NEX25/55 Airport Route Upgrade
Details
- Supplier(s)
- VolkerRail Specialist Businesses Ltd,
- Value
- £13,566,283.25
- Duration
- 1 year
- Topic
- Railway equipment
- Published
- 2 November 2026
- Source
- uk:find_a_tender
Tender 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. ## Contract award Title: NEX2555 Airport Route Upgrades
Timeline
- Completed: Award published2 November 2026Current notice
- Completed: Award date2 November 2026
- Next: Contract expiry date31 March 2028in 17 months
About the buyer
Nexus is the Tyne and Wear Passenger Transport Executive and runs the Tyne and Wear Metro, a regional bus network and the Shields Ferry. The Nexus Procurement Team appoints suppliers and manages each tender. Subsidised local bus services are contracted for terms from three months to five years. A small works framework was announced for civil engineering and Metro lineside works. A supplier incentive programme with Oxygen Finance offers early payment before the standard 30 days.
Over the past 5 years, most of Nexus's contract awards have been in transport services, transport equipment and construction work.
Decision makers
Connect with the people behind this procurement.
| Contact name | Job title | Phone number | Work email |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head of Procurement | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@tyne-and-wear-passenger-transport-executive-t-a-nexus.gov | |
| Commercial Director | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@tyne-and-wear-passenger-transport-executive-t-a-nexus.gov | |
| Procurement Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@tyne-and-wear-passenger-transport-executive-t-a-nexus.gov | |
| Category Lead | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@tyne-and-wear-passenger-transport-executive-t-a-nexus.gov | |
| Senior Buyer | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@tyne-and-wear-passenger-transport-executive-t-a-nexus.gov | |
| Contracts Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@tyne-and-wear-passenger-transport-executive-t-a-nexus.gov |
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