Nexus

How to win their contracts

Measured from Nexus's own published record — no estimates, no generic advice.

• Plan for about 21 days to prepare a bid — that is the median gap between publication and deadline across 31 of their tenders.
• They publish about 1.8 tenders a month, measured over 41 months of history.
• Half of the tenders where they publish a value are estimated at £1.6m or less.
• Most of their buying falls in transport services (excl. waste transport), business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing, security, architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services.
• Their most frequent suppliers are Go North East (6) — expect to bid against incumbents who already know this buyer.