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TVCA-PROC-0874 - Travel Services

Tees Valley Combined Authority · Local authority

In brief

Tees Valley Combined Authority has announced plans to buy this contract. This is an early notice: there is nothing to bid on yet, but it tells you a tender may follow.

The estimated value is £700,000 excluding VAT.

The contract runs for 3 years, up to 4 years with extensions, starting 1 January 2027.

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 53 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 Corporate Travel Booking System, with a digital platform designed to manage and streamline the end-to-end process of business travel for Tees Valley Combined Authority and other entities within TVCA Group structure. . Through this PTME, the Contracting Authority aims to: Understand the market’s appetite to be involved in the potential future procurement exercise; •Understand the capacity of the market and timescales for delivery; •Understand potential risks associated with the procurement; •Understand opportunities, costs and considerations; and •Provide potential suppliers with an opportunity to raise queries and points for consideration in advance of any potential procurement exercise. For more information about this opportunity, please visit the eSourcing portal at: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-Darlington:-Travel-agency%2C-tour-operator-and-tourist-assistance-services./B89X2VCKH6 To respond to this opportunity, please click here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/B89X2VCKH6

How to bid

  1. Read the full notice on Find a Tender, including any tender documents it links to.
  2. 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.
  3. Follow the submission instructions in the notice; it does not name an e-tendering portal.

Timeline

  1. Preliminary market engagement notice · UK2, notice 082097-2026

Last time this was bought

TVCA-PROC-0744 - Active Travel Engagement Support Services

Won by
Middlesbrough Environment City
Awarded
6 July 2026
Value
£680,000
Bids
1
Contract ends
31 March 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

From notice 082097-2026 on Find a Tender, first published 28 August 2026. We last checked for changes on 28 September 2026.