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TVCA-PROC-0918 - Hartlepool and Middlesbrough Mobile Connectivity Improvement
Tees Valley Combined Authority · Local authority
In brief
Tees Valley Combined Authority has announced plans to buy telecoms 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 13 years, starting 4 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 61 awards in the last 12 months).
What the notice says
The Contracting Authority seeks to engage the market through this Pre-Tender Market Engagement (PTME) exercise in preparation for the potential procurement of a supplier to design, deploy, operate and maintain mobile connectivity infrastructure across Hartlepool and Middlesbrough.
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.
For more information about this opportunity, please visit the eSourcing portal at:
https://teesvalley.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-Darlington:-Telecommunications-network./58RN6Q63K7
To respond to this opportunity, please click here:
https://teesvalley.delta-esourcing.com/respond/58RN6Q63K7
How to bid
- Read the full notice on Find a Tender, including any tender documents it links to.
- 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.
- Follow the submission instructions in the notice; it does not name an e-tendering portal.
Timeline
- Preliminary market engagement notice · UK2, notice 075759-2026
About the buyer
Tees Valley Combined AuthorityLast 12 months
Procurements
222Awards
125Similar open tenders
All open telecoms tenders- £3mestimated
- £2.5mestimated
From notice 075759-2026 on Find a Tender, first published 10 August 2026. We last checked for changes on 28 September 2026.