Metro Go Legal Services
Estimated value
£4.0m
Awarded value
—
Suppliers
0
Lots
1
Published
28 Nov 2025
Description
Nexus requires suitably qualified and experienced legal advisors to support Nexus on a project to plan, procure, design, construct, commission and safely operate a new signalling system as part of the MetroGo project. Other significant elements include identifying and procuring property suitable for a new control centre and other packages of land adjacent to the Metro Infrastructure. More details on Nexus' requirements are set out in the Specification. The contract term is 84 months with an option to extend for a further 36 months, so as to ensure that Nexus' requirements are fully met within the MetroGo project that is in itself subject to the endorsement and approval of the Outline Business Case (OBC) by Government in due course, and this legal retainer is expected to encompass the advice required to (i) prepare the content of the OBC; (ii) implement the agreed strategies set out in the OBC; (iii) deliver the OBC & Final Business Case strategies and, in turn, commission a new signalling system via the MetroGo project. The exact scope of work during the commission will be subject to the timely progress of the project and is set out in the Specification.
Scope
- Reference
- NEX25/56
- Total value
- £4,000,000 excluding VAT£4,800,000 including VATAbove the relevant threshold
- Commercial tool
- Standalone contract
- Contract dates
- 19 Apr 2026 to 19 Apr 2033Possible extension to 19 Apr 2036
To ensure that Nexus' requirements are fully met within the MetroGo project that is in itself subject to the endorsement and approval of the Outline Business Case (OBC) by Government.
- Main category
- services
- CPV classifications
- 79100000
- Contract locations
- North East England, United Kingdom
- Particular suitability
- Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)
Award criteria
Criteria the buyer will use to evaluate bids.
| Name | Description | Type | Weighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price | — | price | 40.00% |
| Quality | — | quality | 60.00% |
Submission & procedure
- Submission deadline
- 27 Feb 2026, 12:00 pm
- Submission address
- Please submit your tenders via the website below: https://www.open-uk.org/
- Electronic submission
- Yes
- Procedure
- Competitive flexible procedure