Official UK procurement notice
TVCA-PROC-0693 - Digital Marketing Transformer
Authority: Hartlepool Development Corporation (Public body)
Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Awarded value£127,500published award · exc. VAT
Awarded 16 Jan 2026
Awarded to The Social Co Academy
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionTees Valley Combined Authority (the 'Contracting Authority') have awarded a contract to The Social Co Academy for the provision of the Digital Marketing Transformer - Digital Marketing Business Support
Programme for Micro Visitor Economy Businesses. A below threshold Request for Quote procedure was utilised. The contract was signed on 4th February 2026, however, the commencement date is 19th January 2026. There was an internal delay to signing the contract.
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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
- Awarded
- 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
- 26 Jan 2026, 16:05 GMT
- Last source update
- 19 Jun 2026, 09:35 BST
- Authority reference
TVCA-PROC-0693- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-057850- Latest notice
- Contract termination notice (UK11)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-060ee5Find a Tender
Notice history
4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 26 Jan 2026- Contract award notice published26 Jan 2026, 16:05 GMTUK6
- Contract signature expected30 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMTscheduled
- Contract details notice published4 Feb 2026, 14:05 GMTUK7
- Contract termination notice published19 Jun 2026, 09:35 BSTUK11
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £127,5001 award exc. VAT
Bids received 33 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 4 Feb 2026
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Social Co AcademySMEDigital Marketing Transformer2 Feb 2026 – 18 Jun 2026 · up to 18 Dec 2026Extensions: There is the option to extend for an additional 6 months. | £127,500 | 16 Jan 2026 | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 1 · The Social Co AcademySME
- Signed
- 4 Feb 2026
- Value
- £127,500
- Period
- 5 Feb 2026 – 18 Jun 2026 · up to 18 Dec 2026 with extensions
- Status
- terminated
- Extensions
- There is the option to extend for an additional 6 months.
- Final value
- £127,500
- Termination
- contractCompleted
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3final-stage tenders | 3 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- The Social Co AcademyAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (3)
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
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender