TVCA-PROC-0765 - Chemicals Sector Economic and Policy Support - Preliminary Market Engagement
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 6 months, starting 1 August 2026.
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) seeks to engage the market through this Pre-Tender Market Engagement (PTME) exercise in preparation for the potential procurement of a supplier to to commission an independent, evidence-based report analysing and quantifying economic exposure, capability risk and fiscal implications for the Tees Valley chemicals and process cluster. 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…Read the full description
How to bid
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Timeline
- Preliminary market engagement notice · UK2, notice 025638-2026
Last time this was bought
TVCA-PROC-0768 - Governance Consultancy
- Won by
- Governance First Limited
- Awarded
- 19 March 2026
- Value
- £70,000
- Contract ends
- 2 April 2027
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.
About the buyer
Procurements
218Awards
123Suppliers it has used most for research
- Counterculture Partnership LLP2 contracts
- Knowledge Train Limited2 contracts
- Alvarez & Marshal Infrastructure & Capital Projects LLP1 contract
- Counterculture LLP1 contract
- ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICES LIMITED T/A Fortia Insight1 contract
Similar open tenders
All open research tenders- £220kestimated
- £260mframework ceiling
From notice 025638-2026 on Find a Tender, first published 20 March 2026. We last checked for changes on 28 September 2026.