Official UK procurement notice
Community Energy 'Seeing is Believing' Programme
Authority: Tees Valley Combined Authority (Local council)
Sectors: Education & Training (80) Delivery: North East (UKC)Yorkshire & Humber (UKE)
Published estimate£80,000£96,000 inc. VAT · 2 value updates2.2% below published estimate
Submissions closed 4 Jul 2025awarded 16 Jul 2025
Awarded to Community Energy Association (England) limited
Contract term 8 moup to 1 yr 2 mo with extensions · starts 28 Jul 2025
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionTees Valley Combined Authority on behalf of The North East and Yorkshire Net Zero Hub awarded a contract for The full delivery of 'Seeing is Believing' community energy programme of
activity to build capacity within the Community Energy sector and Local Authorities. The programme is to include bus tours/site visits, networking events/workshops, match making activity, and
community engagement.
CPV: Education and training services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Lot 1AwardedRenewalPublished value£80,000
- Value
- £80,000 exc. VAT · £96,000 inc. VAT
- Extensions
- Option to extend for 6 months if the project has not fully been delivered.
80000000 Education and training services
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published — the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
How bids were scored
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality — Weighting
- Price — Weighting
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- 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
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 1 Apr 2026, 07:45 BST
- Last source update
- 1 Apr 2026, 07:45 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end — 14 Jul 2025, 23:59 BST
- Authority reference
TVCA-PROC-0538- Latest notice
- Contract termination notice (UK11)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-050154Find a Tender
How it was run
Official noticeRun through: ProContract (Due North) · Who buys & how to bid on ProContract
Access & registration note: Free · short registration with manual review; public opportunity list
- Submission deadline
- 4 Jul 2025, 16:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 27 Jun 2025, 16:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
Tender responses must be submitted electronically via the ProContract portal
procontract.due-north.com/Advert ↗
Timeline
9 published dates · Europe/London- Planning notice published11 Apr 2025, 12:20 BST
- Market engagement2 May 2025, 23:59 BST
Tees Valley Combined Authority seeks to engage the market through this Pre-Tender Market Engagement (PTME) exercise in preparation for the procurement of a Community Energy focussed organisation to carry out a Seeing is Believing programme focussing on Community Energy Projects across the North more…
East and Yorkshire Hub region. Through this PTME, the Contracting Authority aims to: • Understand the market's appetite to be involved in this Community Energy Programme • Validate the supplier's proposal; • Understand the capacity and knowledge of the market along with timescales for delivery • 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. While the Authority will maintain commercial confidentiality of information received during the PTME, its output will be communicated to potential suppliers as part of any subsequent procurement exercises. The pre market engagement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert?advertId=7d71fe51-c316-f011-8136-005056b64545 You will need to register as a supplier to gain access to the documentation. Registration is free. - Tender notice published2 Jun 2025, 15:14 BST
- Clarification questions by27 Jun 2025, 16:00 BST
- Submission deadline4 Jul 2025, 16:00 BST
- Award decision expected by14 Jul 2025, 23:59 BST
- Assessment summaries sent16 Jul 2025, 00:00 BST
- Contract starts28 Jul 2025, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published178 days ago1 Apr 2026, 07:45 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics — not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £78,2501 award exc. VAT
Bids received 1111 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 13 Aug 2025
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
Community Energy Association (England) limitedSME13 Aug 2025 — 31 Mar 2026 · up to 30 Sept 2026Extensions: Difficulty engaging with target audience - engagement may not have the outputs we'd desire if correct people aren't targeted Activities undersubscribed - less capacity building taking more…place Projects not available for bus tours or site visits - alternative projects would need to be identified or less tours to take place Venues for events are not available - alternative venues would need to be identified or less events to take place Difficulty engaging with the Community Energy sector - may lead to lower engagement and less outputs Difficulty engaging with Local Authorities - may lead to lower engagement and less outputs Activities cover a large geographical area - may be an uneven spread of engagement leading to less capacity building in some regions | £78,250 | 16 Jul 2025 | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 1 · Community Energy Association (England) limitedSME
- Signed
- 13 Aug 2025
- Value
- £78,250
- Period
- 13 Aug 2025 — 31 Mar 2026 · up to 30 Sept 2026 with extensions
- Status
- terminated
- Extensions
Difficulty engaging with target audience - engagement may not have the outputs we'd desire if correct people aren't targeted Activities undersubscribed - less capacity building taking place Projects not available for bus tours or site visits - alternative projects would need to be identified or less tours to take place Venues for events are not available - alternative venues would need to be identified or less more…
events to take place Difficulty engaging with the Community Energy sector - may lead to lower engagement and less outputs Difficulty engaging with Local Authorities - may lead to lower engagement and less outputs Activities cover a large geographical area - may be an uneven spread of engagement leading to less capacity building in some regions- Final value
- £78,250
- Termination
- contractCompleted
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11final-stage tenders · 12 at stage one | 11 | 0 | — |
Notice history
16 events · 5 releases on Find a Tender · since 11 Apr 2025- Contract termination notice published1 Apr 2026, 07:45 BSTUK11
- Status changed1 Apr 2026, 07:45 BST
- Procurement method changed1 Apr 2026, 07:45 BST
- Buyer details updated1 Apr 2026, 07:45 BST
- Contract details notice published17 Sept 2025, 13:47 BSTUK7
- Contract signature expected13 Aug 2025, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract award notice published13 Aug 2025, 14:25 BSTUK6
- Published value updated13 Aug 2025, 14:25 BSTwas £80,000
- Status changed to complete13 Aug 2025, 14:25 BST
- Deadline withdrawn13 Aug 2025, 14:25 BST
- Tender notice published2 Jun 2025, 15:14 BSTUK4
- Published value published: £80,0002 Jun 2025, 15:14 BST
- Status changed to active2 Jun 2025, 15:14 BST
- Procurement method changed2 Jun 2025, 15:14 BST
- Deadline published: 4 Jul 2025, 16:00 BST2 Jun 2025, 15:14 BST
- Preliminary market engagement notice published11 Apr 2025, 12:20 BSTUK2
Routine re-releases (5)
- 2025-06: 1 release · 2 Jun 2025
- 2025-04: 1 release · 11 Apr 2025
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Community Energy Association (England) limitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (6)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Conflict of interest declarationNot published
Notices 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
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender