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Tyne and Wear Passenger Transport Executive T/A Nexus

RRV & Operator Hire Framework Agreement

ConstructionCPV 45500000
Value£4.0m
Deadline17 Sept 2026
Published6 Aug 2026
RegionNationwide
Timeline
Published 6 Aug 202639 days leftCloses 17 Sept 2026
Who to contact
tenders@nexus.org.uk

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

How to submit
Open the submissions portal

Please send submissions via the OPEN Portal: OPEN2025836 https://www.open-uk.org/

The submission route named on the official notice.

Contract value in context
£4.0mtotal contract value
median £158k
this tender£0£6.5m

This is a large award for Construction — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 64,002 valued Construction tenders in our corpus.

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The brief

Nexus wishes to establish a multi-supplier Framework Agreement for the hire of Road Rail Vehicles and Operators (the "RRV Framework").

Under the RRV Framework, Nexus may issue requests to the Suppliers to provide Road Rail Vehicles and Operators in accordance with the Framework Scope and Nexus's requirements in respect of Hire Contracts.

Further details on the procurement, Framework Agreement and call-off processes can be found in the ITT documentation.

Nexus utilises the North East Procurement Organisation OPEN eProcurement portal for all tender opportunities.

Suppliers will need to register to gain free access to procurement documents and, to submit tender responses.

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Requirements

What the notice asks for

01

Under the RRV Framework, Nexus may issue

Under the RRV Framework, Nexus may issue requests to the Suppliers to provide Road Rail Vehicles and Operators in accordance with the Framework Scope and Nexus's requirements in respect of Hire Contracts.

02

Suppliers will need to register to gain

Suppliers will need to register to gain free access to procurement documents and, to submit tender responses.

Sentences from the notice that state an obligation, surfaced automatically and shown in the order they appear. Not an exhaustive list — always confirm against the tender documents.

The gates

What this notice demands of you

2 named, none in explicit obligation language. Each one is quoted from the notice.

ESPO / YPO / NEPOFrameworks & routes to market
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Framework agreement (any)Frameworks & routes to market
RRV & Operator Hire Framework Agreement

Matched against the notice text, so this is a floor — the tender pack will demand things the notice never mentions. “Says must” means the quoted sentence itself used obligation language; anything ambiguous is left as a mention.

What it takes to bid this

2540 daysof bid-team effort
£17.1k£27.4kat typical UK bid-team rates

Typical UK bid effort for the £1m–£10m band — an estimate, not a quote.

Qualify & bid/no-bid ~10% · SQ / PQQ ~20% · Written response ~55% · Review & presentation ~15%

Typical for this category — confirm against the ITT pack

  • Hold at bidSSIP-family accreditation (CHAS / Constructionline)
  • Hold at bidISO 45001 / H&S policy & CDM competence
  • Show at bidNamed site & contract managers with CVs
  • Show at bidComparable references / case studies
  • Hold at bidFinancial standing (accounts, often ~2× contract value turnover)
  • Hold at bidInsurance cover (PL / EL, often PI)
  • Show at bidSocial value commitments

Hold at bid = pass/fail conditions of participation. Show at bid = scored in the quality response. Plan for delivery = contract obligations from day one.

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Source & provenance
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06ddc6
Stage
tender · Open
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
074745-2026
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Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source data © Crown copyright.

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