Official UK procurement notice
STDC-PROC-0562 - Site Wide Ground Investigation Services
Authority: Tees Valley Combined Authority (Local council)
Sectors: Construction & Civil Engineering (45) Delivery: North East (UKC12)
Awarded value£500,000published award · exc. VAT
Awarded 21 Jul 2025
Awarded to SOLMEK LIMITED
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionSouth Tees Development Corporation (part of the TVCA Group) have awarded a contract for Site Wide Ground Investigation Services.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - limited competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- 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
- 9 Oct 2025, 14:03 BST
- Last source update
- 9 Oct 2025, 14:03 BST
- Authority reference
STDC-PROC-0562- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-063747- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05aba9Find a Tender
Notice history
2 events · 1 release on Find a Tender · since 9 Oct 2025- Contract award notice published9 Oct 2025, 14:03 BSTUK6
- Contract signature expected27 Oct 2025, 23:59 GMTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £500,0001 award exc. VAT
Bids received 11 from SMEs
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| SOLMEK LIMITEDSMESTDC-PROC-0562 - Site Wide Ground Investigation1 Nov 2025 – 31 Oct 2026 · up to 31 Oct 2027Extensions: Optional 1 year extension at the discretion of the contracting authority, who in this instance, is South Tees Development Corporation. | £500,000 | 21 Jul 2025 | Awarded |
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1final-stage tenders · 3 at stage one | 1 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- SOLMEK LIMITEDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender