Find a TenderPast planning noticePreliminary market engagement notice
Published 21 Jul 2025, 14:36 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Pre-Tender Market Engagement - Business Tees Valley Digital Platform - Lot 2

Official notice

Authority: Tees Valley Combined Authority (Local council)

ServicesAbove thresholdSME suitableVCSE suitable
Planned pipeline value£500,000pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected Date not publishedfrom the planned procurement notice
Contract term 1 yrends 1 Oct 2026 · up to 1 Oct 2027 with extensions · starts 2 Oct 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Tees Valley Combined Authority (TVCA), part of the Tees Valley Combined Authority Group, seeks to engage the market through this Pre-Tender Market Engagement (PTME) exercise in preparation for the potential procurement of a supplier to deliver a complete solution to populating TVCA's new online Business Support Platform with high-quality digital tools and resources, as well as funding opportunities and business support programmes. This will include a comprehensive mapping exercise at a local, regional and national level, and the development of TVCA branded resources to plug identified gaps as necessary.

This relates to TVCA-PROC-0606 and this PTME is Lot 2 of the for the potential procurement of a supplier to deliver a complete web-based solution for TVCA's Business Support Service with AI integration, including built-in diagnostic and functionality for a tailored self-service business support journey.

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.

Please refer to the Pre-Tender Market Engagement documents for further detail. These can be found on the ProContract e-tendering portal:

procontract.due-north.com/Advert ↗

You will need to register as a supplier to gain access to the tender documentation. Registration is free.

CPV: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1PlannedRenewal 1 yrSMEVCSE
Contract period: 2 Oct 2025 – 1 Oct 2026 (1 yr) · up to 1 Oct 2027 with extensions
Delivery: North EastEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligible
Extensions: Extension options published

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Past planning notice
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
21 Jul 2025, 14:36 BST
Last source update
1 Oct 2025, 14:04 BST
Authority reference
TVCA-PROC-0606
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-061346
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
Delivery area
North East (UKC1)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05630c Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

21 Jul 2025 → 2 Oct 2025 · 4 dates
  1. Planning notice published
    21 Jul 2025, 14:36 BST
  2. Market engagement
    15 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST

    To respond to this pre-market engagement request, you must be registered to use the ProContract e-tendering portal:

    procontract.due-north.com/Advert ↗

    All completed responses must be submitted electronically via the portal using the submission template.

    Should you require assistance in relation to the e-tender portal, please contact Proactis Supplier Support either on-line at suppliersupport.proactisservicedesk.com ↗, via

    email to ProContractSuppliers@proactis.com or call 0330 0050 352.

    Queries regarding this process and/or the content of this PTME should be submitted as clarification requests via the portal, no communication will be accepted via other means.

  3. Latest notice published395 days ago
    1 Oct 2025, 14:04 BST
  4. Contract starts395 days ago
    2 Oct 2025, 00:00 BST

Notice history

6 events · 6 releases on Find a Tender · since 21 Jul 2025
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    21 Jul 2025, 14:36 BST
    UK2
  2. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    23 Jul 2025, 15:38 BST
    UK2
  3. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    25 Jul 2025, 10:59 BST
    UK2
  4. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    25 Jul 2025, 11:01 BST
    UK2
  5. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    25 Jul 2025, 12:02 BST
    UK2
  6. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    1 Oct 2025, 14:04 BST
    UK2
Published amendments (2)

Updating estimated contract dates.

Updating title of PTME.

Routine re-releases (6)
  • 2025-07: 3 releases · 21 Jul 2025, 25 Jul 2025

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Tees Valley Combined Authority

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-COH: 11747311 · GB-PPON: PDNG-8971-ZVCR Teesside Airport Business Suite, Teesside International Airport, Darlington, North East, DL2 1NJContact email

Official documents & specifications (6)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure