Notice Information
Notice Title
Airport Route Upgrades
Notice Description
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.
Planning Information
25th August is the deadline by which applications to attend the engagement workshop must be made. The Preliminary Market Engagement workshop will take place 12th September 2025 in Newcastle Upon Tyne. The workshop will provide an overview of the project to potential interested parties and we aim to gain helpful insights to aid our programme and approach to market. Please register your interest by close of business Monday 25th August using Nexus procurement portal : https://www.nepo.org/open All applications to attend the event and clarifications must be made via this portal. There are restrictions on the number of attendees. In the event Nexus receives more than 30 requests to attend they will randomly select suppliers to attend the event. Please see preliminary market engagement information on the portal for full information and instruction on registering your interest.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-056a9d
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/016381-2026
- Current Stage
- Tender
- All Stages
- Planning, Tender
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK4 - Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Works
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Tender Suitability
- SME
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
34 - Transport equipment and auxiliary products to transportation
45 - Construction work
-
- CPV Codes
34940000 - Railway equipment
45213320 - Construction work for buildings relating to railway transport
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £16,000,000 £10M-£100M
- Lots Value
- £16,000,000 £10M-£100M
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 24 Feb 20261 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 3 Jun 20262 months to go
- Future Notice Date
- 25 Aug 2025Expired
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 30 Nov 2026 - 29 Oct 2027 6-12 months
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Active
- Lots Status
- Active
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- TYNE AND WEAR PASSENGER TRANSPORT EXECUTIVE T/A NEXUS
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
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
- TLC North East (England)
-
- 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/016381-2026
24th February 2026 - Tender notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/010347-2026
5th February 2026 - Tender notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/044925-2025
31st July 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.open-uk.org/
Please see tender documentation in our eProcurement website: https://www.open-uk.org/
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