Find a TenderPast planning noticePreliminary market engagement notice
Published 1 May 2025, 12:02 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Managed Fire Service · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: Tees Valley Combined Authority (Local council)

ServicesAbove thresholdUtilitiesSME suitable
Planned pipeline valueValue not publishedpipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected Date not publishedfrom the planned procurement notice
Contract term 3 yrsends 30 Aug 2028 · starts 1 Sept 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Teesside International Airport Limited (the 'Contacting Authority'), part of the Tees Valley Combined Authority Group are conducting a pre-tender market engagement exercise to understand the market's capacity and capabilities prior to potentially procuring a supplier to deliver a managed fire service at Teesside International Airport.

CPV: Fire-brigade and rescue services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Planned 3 yrsSME
Contract period: 1 Sept 2025 – 30 Aug 2028 (3 yrs)
Delivery: North EastEligibility: SME eligible

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Past planning notice
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime
Utilities
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
1 May 2025, 12:02 BST
Last source update
1 May 2025, 12:02 BST
Authority reference
TIAL-PROC-0105
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-018353
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Fire-brigade and rescue services
Delivery area
North East (UKC1)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-050b36 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

1 May 2025 → 1 Sept 2025 · 3 dates
  1. Planning notice published
    1 May 2025, 12:02 BST
  2. Market engagement
    8 May 2025, 23:59 BST

    The Contracting Authority seeks to engage the market through this Pre-Tender Market Engagement (PTME) exercise in preparation for the potential procurement of a managed fire service at Teesside International Airport.

    Pre-tender market engagement clarification question deadline: 4pm on 6th May 2025

    Pre-tender market engagement submission deadline: 4pm on 8th May 2025

    To respond to this pre-market engagement request, you must be registered to use the Proactis portal at: procontract.due-north.com/Login ↗. All completed responses must be submitted electronically via the portal using the submission template. Please save a copy of the PTME document and add your responses to each of the 5 Questions then upload this as your submission.

    Queries regarding this process and/or the content of this PTME should be submitted as clarification requests via the portal, no communication will be accepted via other means.

    This opportunity is available at:

    procontract.due-north.com/Advert ↗

  3. Contract starts
    1 Sept 2025, 00:00 BST

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    1 May 2025, 12:02 BST
    UK2

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Tees Valley Combined Authority

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PDNG-8971-ZVCR Teesside Airport Business Suite, Teesside International Airport, Darlington, North East, DL2 1NJContact email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure