Official UK procurement notice
TVCA-PROC-0799 - Interim Governance Improvement Lead · Venn Group Limited for Tees Valley Combined Authority (Mar 2026)
Authority: Tees Valley Combined Authority (Local council)
Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: North East (UKC1)
Awarded value£35,000published award · exc. VAT
Awarded 27 Feb 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 - Interim Governance Improvement Lead - Interim to assist with the Monitoring Officer while recruitment takes place. This is retrospective notice due to internal approval delays staff member commenced 2nd March 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
- 30 Mar 2026, 09:36 BST
- Last source update
- 8 May 2026, 08:26 BST
- Authority reference
TVCA-PROC-0799 - Interim Governance Improvement Lead- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-042217- Latest notice
- Contract termination notice (UK11)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06774dFind a Tender
Notice history
5 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 30 Mar 2026- Transparency notice published30 Mar 2026, 09:36 BSTUK5
- Contract award notice published1 Apr 2026, 14:52 BSTUK6
- Contract signature expected1 Apr 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract details notice published16 Apr 2026, 14:33 BSTUK7
- Contract termination notice published8 May 2026, 08:26 BSTUK11
Routine re-releases (4)
- 2026-03: 1 release · 30 Mar 2026
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £35,0001 award exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 1 Apr 2026
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Venn Group Limited2 Apr 2026 – 1 Jun 2026 · up to 1 Sept 2026Extensions: If a suitable candidate can not be recruited within time scale. | £35,000 | 27 Feb 2026 | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 1 · Venn Group Limited
- Signed
- 1 Apr 2026
- Value
- £35,000
- Period
- 2 Apr 2026 – 1 Jun 2026 · up to 1 Sept 2026 with extensions
- Status
- terminated, Assignment Completed April 2026
- Extensions
- If a suitable candidate can not be recruited within time scale.
- Final value
- £35,000
- Termination
- 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