Notice Information
Notice Title
NEX24/27 Technical Advisory Services
Notice Description
Award of a contract (including Service Enquiry 001) for a technical advisory consultant to assist in Nexus engineering department. This is a single supplier 3 year contract, with the option to extend a further 2 years. Nexus requires an appropriately skilled and experienced specialist technical advisory consultant to provide technical support in the development of solutions that are practical, cost effective and innovative, where appropriate, during both the pre-construction and implementation stages of a project, or to give technical advice when needed to assist Nexus engineering in the replacement and/or upgrade of rolling stock vehicles and equipment.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Renewal: Nexus has the option to extend the contract for a further 2 years.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-0558f0
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/008822-2026
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK6 - Contract Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Framework
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Tender Suitability
- SME
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
45 - Construction work
71 - Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services
-
- CPV Codes
45220000 - Engineering works and construction works
71311000 - Civil engineering consultancy services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £1,000,000 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- £1,000,000 £1M-£10M
- Awards Value
- £1,000,000 £1M-£10M
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 2 Feb 20264 days ago
- Submission Deadline
- 25 Aug 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 2 Feb 20265 days ago
- Contract Period
- 12 Feb 2026 - 11 Feb 2029 3-4 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Complete
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- TYNE AND WEAR PASSENGER TRANSPORT EXECUTIVE T/A NEXUS
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- tenders@nexus.org.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
- Postcode
- NE4 5DE
- Post Town
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLC North East (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLC4 Northumberland, Durham and Tyne & Wear
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLC43 Tyneside
- Delivery Location
- TLC2 Northumberland, and Tyne and Wear
-
- Local Authority
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- Electoral Ward
- Arthur's Hill
- Westminster Constituency
- Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/008822-2026
2nd February 2026 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/038436-2025
9th July 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/037359-2025
4th July 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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