Official UK procurement notice
TVCA-PROC-0645 - Interim Group Monitoring Officer
Authority: Hartlepool Development Corporation (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionTees Valley Combined Authority (TVCA) ('the contracting authority') Have awarded a contract for the role - Lead legal advisor to Tees Valley Combined Authority (TVCA), South Tees Development Corporation (STDC), Middlesbrough Development Corporation (MDC), Hartlepool Development Corporation (HDC) and Teesside International Airport Limited (TIAL) (together the Group).
To lead and manage the legal, procurement and governance functions of TVCA/STDC in the planning and performance of their activities.
To act as Monitoring Officer for both TVCA and STDC, with statutory responsibility under s.5 of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 and ensuring that all three organisations fulfil their lawful obligations and performs their functions and activities in accordance with the law and the principles of good governance. Whilst recruitment takes place. This notice is being published retrospectively contract was signed August 2025
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The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedProcedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - without competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 4 Feb 2026, 16:05 GMT
- Last source update
- 6 Feb 2026, 10:05 GMT
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-010791- Latest notice
- Contract termination notice (UK11)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-064752Find a Tender
Notice history
2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 4 Feb 2026- Contract details notice published4 Feb 2026, 16:05 GMTUK7
- Contract termination notice published6 Feb 2026, 10:05 GMTUK11
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Solace In Business LtdSME | £288,250 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 1 · Solace In Business LtdSME
- Signed
- 11 Aug 2025
- Value
- £288,250
- Period
- 12 Aug 2025 – 10 May 2026 · up to 10 Nov 2026 with extensions
- Status
- terminated, Mr Jodie Townsend has decided to step down from his role as interim Monitoring Officer
- Extensions
- This extension can be used if the combined authority has been unsuccessful in there recruitment process to hire a suitable permanent candidate to the role.
- Final value
- £288,250
- Termination
- mutuallyAgreed
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Solace In Business LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract termination notice Contract termination notice on Find a Tender
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender