • How the procedure runs: Nexus will shortlist the Tenderers following the conditions of participation stage in November 2026. Shortlisted Tenderers will then be invited to ITT stage in accordance with the following anticipated procurement timeline: Conditions of Participation/PSQ stage: September - November 2026 Invitation to Tender (ITT) stage: November 2026 - January 2027 Anticipated Contract Award: March 2027 Anticipated Contract Start Date: April 2027

CPV: Architectural design services · Construction consultancy services · Consultative engineering and construction services · Engineering design services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1 8 yrsSMEPublished value£8,000,000
Contract period: 1 Apr 2027 – 31 Mar 2035 (8 yrs)Value: £8,000,000 exc. VAT · £10,000,000 inc. VAT
Delivery: North East, North West, Yorkshire & Humber, East Midlands, West Midlands, East of England, London, South East, South WestEligibility: SME eligibleTurnover guideline: ~£1,998,631/yr≈ 2× annual value
Second stage: up to 4 candidates invited to tender
71220000 Architectural design services71310000 Consultative engineering and construction services71320000 Engineering design services71530000 Construction consultancy services
Pre-qualification & selection criteria (PQQ)1
  • Condition of participation

    Four (4) highest scoring Tenderers in accordance with Conditions of Participation- Procurement Specific Questionnaire (PSQ).

    shortlisting

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

What it takes to win
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Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
How bids are scored
Quality: 60%Price: 30%Social value: 10%
Published award criteria (3)
  • Quality
  • Social Value
  • Price
Conditions of participation1
  • Condition of participation

    Four (4) highest scoring Tenderers in accordance with Conditions of Participation- Procurement Specific Questionnaire (PSQ).

    shortlisting
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
  • Turnover usually expected at this size: about £1,998,631 (twice the annual value).

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula. Turnover is an indicative market norm (≈2× annual value), not a published condition.

Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid

How Tyne and Wear Passenger Transport Executive T/A Nexus buys Consultative engineering and construction services (CPV 7131), and who usually turns up

Tyne and Wear Passenger Transport Executive T/A Nexus’s published record next to the market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are left out: they draw different bid counts. Whole-market view: Consultative engineering and construction services (CPV 7131) →

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How the contest usually goes

Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.

Question for the bid
This buyerTyne and Wear Passenger Transport Executive T/A Nexus · all categories
The marketConsultative engineering and construction services (CPV 7131) · UK-wide
What to do with it
How often do SMEs win?
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The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.

Buyer: 107 of 153 known-size awards · market: CPV 7131 · UK-wide, n=1,424
70%67%

Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.

How often do local suppliers win?
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Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered.

Buyer: 166 of 201 known-location awards · market: CPV 7131 · UK-wide, n=1,211
83%50%

Most of this buyer’s recorded winners were registered in the region where that award was delivered.

How long to a decision?
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Buyer: 15 decided notices · market: CPV 7131 · UK-wide, n=234
40 days48 days

Half of these awards have an award date within 40 days of the bid deadline.

How often single-bid or direct?
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Both shares are minimums: some awards have no bid count.

Buyer: at least 11 of 24 procurements with awards had no recorded rival · market: CPV 7131 · UK-wide, n=1,690
46%43%

Direct awards or one recorded bid are common here. Check the route before spending time on a bid.

How many bids did past lots attract?

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This buyer135 lots with bid counts · all categories
4% had one bid
The market458 lots with bid counts · CPV 7131 · UK-wide
14% had one bid
% of lots with a published bid count: this buyer (135) / the market (458) · select a colour for counts
1 bid4% / 14%
Buyer: 6 of 135 lots with published bid counts. Market: 65 of 458 lots with published bid counts.
2–324% / 23%
Buyer: 32 of 135 lots with published bid counts. Market: 107 of 458 lots with published bid counts.
4–670% / 29%
Buyer: 95 of 135 lots with published bid counts. Market: 133 of 458 lots with published bid counts.
7+1% / 33%
Buyer: 2 of 135 lots with published bid counts. Market: 153 of 458 lots with published bid counts.

How did awards compare with estimates?

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This buyer71 lots with estimate and award · all categories
8% below estimate
The market325 lots with estimate and award · CPV 7131 · UK-wide
42% below estimate
% of lots with an estimate and award: this buyer (71) / the market (325) · select a colour for counts
Below estimate8% / 42%
Buyer: 6 of 71 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 138 of 325 lots with an estimate and award.
Within ±2%23% / 42%
Buyer: 16 of 71 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 136 of 325 lots with an estimate and award.
Above estimate69% / 16%
Buyer: 49 of 71 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 51 of 325 lots with an estimate and award.
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Assess each lot
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Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list

Lot #1CPV 7196 monthsSME suitablePublished estimate£8.0m

This lot lists more than one class in CPV 71. The comparison uses that group.

Expected competition
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Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.

4expected bids13% chance of a single bid
similar past contests in this category: 52
Forecast chances for this lot
1 bid13%
Chance this lot gets 1 bid: 13%. This is a forecast.
2–329%
Chance this lot gets 2–3: 29%. This is a forecast.
4–655%
Chance this lot gets 4–6: 55%. This is a forecast.
7+3%
Chance this lot gets 7+: 3%. This is a forecast.
Commercial price forecast
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Based on 11 comparable awards. Each lot reflects its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.

£8.0mMatches estimate (46% chance)
11 comparable awards
Forecast compared with the buyer’s estimate
Middle 50%£8.0m
The middle half of likely prices meets at £8,000,000.
Estimate£8.0m
The buyer published an estimate of £8,000,000 for this lot.

Who has supplied this buyer on similar work?
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SupplierThis buyer’s earlier contractLotAward valueWhy listed
Mott MacDonaldEarlier contractNEX24/27 Technical Advisory Servicesstarted Feb 2026Technical Advisory Services—Matched as the earlier contract

Who could compete for this lot?
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Restricted route (Stage 2 ITT / Shortlist): Bidding is restricted to invited candidates who qualified at Stage 1. Uninvited suppliers cannot participate in this round.
SupplierWon in this categoryLive contractsAward vs estimate
Mott MacDonaldLarge
Earlier contract46 panel places
£72m88 awards in 36m · last this month20 live · £45m
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11% below n=19
WSP UK LimitedLarge
53 panel places
£487m127 awards in 36m · last 1 month ago52 live · £412m
i
at estimate n=17
AECOM LIMITEDLarge
47 panel places
£89m155 awards in 36m · last this month46 live · £67m
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9% below n=31
Network Rail InfrastructureLarge
£135m28 awards in 36m · last this month16 live · £8.9m
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no comparable pairs
LIONEX GmbHSME
£116k2 awards in 36m · last 5 months ago1 live
i
no comparable pairs
About this data
  • Estimates, labelled. The price range, possible competitors and earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards, not published facts, win chances or price advice. The buyer’s own record and the wider market are shown apart, never mixed.
  • Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender and Contracts Finder), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0, updated through the day and rebuilt nightly. Not every figure uses both feeds, and each one shows how many records it rests on: see the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.

What this replaces
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41% title match.

The prior contract this notice most likely re-tenders · matched by title and category (41% title match), the holder is not guaranteed to re-bid

NEX24/27 Technical Advisory Services — held by Mott MacDonald; no contract end date published.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Competitive flexible procedure
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Requests to participate open
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
22 Sept 2026, 11:05 BST
Last source update
28 Sept 2026, 15:56 BST
Award evaluation window
Submission end – 1 Mar 2027
Authority reference
NEX26/29
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-091553
Latest notice
Tender notice (UK4)
Classification (CPV)
Architectural design servicesConstruction consultancy servicesConsultative engineering and construction servicesEngineering design services
Delivery area
North East (UKC)North West (UKD)Yorkshire & Humber (UKE)East Midlands (UKF)West Midlands (UKG)East of England (UKH)London (UKI)South East (UKJ)
+1 moreSouth West (UKK)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-077734 Find a Tender
Contract terms summary

Please see tender documentation

How it runs

Nexus will shortlist the Tenderers following the conditions of participation stage in November 2026. Shortlisted Tenderers will then be invited to ITT stage in accordance with the following anticipated procurement timeline:

Conditions of Participation/PSQ stage: September - November 2026

Invitation to Tender (ITT) stage: November 2026 - January 2027

Anticipated Contract Award: March 2027

Anticipated Contract Start Date: April 2027

Review and risk notes
Risks

Please see tender documentation

How to participate & submission route

Official notice Submit via OPEN-UK
Submission portal named on this notice: OPEN-UK
Supplier login requiredElectronic submission allowedLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free
Requests to participate (first stage)
9 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
Tender submission deadline
29 Jan 2027, 12:00 GMT
Clarification deadline
26 Oct 2026, 23:59 GMT
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Accepted languages
en
Shortlist
up to 4 candidates invited to tender
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

www.open-uk.org ↗

Published estimate £8,000,000 excludes VAT (£10,000,000 including VAT).

Timeline

22 Sept 2026 → 1 Apr 2027 · 8 dates
  1. Planning notice published51 days ago
    22 Sept 2026, 11:05 BST
  2. Tender notice published45 days ago
    28 Sept 2026, 15:56 BST
  3. Next notice expected45 days ago
    28 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST
  4. Clarification questions by17 days ago
    26 Oct 2026, 23:59 GMT
  5. Expressions of interest by3 days ago
    9 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
  6. Today
    13 Nov 2026
  7. Submission deadlinein 77 days
    29 Jan 2027, 12:00 GMT
  8. Award decision expected byin 108 days
    1 Mar 2027, 23:59 GMT
  9. Contract startsin 138 days
    1 Apr 2027, 00:00 BST

Notice history

4 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 22 Sept 2026
  1. Planned procurement notice published
    22 Sept 2026, 11:05 BST
    UK3
  2. Tender notice published
    28 Sept 2026, 15:56 BST
    UK4
  3. Status changed to active
    28 Sept 2026, 15:56 BST
  4. Procurement method changed
    28 Sept 2026, 15:56 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

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Awards (0)
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Contracts (0)
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Bid statistics
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Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Tyne and Wear Passenger Transport Executive T/A Nexus

Contracting authorityPublic undertaking GB-PPON: PNTB-4383-VMJH The Spark, Newcastle Helix, St James Boulevard, Newcastle upon Tyne, North East, NE4 5DEContact email

Official documents & specifications (4)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Bidding documents and specifications tenderBidding documents and specificationsNexus utilises the North East Procurement Organisation OPEN eProcurement portal for all tender opportunities. Suppliers will need to register to gain free access to procurement documents and, to submit tender responses. If you are not registered, you can do so here: https://www.…
  • Technical specifications tenderTechnical specificationsPlease see Tender documentation

Notices published for this procedure

  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender
  • Planned procurement notice planningPlanned procurement noticeUK3Planned procurement notice on Find a Tender