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TVCA-PROC-0881 - Business Tees Valley - 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 4 years, starting 1 December 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) is developing a new approach to business support that will help businesses start, grow, innovate and thrive. We are inviting suppliers, delivery partners and stakeholders to participate in preliminary market engagement to help shape the future of business support across Tees Valley where we would welcome feedback and insight from the market. The purpose of the engagement is to share our emerging thinking, test assumptions, understand market appetite and capability, and gather feedback that will help inform the future service design, specification, procurement strategy and commercial approach. We are particularly interested in understanding…Read the full description
Tees Valley Combined Authority (TVCA) is developing a new approach to business support that will help businesses start, grow, innovate and thrive.
We are inviting suppliers, delivery partners and stakeholders to participate in preliminary market engagement to help shape the future of business support across Tees Valley where we would welcome feedback and insight from the market.
The purpose of the engagement is to share our emerging thinking, test assumptions, understand market appetite and capability, and gather feedback that will help inform the future service design, specification, procurement strategy and commercial approach. We are particularly interested in understanding opportunities, risks, barriers to participation and innovative approaches that could strengthen the future model and support successful delivery.
For further detail regarding this opportunity, please click here: https://teesvalley.delta-esourcing.com/respond/P66995HAKW
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.
As part of the preliminary market engagement, a Market Engagement Event is being held on Tuesday 7th July 2026: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/business-tees-valley-supplier-engagement-event-tickets-1991537439091?aff=oddtdtcreator&keep_tld=true
For more information about this opportunity, please visit the eSourcing portal at:
https://teesvalley.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-Darlington:-Research-and-development-services-and-related-consultancy-services./P66995HAKW
To respond to this opportunity, please click here:
https://teesvalley.delta-esourcing.com/respond/P66995HAKW
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Timeline
- Preliminary market engagement notice · UK2, notice 059441-2026
About the buyer
Tees Valley Combined AuthorityLast 12 months
Procurements
222Awards
125Suppliers 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 059441-2026 on Find a Tender, first published 24 June 2026. We last checked for changes on 28 September 2026.