Official UK procurement notice
Pre-Tender Market Engagement - Provision of on-street electric vehicle charging infrastructure (Local Electric Vehicle Infrastructure - LEVI)
Authority: Tees Valley Combined Authority (Local council)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionTees Valley Combined Authority (TVCA), part of the Tees Valley Combined Authority Group, seeks to engage the market through this Pre-Tender Market Engagement (PTME) exercise in preparation for the potential procurement of a single Concessionaire for the supply, installation, maintenance and operation of Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure, and associated works and services. Provision of on-street electric vehicle charging infrastructure (Local Electric Vehicle Infrastructure - LEVI).
Through this PTME, the Contracting Authority aims to:
- Understand the market's appetite to be involved in the potential future procurement exercise;
- Validate the supplier's proposal;
- Understand the capacity of the market and timescales for delivery
- Potential risks associated with the procurement
- 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.
Please refer to the Pre-Tender Market Engagement documents for further detail. These can be found on the ProContract e-tendering portal:
procontract.due-north.com/Advert ↗
You will need to register as a supplier to gain access to the documentation. Registration is free.
CPV: Chargers · Electrical equipment for engines and vehicles · Electrical installation work · Vehicle refuelling services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedProcedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Works
- Notice status
- Past planning notice
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Concession
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 16 May 2025, 14:45 BST
- Last source update
- 5 Aug 2025, 11:58 BST
- Authority reference
TVCA-PROC-0297- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-046071- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0515fcFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
16 May 2025 → 28 Nov 2025 · 5 dates- Planning notice published16 May 2025, 14:45 BST
- Latest notice published5 Aug 2025, 11:58 BST
- Market engagement29 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST
To respond to this pre-market engagement request, you must be registered to use the ProContract e-tendering portal at:
procontract.due-north.com/Advert ↗
All completed responses must be submitted electronically via the portal using the submission template.
Should you require assistance in relation to the e-tender portal, please contact Proactis Supplier Support either on-line at suppliersupport.proactisservicedesk.com ↗, via email to [email protected] or call 0330 0050 352.
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.
- Tender notice expected30 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts335 days ago28 Nov 2025
Notice history
4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 16 May 2025- Pipeline notice published16 May 2025, 14:45 BSTUK1
- Pipeline notice published19 May 2025, 10:16 BSTUK1
- Preliminary market engagement notice published5 Aug 2025, 11:58 BSTUK2
- Buyer details updated5 Aug 2025, 11:58 BST
Published amendments (1)
CPV codes and contract duration amended.
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
2 public bodies on the noticeOfficial documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Pipeline notice Pipeline notice on Find a Tender
- Pipeline notice Pipeline notice on Find a Tender