Closed tender

Golborne Heavy Rail Station Market Sounding

Details

Published
24 May 2024
Submission
25 June 2024

Tender description

Market Sounding only. TfGM, Wigan MBC and Network Rail, have developed an option for a new Heavy railway station in Golborne, Wigan. The new station will be located on the existing electrified track infrastructure on the West Coast Mainline (WCML) near to the site of the old Golborne station. As part of the overall scheme, the new station would be served by an hourly service between Wigan North-Western and Manchester Victoria. Please express interest via this portal - the MS document will then be issued via the messaging function Keywords: Rail, Construction

Timeline

  1. Completed: Tender published24 May 2024
    Current notice
  2. Completed: Submission date25 June 2024

About the buyer

Transport for Greater Manchester is the local transport body behind the Bee Network, buying with its own team of CIPS-qualified procurement professionals. Tenders are advertised on ProContract, the organisation's own e-tendering portal. Larger opportunities are published as Pipeline Notices on Find a Tender, with older award notices held on Contracts Finder. Established frameworks, run either externally or in-house, cover much of what TfGM buys for ease and speed. Bus contracts follow a separate route, procured through the Bee Network's bus franchising model. Suppliers can reach the procurement team directly by email for guidance on bidding.

UK local government drives £140bn in annual procurement, led by social protection (£66.6bn) and education (£57.1bn).

Over the past 5 years, most of Transport for Greater Manchester's contract awards have been in business services, transport services and IT services.

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