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title: "Provision of Emergency (Unplanned) Metro Replacement Bus Services"
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# Provision of Emergency (Unplanned) Metro Replacement Bus Services

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/provision-of-emergency-unplanned-metro-replacement-bus-services-ocds-h6vhtk-04dae8). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Tyne and Wear PTE t/a Nexus: "Provision of Emergency (Unplanned) Metro Replacement Bus Services". Published status: active. Framework Ceiling: Value not published. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 24 Feb 2025, 12:00 GMT. Published submission portal: www.nepo.org.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Tyne and Wear PTE t/a Nexus](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/tyne-and-wear-pte-t-a-nexus-GB-FTS-130885)
- **Framework Ceiling (notional):** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** 24 February 2025 at 12:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Public road transport services
- **Delivery Location:** UKC2
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0025
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-04dae8`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/provision-of-emergency-unplanned-metro-replacement-bus-services-ocds-h6vhtk-04dae8#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [nepo.org](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nepo.org%2F)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/provision-of-emergency-unplanned-metro-replacement-bus-services-ocds-h6vhtk-04dae8#participate

## Description
This is a formal invitation to tender under the Transport Act 1985 for operators to join a multi-supplier framework for the provision of Metro Replacement bus services in cases of emergency withdrawal of Metro services. This can be defined as when Metro is withdrawn over a stretch of line on account of unforeseen circumstances. 
The term of this proposed agreement is 01/04/2025 to 31/03/202. These services may be required to operate at any time during Metro operating hours to cover sections of the Metro system which are non-operational.  Buses may occasionally be required outside of this timeframe.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active

- **Delivery regions:** UKC

- **Description:** This is a formal invitation to tender under the Transport Act 1985 for operators to join a multi-supplier framework for the provision of Metro Replacement bus services in cases of emergency withdrawal of Metro services. This can be defined as when Me...

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F003430-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-02-03T10:46:07.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-25T08:43:43.067Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-04dae8