Official UK procurement notice
TVCA-PROC-0833 - Inspection Fees For Darlington Station
Authority: Tees Valley Combined Authority (Local council)
Sectors: Construction & Civil Engineering (45)Architecture & Engineering (71) Delivery: North East (UKC1)
Awarded value£217,603published contract · exc. VAT · operator revenue, not the authority's budget
Awarded 14 May 2026no call for competition
Awarded to Darlington Borough Council
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionTees Valley Combined Authority (TVCA) ('the contracting authority') have completed a Direct Award to Darlington Borough Council for the inspection of Darlington Station. Darlington Borough Council are the Statutory body for highway adoption in their own network, unable to appoint any other provider.
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
- Concession
- 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
- 1 Jun 2026, 11:06 BST
- Last source update
- 1 Jun 2026, 11:31 BST
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-051284- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06aa02Find a Tender
Notice history
2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 1 Jun 2026- Contract details notice published1 Jun 2026, 11:06 BSTUK7
- Contract details notice published1 Jun 2026, 11:31 BSTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £217,6031 contract exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 14 May 2026
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Darlington Borough Council | £217,603 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 1 · Darlington Borough Council
- Signed
- 14 May 2026
- Value
- £217,603
- Period
- 5 Jun 2026 – 5 Jun 2027
- Status
- active
- Change The previous version had been selected as under threshold in error.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Darlington Borough CouncilAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender