Official UK procurement notice
TVCA-PROC-0790 - Governance Interim
Authority: Tees Valley Combined Authority (Local council)
Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: North East (UKC1)
Awarded value£45,000published award · exc. VAT
Awarded 25 Mar 2026no call for competition
Awarded to Venn Group Limited
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionTees Valley Combined Authority (TVCA) ('the contracting authority')have completed a Direct Award to Venn Group Recruitment for the supply - Staffing - Governance Improvement Plan Lead to assist with the Monitoring Officer while recruitment takes place. This is retrospective notice due to internal approval delays staff member commenced 23rd February 2026
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedProcedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - without competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 25 Mar 2026, 12:48 GMT
- Last source update
- 22 May 2026, 13:17 BST
- Authority reference
TVCA-PROC-0790 - Governance Interim- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-047857- Latest notice
- Contract termination notice (UK11)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0673ceFind a Tender
Notice history
5 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 25 Mar 2026- Transparency notice published25 Mar 2026, 12:48 GMTUK5
- Contract award notice published25 Mar 2026, 12:55 GMTUK6
- Contract signature expected25 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMTscheduled
- Contract details notice published30 Mar 2026, 08:56 BSTUK7
- Contract termination notice published22 May 2026, 13:17 BSTUK11
Routine re-releases (4)
- 2026-03: 1 release · 25 Mar 2026
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £45,0001 award exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 25 Mar 2026
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Venn Group Limited26 Mar 2026 – 23 May 2026 · up to 23 Jul 2026Extensions: If a suitable candidate is not recruited within the time scale | £45,000 | 25 Mar 2026 | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 1 · Venn Group Limited
- Signed
- 25 Mar 2026
- Value
- £45,000
- Period
- 26 Mar 2026 – 23 May 2026 · up to 23 Jul 2026 with extensions
- Status
- terminated, Contract completed
- Extensions
- If a suitable candidate is not recruited within the time scale
- Final value
- £45,000
- Termination
- contractCompleted, mutuallyAgreed
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Venn GroupAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract termination notice Contract termination notice on Find a Tender
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender