This notice announces an administrative change to an existing contract or market (a contract change notice). No new tender or admission is opened here; see the linked notices below for the original opportunity.
Official UK procurement notice
TVCA-PROC-0630 - Access Audits & Accessibility Training
Authority: Tees Valley Combined Authority (Local council)
Sectors: Education & Training (80) Delivery: North East (UKC1)
Awarded value£175,000published award · exc. VAT
Awarded 6 Oct 2025
Awarded to Bendrigg Trust
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Tees Valley Comined Authority (the contracting authority) has awarded a contract for the 'Provision of accessibility audits and access training for cultural and visitor economy venues'.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - limited competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Notice status
- Administrative change
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- 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
- 7 Oct 2025, 11:18 BST
- Last source update
- 12 Mar 2026, 08:53 GMT
- Authority reference
TVCA-PROC-0630- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-022115- Latest notice
- Contract change notice (UK10)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05a967Find a Tender
Notice history
5 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 7 Oct 2025- Contract award notice published7 Oct 2025, 11:18 BSTUK6
- Contract signature expected10 Oct 2025, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract details notice published18 Dec 2025, 11:14 GMTUK7
- Contract change notice published12 Mar 2026, 08:53 GMTUK10
- Contract change proposed13 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £175,0001 award exc. VAT
Bids received 33 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 10 Oct 2025
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bendrigg TrustSMEVCSE13 Oct 2025 – 31 Mar 2026 · up to 31 Mar 2027Extensions: Additional year extension available at the discretion of the contracting authority - subject to funding. | £175,000 | 6 Oct 2025 | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 1 · Bendrigg TrustSMEVCSE
- Signed
- 10 Oct 2025
- Value
- £175,000
- Period
- 13 Oct 2025 – 31 Mar 2026 · up to 31 Mar 2027 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- 12month optional extension, which may need to be utilised for any of the below reasons: - Low EOI submission rate - Venue scheduling delays - Venue resource constraints - Staff and volunteer availability - Staff and volunteer turnover - Delivery partner capacity - Venue scheduling conflicts - Phase 2 funding being released
- Change proposed 13 Mar 2026 contract change notice published, new end date 31 Mar 2027
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3final-stage tenders | 3 | 1 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- BENDRIGG TRUSTAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- 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