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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.

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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
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 opportunities, costs and considerations ·Provide potential suppliers with an opportunity to raise queries and points of consideration in advance of any potential procurement exercise. Collaboration with the supply chain is central to our approach to delivering the proposed 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. While the Authority will maintain commercial confidentiality of information received during the PTME, its output will be communicated to potential suppliers as part of any subsequent procurement exercises. For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta portal at: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/??notice-title??/65EX6AJ8KB To respond to this opportunity, please click here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/65EX6AJ8KB If you experience any technical difficulties from accessing the above url, then please contact the Delta eSourcing Helpdesk on call [phone number removed] or email helpdesk@delta-esourcing.com. 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./65EX6AJ8KB To respond to this opportunity, please click here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/65EX6AJ8KB

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Timeline

  1. 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.

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From notice 025638-2026 on Find a Tender, first published 20 March 2026. We last checked for changes on 28 September 2026.