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TVCA-PROC-0632 - Pre-Tender Market Engagement - Full Business Case Development for access improvements at North Road Railway Station, Darlington

Tees Valley Combined Authority · Local authority

In brief

Tees Valley Combined Authority has announced plans to buy research 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, starting 2 March 2026.

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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 write a Full Business Case (FBC) on behalf of Tees Valley Combined Authority, for an accessibility project which will enable to persons of reduced mobility to be able to use the station. As part of the scheme there will be major upgrades to CCTV, lighting, platform furniture and the public realm in an around North Road Railway Station which will complement the Hopetown Museum. Through this PTME, the Contracting Authority aims to: •Understand the market’s…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 write a Full Business Case (FBC) on behalf of Tees Valley Combined Authority, for an accessibility project which will enable to persons of reduced mobility to be able to use the station. As part of the scheme there will be major upgrades to CCTV, lighting, platform furniture and the public realm in an around North Road Railway Station which will complement the Hopetown Museum. 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. •Understand a likely budget requirement for the works. For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-Darlington:-Research-and-development-services-and-related-consultancy-services./FHRTX9XP64 To respond to this opportunity, please click here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/FHRTX9XP64

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Timeline

  1. Preliminary market engagement notice · UK2, notice 074352-2025

Last time this was bought

Digital Transport CRSTS/TCR Business Case Development

Awarded
13 October 2025
Value
Not stated, or split across lots
Contract ends
12 April 2026

Matched on Tees Valley Combined Authority, the type of work and the title; it may be a related contract rather than the same one. Check the notice to be sure.

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From notice 074352-2025 on Find a Tender, first published 17 November 2025. We last checked for changes on 28 September 2026.