Official UK procurement notice
NEX26/29- Metro Go Technical Services Contract
Authority: Tyne and Wear Passenger Transport Executive T/A Nexus (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe 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 publishedLot #1Published value£8,000,000
- Condition of participationshortlisting
Four (4) highest scoring Tenderers in accordance with Conditions of Participation- Procurement Specific Questionnaire (PSQ).
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)
- Quality
- Social Value
- Price
- Condition of participationshortlisting
Four (4) highest scoring Tenderers in accordance with Conditions of Participation- Procurement Specific Questionnaire (PSQ).
- 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 own published record, next to the published market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids. Whole-market view: Consultative engineering and construction services (CPV 7131) →
How the contest usually goes
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How often small and medium firms win.
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Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.
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How often local firms win similar work.
Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners are registered in the delivery region.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Half of these awards were announced within 40 days of the bid deadline.
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How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.
Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.
The buyer’s share is a minimum: some awards have no bid count.
Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.
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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How many bids past lots received.
Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.
Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid4%
2–324%
4–670%
7+1%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Where winning prices landed against estimates.
Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.
Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Below estimate8%
Within ±2%23%
Above estimate69%
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list
Lot #1CPV 7131Published estimate£8.0m
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How many bids this lot may attract.
The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.
Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid12%
2–337%
4–647%
7+4%
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Where the award price may land.
The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.
Based on 11 comparable awards. Each lot reflects its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.
A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.
Middle 50%£8.0m
Estimate£8.0m
Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
| Supplier | This buyer’s earlier contract | Lot | Award value | Why listed |
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| Mott MacDonaldEarlier contract | NEX24/27 Technical Advisory Servicesstarted Feb 2026 | Technical Advisory Services | — | Matched as the earlier contract |
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
| Supplier | Won in this category | Live contracts | Award vs estimate |
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Mott MacDonaldLarge | £73m86 awards in 36m · last this month | 16 live · £41m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | 9% below n=20 |
WSP UK LimitedLarge | £487m117 awards in 36m · last this month | 43 live · £410m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=18 |
AECOM LIMITEDLarge | £89m145 awards in 36m · last this month | 39 live · £66m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | 9% below n=33 |
| £60m131 awards in 36m · last 1 months ago | 30 live · £18m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=27 | |
| £448m46 awards in 36m · last 1 months ago | 11 live · £48m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | 21% below n=5 |
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.
- Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
- Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
- 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.
What this replaces i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
41% title match.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
41% title match.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-077734Find 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
- Risks
Please see tender documentation
How to participate & submission route
Official notice Submit via OPEN-UK- 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
Timeline
22 Sept 2026 → 1 Apr 2027 · 8 dates- Planning notice published30 days ago22 Sept 2026, 11:05 BST
- Tender notice published23 days ago28 Sept 2026, 15:56 BST
- Next notice expected23 days ago28 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST
- Today22 Oct 2026
- Clarification questions byin 5 days26 Oct 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Expressions of interest byin 18 days9 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission deadlinein 99 days29 Jan 2027, 12:00 GMT
- Award decision expected byin 131 days1 Mar 2027, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 161 days1 Apr 2027, 00:00 BST
Notice history
4 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 22 Sept 2026- Planned procurement notice published22 Sept 2026, 11:05 BSTUK3
- Tender notice published28 Sept 2026, 15:56 BSTUK4
- Status changed to active28 Sept 2026, 15:56 BST
- Procurement method changed28 Sept 2026, 15:56 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Nothing awarded yet- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specifications 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: https://www.…
- Technical specifications Please see Tender documentation
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Planned procurement notice Planned procurement notice on Find a Tender