Official UK procurement notice
Digital Transport CRSTS/TCR Business Case Development
Authority: Tees Valley Combined Authority (Local council)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionTees Valley Combined Authority (TVCA) (the 'Contracting Authority'), part of the Tees Valley Combined Group, have awarded a contract to Ove Arup & Partners Limited for consultancy to write green book compliant Digital Transport City Region Sustainable Transport Settlement (CRSTS) / Transport for City Regions (TCR) Business Case(s), expanding on a predefined Outline Business Case(s) to Full Business Case(s) (FBC).
The contract start date was 13 October 2025 however there has been a delay with signing due to resource. The contract was signed on 21 October 2025.
CPV: Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security · Research and development services and related consultancy services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£400,000
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).
Published award criteria (3)
- Quality
- Price
- Social Value
- Price carries 10 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 1 point. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
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
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 13 May 2025, 11:48 BST
- Last source update
- 12 Oct 2026, 11:50 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 26 Aug 2025
- Authority reference
TVCA-PROC-0585- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-039211- Latest notice
- Contract termination notice (UK11)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0511d9Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 11 Aug 2025, 17:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 1 Aug 2025, 17:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
ITT responses, supporting documentation requested and any specific queries must be submitted electronically via the ProContract e-tender portal:
Timeline
13 May 2025 → 12 Oct 2026 · 10 dates- Planning notice published13 May 2025, 11:48 BST
- Market engagement27 May 2025, 23:59 BST
The pre-market engagement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at:
procontract.due-north.com/Advert ↗
You will need to register as a supplier to gain access to the documentation. Registration is free.
- Tender notice published11 Jul 2025, 11:48 BST
- Clarification questions by1 Aug 2025, 17:00 BST
- Submission deadline11 Aug 2025, 17:00 BST
- Award decision expected by26 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST
- Assessment summaries sent399 days ago17 Sept 2025, 00:00 BST
- Standstill ends389 days ago26 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts380 days ago6 Oct 2025, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published9 days ago12 Oct 2026, 11:50 BST
Notice history
15 events · 6 releases on Find a Tender · since 13 May 2025- Preliminary market engagement notice published13 May 2025, 11:48 BSTUK2
- Tender notice published11 Jul 2025, 11:48 BSTUK4
- Published value published: £400,00011 Jul 2025, 11:48 BST
- Status changed to active11 Jul 2025, 11:48 BST
- Procurement method changed11 Jul 2025, 11:48 BST
- Deadline published: 11 Aug 2025, 17:00 BST11 Jul 2025, 11:48 BST
- Buyer details updated11 Jul 2025, 11:48 BST
- Contract award notice published17 Sept 2025, 14:43 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete17 Sept 2025, 14:43 BST
- Contract signature expected6 Oct 2025, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract details notice published22 Oct 2025, 12:57 BSTUK7
- Buyer details updated22 Oct 2025, 12:57 BST
- Contract change notice published31 Mar 2026, 08:58 BSTUK10
- Contract change proposed10 Apr 2026, 23:59 BSTSix (6) month option to extend utilised.
- Contract termination notice published12 Oct 2026, 11:50 BSTUK11
Routine re-releases (6)
- 2025-09: 1 release · 17 Sept 2025
- 2025-07: 1 release · 11 Jul 2025
- 2025-05: 1 release · 13 May 2025
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| OVE ARUP & PARTNERS LIMITED13 Oct 2025 – 12 Apr 2026 · up to 12 Oct 2026Extensions: Option to extend by six months · Options: There is a potential for the contract to be varied to include TCR funding and deliverables. This is subject to the outcome of the spend review, all information regarding deliverables for TCR will be provided post spend review. | £404,531 | 17 Sept 2025 | Awarded |
Contracts
Digital Transport CRSTS/TCR Business Case Development · OVE ARUP & PARTNERS LIMITED
- Signed
- 13 Oct 2025
- Value
- £404,531
- Period
- 13 Oct 2025 – 12 Apr 2026 · up to 12 Oct 2026 with extensions
- Status
- terminated
- Extensions
- Option to extend by six months
- Options
- There is a potential for the contract to be varied to include TCR funding and deliverables. This is subject to the outcome of the spend review, all information regarding deliverables for TCR will be provided post spend review.
- Final value
- £404,531
- Termination
- contractCompleted
- Change proposed 10 Apr 2026 Six (6) month option to extend utilised., new end date 12 Oct 2026
No agreed KPIs: Contract value is below £5 million including VAT
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4final-stage tenders | 1 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeBidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- OVE ARUP & PARTNERS LIMITEDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (6)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract termination notice Contract termination notice on Find a Tender
- Contract change notice Contract change 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