Metro Go Legal Services

Tyne and Wear Passenger Transport Executive T/A Nexus

Published: May 6, 2026

Updated: May 20, 2026

Source: uk_fts

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About This Opportunity

Award by Tyne and Wear Passenger Transport Executive T/A Nexus (United Kingdom, governance & public sector): Metro Go Legal Services. Published 2026.

This is a services contract in the governance and public administration sector. Located in United Kingdom, Europe, this opportunity is open to firms and consortiums.

Published through UK FTS - Find a Tender Service, a national government procurement portal. Public procurement tenders follow the country's national bidding regulations and may have specific eligibility and documentation requirements for services in the governance and public administration sector. Service contracts are typically evaluated on both technical quality and price, and may require bidders to demonstrate relevant experience and qualified personnel. This contract has already been awarded. The information is published for transparency and market intelligence purposes.

Description

Nexus requires suitably qualified and experienced legal advisors who will be appointed to a seven year contract with an option to extend for up to a further three years to support Nexus on the Metro Go project. This will involve, amongst other associated workstreams, a project to plan, procure, design, construct, commission and safely operate a new signalling system for the Tyne and Wear Metro Network.
The Metro Go Project
Metro Go is the project name for one of Nexus' biggest projects to date in terms of size and scale. The project will replace Nexus' outdated signalling system with a modern, technologically advanced system that befits an operational light transit rail network (the Metro Network).
Whilst Nexus has already invested in a new rolling-stock fleet of class 555 units, to ensure that the Metro units can operate efficiently, it is essential that a new signalling system is designed and implemented across the Metro Network.
The signalling system is an essential and safety critical component of the Metro Network that must align and interface with all trains and other existing infrastructure on the Metro Network. Understanding these interfaces will be critical to ensuring the success of Metro Go and of ensuring that impacts on operational service are minimised during delivery phases.
Nexus requires legal advisors who understand these interfaces and who will pre-emptively assist in managing the associated legal/commercial risks throughout the Metro Go project.

Data provenance

This notice is sourced from UK FTS - Find a Tender Service and was originally published on May 6, 2026. Last refreshed 37 days ago. Reference: 041323-2026. BidsFactory mirrors official procurement notices and links back to the source for full legal text.

About Tyne and Wear Passenger Transport Executive T/A Nexus

Tyne and Wear Passenger Transport Executive T/A Nexus has issued 33 procurement notices on BidsFactory, including 4 currently open and 18 awarded contracts. Activity concentrates in Governance & Public Administration, General Supplies & Services, and Construction & Civil Works. All notices are published for United Kingdom. Notices are distributed via UK FTS - Find a Tender Service. Most recent publication: June 17, 2026.

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