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Delaware River Port Authority

This week: Delaware River Port Authority tenders to procure a rail-head profile grinder for its PATCO transit line. (2026-09-21)

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Type
Development authority — bi-state authority of Pennsylvania and New Jersey; owner of four Delaware River bridges and of the PATCO rapid transit railway
Market · Region
United States · Pennsylvania, New Jersey
Open tenders
0
Technology areas
Track & civil, Rolling-stock hardware, Signalling & train control, Digital operations, Electrification

Owns four bridges and the PATCO Speedline with $804.9m in capital projects.

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Owns the Benjamin Franklin, Walt Whitman, Commodore Barry and Betsy Ross bridges and the PATCO Speedline, and carries $804.9m of capital projects in its 2026-2030 programme of which $143.9m is PATCO.

Type
Development authority — bi-state authority of Pennsylvania and New Jersey; owner of four Delaware River bridges and of the PATCO rapid transit railway
Where
Pennsylvania, New Jersey · Philadelphia
Technology areas
Track & civil, Rolling-stock hardware, Signalling & train control, Digital operations, Electrification

Structure

  • owns PATCO — Wholly owned operating subsidiary; the DRPA's Procurement Department lets PATCO contracts (active)
  • controls PATCO — Wholly owned subsidiary; PATCO specifies and the Delaware River Port Authority contracts, through one shared Ariba registration (active)

Who holds what here

  • awarded STV — Design consultant for the Glassboro-Camden Line; 30 percent design package submitted October 2024 (active · since 2024-10)
  • awarded Alstom — PATCO transit car overhaul: all 120 cars rebuilt by Alstom Transport of Hornell, New York, — the largest rolling stock capital expenditure since PATCO opened in 1969 (active)
Sources for these relationships (8)

Tenders

TenderStatusValue bandNext key date
Delaware River Port Authority Glassboro-Camden light railPlannedvalue not published

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  • 2026-09-21 — Delaware River Port Authority tenders to procure a rail-head profile grinder for its PATCO transit line.

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  • Procurement structure
  • Published contacts (3)
  • Award history (5)
  • Entry path
  • Portals (3)

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5 sources · all primary
  • ● Delaware River Port Authority · Procurement — Ariba Network sourcing and supplier registration; vendors mailbox (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-13)
  • ● Delaware River Port Authority · Projects — five-year capital programme summary and featured project values (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-13)
  • ● Delaware River Port Authority · PATCO Lindenwold Control Center — project details (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-13)
  • ● Delaware River Port Authority · PATCO Woodcrest Platform & Collingswood Headhouses Upgrades — project details (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-13)
  • ● Delaware River Port Authority · PATCO Westmont & Collingswood Viaduct Substructure Preservation — project details (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-13)

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