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Pre-Tender Market Engagement - Business Tees Valley Digital Platform - Lot 2
Tees Valley Combined Authority · Local authority
In brief
Tees Valley Combined Authority has announced plans to buy IT and software work. This is an early notice: there is nothing to bid on yet, but it tells you a tender may follow.
The notice does not state a value.
The contract runs for 1 year, up to 2 years with extensions, starting 2 October 2025.
The buyer says it is suitable for small and medium-sized businesses.
Built from the notice's own fields. Always check the official notice before you bid.
Can I win this?
Competition
Usually low: a median of 2 bids per contract for this buyer (from 61 awards in the last 12 months).
What the notice says
Tees Valley Combined Authority (TVCA), part of the Tees Valley Combined Authority Group, seeks to engage the market through this Pre-Tender Market Engagement (PTME) exercise in preparation for the potential procurement of a supplier to deliver a complete solution to populating TVCA's new online Business Support Platform with high-quality digital tools and resources, as well as funding opportunities and business support programmes. This will include a comprehensive mapping exercise at a local, regional and national level, and the development of TVCA branded resources to plug identified gaps as necessary. This relates to TVCA-PROC-0606 and this PTME is Lot 2 of the for the potential…Read the full description
Tees Valley Combined Authority (TVCA), part of the Tees Valley Combined Authority Group, seeks to engage the market through this Pre-Tender Market Engagement (PTME) exercise in preparation for the potential procurement of a supplier to deliver a complete solution to populating TVCA's new online Business Support Platform with high-quality digital tools and resources, as well as funding opportunities and business support programmes. This will include a comprehensive mapping exercise at a local, regional and national level, and the development of TVCA branded resources to plug identified gaps as necessary.
This relates to TVCA-PROC-0606 and this PTME is Lot 2 of the for the potential procurement of a supplier to deliver a complete web-based solution for TVCA's Business Support Service with AI integration, including built-in diagnostic and functionality for a tailored self-service business support journey.
Through this PTME, the Contracting Authority aims to:
• Understand the market's appetite to be involved in the potential future procurement exercise;
• Validate the supplier's proposal;
• Understand the capacity of the market and timescales for delivery
• Potential risks associated with the procurement
• Understand opportunities, costs and considerations
• Provide potential suppliers with an opportunity to raise queries and points of consideration in advance of any potential procurement exercise.
Please refer to the Pre-Tender Market Engagement documents for further detail. These can be found on the ProContract e-tendering portal:
https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert?advertId=3058946b-4469-f011-813a-005056b64545&fromProjectDashboard=True
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How to bid
- Read the full notice on Find a Tender, including any tender documents it links to.
- Register your organisation on the Central Digital Platform (through Find a Tender) if you have not already. Suppliers need to be registered to take part in procurements under the Procurement Act 2023.
- Follow the submission instructions in the notice; it does not name an e-tendering portal.
Timeline
- Preliminary market engagement notice · UK2, notice 061346-2025
About the buyer
Tees Valley Combined AuthorityLast 12 months
Procurements
218Awards
123Suppliers it has used most for IT and software
- Cognisoft Limited1 contract
- Coral and Crown Ltd1 contract
- Periti Digital Limited1 contract
- Phylum Forge Limited t/a Data Thistle1 contract
- South West Smart Applications Limited1 contract
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From notice 061346-2025 on Find a Tender, first published 1 October 2025. We last checked for changes on 28 September 2026.