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Published 20 Jun 2025, 09:50 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Purchase of used rail grinder

Official notice

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

Direct awardUtilities
Sectors: Transport Equipment & Vehicles (34) Delivery: North East (UKC)
Awarded value£1,240,000published award · exc. VAT
Awarded 15 Aug 2025no call for competition
Awarded to Harsco Rail Limited

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Nexus has purchased one specialist used railway maintenance vehicle, specifically a rail grinder MoserRV49 (or equivalent). This has been delivered to a suitable Nexus location in order to meet the urgent needs of rail defects on the Tyne and Wear Metro.

The used rail grinder meets the specialist gauging requirements of Nexus rail infrastructure and our operational needs including but not limited to: road/rail travel capabilities, limited noise levels (for Tyne and Wear Metro lineside neighbours), dust collection capabilities, large gradient working, and low minimum curve radius working.

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Awarded
Delivery: North East
34621200 Railway maintenance or service vehicles

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Direct award
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Notice status
Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Utilities
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
20 Jun 2025, 09:50 BST
Last source update
1 Oct 2025, 14:39 BST
Authority reference
NEX25/50
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-061386
Latest notice
Contract details notice (UK7)
Delivery area
North East (UKC)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-055095 Find a Tender
Why no open competition
Single Suppliers Technical Reasons
Published justification

The specialist features on the machine Harsco can provide are not commercially available on used machines. The timescales for design, manufacturing, testing and certification for an alternative used machine to be retrofit to Nexus requirements were not compatible with the deadline for the date the machine must be operational on site to allow the Tyne and Wear metro to address immediate rail defects and any arising rail defects that have the potential to be a safety risk if untreated.

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

27 Aug 2025 → 1 Oct 2025 · 2 dates
  1. Standstill ends
    27 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST
  2. Notice published386 days ago
    1 Oct 2025, 14:39 BST

Notice history

4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 20 Jun 2025
  1. Transparency notice published
    20 Jun 2025, 09:50 BST
    UK5
  2. Contract award notice published
    15 Aug 2025, 16:00 BST
    UK6
  3. Contract signature expected
    28 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST
    scheduled
  4. Contract details notice published
    1 Oct 2025, 14:39 BST
    UK7

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £1,240,0001 award exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 1 Sept 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Harsco Rail Limited28 Aug 2025 – 27 Nov 2025£1,240,00015 Aug 2025Awarded

Contracts

  • Purchase of used rail grinder · Harsco Rail Limited

    Signed
    1 Sept 2025
    Value
    £1,240,000
    Period
    1 Sept 2025 – 27 Nov 2025
    Status
    active

    No agreed KPIs: Contract less than £5m.

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

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • HARSCO RAIL LIMITEDAwarded supplierGB-COH: 00977100GB-PPON: PHWW-7855-ZQQY Carlton House Regent Park, 299 Kingston Road, Leatherhead, South East, KT22 7SGContact email

Official documents & specifications (3)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Contract details notice contractContract details noticeUK7Contract details notice on Find a Tender
  • Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender
  • Transparency notice awardTransparency noticeUK5Transparency notice on Find a Tender