ProcuraAxisBeta
Sign inCreate Free Account
Home / Opportunities / Opportunity
PROCUREMENT OPPORTUNITY

Airport Route Upgrades

Tyne and Wear Passenger Transport Executive T/A Nexus · Tender notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 25 Sept 2026, 09:21.

Opportunity overview

Tyne 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.

Classification

  • CPV34940000 — Railway equipment
  • CPV45213320 — Construction work for buildings relating to railway transport

Lots

  • Lot 1£16m

Documents and notices

  • Tender notice on Find a TenderOpen source ↗
  • Please see tender documentation in our eProcurement website: https://www.open-uk.org/Open source ↗
  • Please see tender documentation in our eProcurement website: https://www.open-uk.org/Open source ↗

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
NEX25/55
Status
active
Procurement Method
open
Procurement Method Details
Competitive flexible procedure
Main Procurement Category
works
Above Threshold
Yes
Published risks
As per tender documentation

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Procedure

Features
Competitive flexible procedure. Only qualified suppliers are invited to tender.

Special regime

utilities

Submission terms

Electronic Submission Policy
allowed

Languages

en

Tender Period

Ends
4 Sept 2026, 12:00

Enquiry period

Ends
5 Jun 2026, 12:00

Expected award period

Ends
21 Oct 2026, 23:59

Contract terms

Financial Terms
As per tender documentation

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
active

Value

Including VAT
20,000,000
Amount
16,000,000
Currency
GBP

Award criteria

Criteria

Criterion 1
Type
price
Name
Price

Numbers

Entry 1
Number
35
Weight
percentageExact
Criterion 2
Type
quality
Name
Quality

Numbers

Entry 1
Number
55
Weight
percentageExact
Criterion 3
Type
quality
Name
Social Value

Numbers

Entry 1
Number
10
Weight
percentageExact

Selection criteria

Criteria

Criterion 1
Type
economic
Description
As per tender documentation
Criterion 2
Type
technical
Description
As per tender documentation

Suitability

Sme
Yes

Contract period

Starts
30 Nov 2026, 00:00
Ends
29 Oct 2027, 23:59

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
CPV
Id
34940000
Description
Railway equipment
Entry 2
Scheme
CPV
Id
45213320
Description
Construction work for buildings relating to railway transport

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKC
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Published documents

Entry 1
Id
conflictOfInterest
Document Type
conflictOfInterest
Description
Not published
Entry 2
Id
L-1
Document Type
biddingDocuments
Description
Please see tender documentation in our eProcurement website: https://www.open-uk.org/
Entry 3
Id
L-2
Document Type
technicalSpecifications
Description
Please see tender documentation in our eProcurement website: https://www.open-uk.org/
Entry 4
Id
081947-2026
Document Type
tenderNotice
Notice Type
UK4
Description
Tender notice on Find a Tender
Published
27 Aug 2026, 16:41
Format
text/html

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Name
Tyne and Wear Passenger Transport Executive T/A Nexus
Id
GB-PPON-PNTB-4383-VMJH

Identifier

Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PNTB-4383-VMJH

Address

Street Address
The Spark, Newcastle Helix, St James Boulevard
Locality
Newcastle upon Tyne
Postal Code
NE4 5DE
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKC22

Contact

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Id
publicUndertaking
Description
Public undertaking

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Newcastle upon Tyne · UKC22 · NE4 5DE · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKC · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

5 published notice versions reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

5 VERSIONS
  1. 010347-2026Tender notice on Find a Tender ·
  2. 016381-2026Tender notice on Find a Tender ·
  3. 042412-2026Tender notice on Find a Tender ·
  4. 048059-2026Tender notice on Find a Tender ·
  5. 081947-2026Tender notice on Find a Tender ·