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TVCA-PROC-0881 - Business Tees Valley Support Spine Framework

Official notice Competition analysis

Authority: Tees Valley Combined Authority (Local council)

Framework agreement7 lotsServicesCompetitive flexible procedureAbove thresholdSME suitableVCSE suitable
Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: North East (UKC1)
Framework ceiling (notional)£17,400,000envelope for 7 lots · framework ceiling, not attributable revenue
Admission open until 30 Oct 202615:00 GMT · period end, not a bid countdown
Clarification cut-off 23 Oct 202617:00 BST · questions to the authority
Framework period 2 yrs 1 moup to 4 yrs 1 mo with extensions · starts 1 Jan 2027
Bids per lot · this authority 9division 79 · n=4 · competition analysis ↓

What is being bought7 lots · detail below

Published requirement description

Tees Valley Combined Authority (TVCA)] (the 'Contracting Authority') is looking to procure a framework comprising 7 single suppliers lots for the provision business support services via competitive flexible procedure. The detail on the stages can be found in the Part 1 ITT Document. The various lots will be: Lot 1 – Foundational Economy Lot 2 – Advanced Manufacturing and Modern Industrial Technologies Lot 3 – Digital and Tech Lot 4 – Creative and Cultural Industries Lot 5 – Games Lot 6 – Female Founders Lot 7 – Experts and Mentors. The expected contract term will be 2 years with an option to extend for a further 2 years. Pre-Tender Market Engagement has been conducted and further detail relating to this can be found within the tender pack. The contracting authority reserves the right to modify the contract in reliance on Schedule 8 paragraph 1 of the Procurement Act 2023 where the contracting authority clearly states the circumstance in which a modification may be required. These circumstances are set out in the Part 3 Contract Document.

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  • How the procedure runs: Stage 1 – Compliance Stage 2 – PSQ Evaluation – Financial Capacity Conditions of Participation Stage 3 – PSQ Evaluation: Technical Ability Conditions of Participation Stage 4 - Quality and Price Assessment Stage 5 – Presentations Stage 6 - Validation of Highest Scoring Bidder and Tender Verification

CPV: Business and management consultancy and related services · Business and management consultancy services

How this framework works

From the published notice
Type
Closed framework
Call-offs
call-offs are awarded directly to appointed suppliers, without further competition
Framework period
2 yrs 1 mo · up to 4 yrs 1 mo from 1 Jan 2027
Published description of the framework

Single supplier per lot.

Lots and requirements (7)Procurement structure

7 lots · all with a published value · same evaluation weights on every lot

Every one of these 2 lots carries the same published figure, £1,800,000: it is the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each lot's own budget, and no share per lot is published. The cards below say ceiling above rather than repeat it.

Lot #1Foundational EconomyRenewal 2 yrs 1 moSMEVCSEPublished value£3,500,000
Supporting businesses and organisations across the wider Tees Valley economy, including VCSEs, the visitor economy, local services, retail, hospitality, construction, logistics and professional services, to start, improve resilience, increase productivity and pursue sustainable growth.
Contract period: 1 Jan 2027 — 31 Jan 2029 (2 yrs 1 mo) · up to 4 yrs 1 mo with extensionsEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligibleDelivery: North East
Value
£3,500,000 exc. VAT · £4,200,000 inc. VAT
Extensions
Two optional twelve month extensions
79410000 Business and management consultancy services
Pre-qualification & selection criteria (PQQ)2
  • Economic & financial standing
    Please see Tender documents.
  • Technical & professional ability
    Please see Tender documents.

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

Lot #2Advanced Manufacturing and Modern Industrial TechnologiesRenewal 2 yrs 1 moSMEVCSEceiling above
Supporting businesses operating in, supplying into or seeking opportunities across advanced manufacturing, engineering, industrial technologies, clean energy, process industries and related supply chains.
Contract period: 1 Jan 2027 — 31 Jan 2029 (2 yrs 1 mo) · up to 4 yrs 1 mo with extensionsEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligibleDelivery: North East
Extensions
Two optional twelve month extensions
79400000 Business and management consultancy and related services
Pre-qualification & selection criteria (PQQ)2
  • Economic & financial standing
    Please see Tender documents.
  • Technical & professional ability
    Please see Tender documents.

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

Lot #3Digital and TechRenewal 2 yrsSMEVCSEceiling above
Supporting technology-led businesses to start, innovate, develop and commercialise products, access markets and investment, and scale.
Contract period: 1 Jan 2027 — 1 Jan 2029 (2 yrs) · up to 4 yrs 1 mo with extensionsEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligibleDelivery: North East
Extensions
Two optional twelve month extensions
79410000 Business and management consultancy services
Pre-qualification & selection criteria (PQQ)2
  • Economic & financial standing
    Please see Tender documents.
  • Technical & professional ability
    Please see Tender documents.

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

Lot #4Creative and Cultural IndustriesRenewal 2 yrsSMEVCSEPublished value£1,200,000
Supporting creative businesses, cultural organisations, freelancers and entrepreneurs to achieve sustainable growth, develop commercial capability, create and commercialise intellectual property, and maximise their economic and wider impact.
Contract period: 31 Jan 2027 — 31 Jan 2029 (2 yrs) · up to 4 yrs with extensionsEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligibleDelivery: North East
Value
£1,200,000 exc. VAT · £1,440,000 inc. VAT
Extensions
Two optional twelve month extensions
79410000 Business and management consultancy services
Pre-qualification & selection criteria (PQQ)2
  • Economic & financial standing
    Please see Tender documents.
  • Technical & professional ability
    Please see Tender documents.

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

Lot #5GamesRenewal 2 yrs 1 moSMEVCSEPublished value£600,000
Supporting games businesses and entrepreneurs to create, develop and commercialise intellectual property, attract investment, access global markets and contribute to the growth of Tees Valley's games ecosystem.
Contract period: 1 Jan 2027 — 31 Jan 2029 (2 yrs 1 mo) · up to 4 yrs 1 mo with extensionsEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligibleDelivery: North East
Value
£600,000 exc. VAT · £720,000 inc. VAT
Extensions
Two optional twelve month extensions
79410000 Business and management consultancy services
Pre-qualification & selection criteria (PQQ)2
  • Economic & financial standing
    Please see Tender documents.
  • Technical & professional ability
    Please see Tender documents.

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

Lot #6Female FoundersRenewal 2 yrs 1 moSMEVCSEPublished value£6,000,000
Supporting women to start, sustain and grow businesses, addressing barriers to participation and improving access to expertise, finance, investment, networks and wider opportunities.
Contract period: 1 Jan 2027 — 31 Jan 2029 (2 yrs 1 mo) · up to 4 yrs 1 mo with extensionsEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligible
Value
£6,000,000 exc. VAT · £7,200,000 inc. VAT
Extensions
Two optional twelve month extensions
79410000 Business and management consultancy services
Pre-qualification & selection criteria (PQQ)2
  • Economic & financial standing
    Two optional twelve month extensions
  • Technical & professional ability
    Two optional twelve month extensions

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

Lot #7Specialist Expertise NetworkRenewal 2 yrs 1 moSMEVCSEPublished value£2,500,000
Providing flexible access to experienced business practitioners, mentors, coaches, specialist consultants and technical experts where focused support is needed to implement plans, overcome barriers or progress towards agreed milestones.
Contract period: 1 Jan 2027 — 31 Jan 2029 (2 yrs 1 mo) · up to 4 yrs 1 mo with extensionsEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligibleDelivery: North East
Value
£2,500,000 exc. VAT · £3,000,000 inc. VAT
Extensions
Two optional twelve month extensions
79410000 Business and management consultancy services
Pre-qualification & selection criteria (PQQ)2
  • Economic & financial standing
    Please see Tender documents.
  • Technical & professional ability
    Please see Tender documents.

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

What it takes to win
i

How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published — the tender pack may add more
How bids are scored · same split on all 7 lots
Quality: 60%Price: 20%Social value: 20%
N/A

Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid

How Tees Valley Combined Authority buys Business and management consultancy services (CPV 7941) — and who usually turns up

Tees Valley Combined Authority’s own published record, next to the North East England market for the same work. This notice is a framework or DPS, so only frameworks and DPS are compared. Whole-market view: Business and management consultancy services (CPV 7941) →

1

How the contest usually goes

Left: this authority. Right: the market where the work is delivered. Bids and award-vs-estimate pairs are per lot, from contested frameworks and DPS only — direct awards (including PA 2023 transparency notices) report one bid by definition and are left out. On Procurement Act 2023 notices the count is the tenders assessed at the final stage, not every submission received; pairs compare like with like (VAT-exclusive, or VAT-inclusive on both sides). Empty means nothing was published, not filled in from elsewhere.

This authority

Tees Valley Combined Authority

framework/DPS notices in 36 months: 1 in division 79 · 4 in all categories (1 route not published)

Bids per lot
i

How many companies usually bid for work like this.

Middle value of published bid counts, one per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.

Based on this buyer’s tenders in this industry (CPV 79), last 36 months: 4 lots. All 4 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices, which count bids assessed.

Nothing is filled in from UK-wide numbers. An empty tile means nothing usable was published.

9division 79 · 36m · n=4 lots
Single-bid lots
i

How often only one company bid.

Share of lots that received exactly one bid, on the same competitions as the bids figure.

Based on this buyer’s tenders in this industry (CPV 79), last 36 months: 4 lots.

High means a thin market or an incumbent that is hard to beat.

0%division 79 · 36m · n=4 lots
Award vs estimate
i

Do awards for work like this land above or below the estimate.

Estimate against award per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.

Based on this buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 24 months: 50 pairs.

A past pattern, not a price to bid.

at estimateall categories · 24m · n=50 pairs
Deadline → award date
i

How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.

Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.

Based on this buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 24 months: 30 notices.

Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.

Last 36 months.

17dall categories · 24m · n=30 notices
Notice updates
i

How often this buyer changes a notice after publishing it.

Middle number of amendments per notice. Deadline extensions and corrections both count.

Based on this buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 24 months: 287 notices.

Last 24 months.

0all categories · 24m · n=287 notices
Awarded without competition
i

How often this buyer awards without a competition.

Direct or limited awards as a share of its notices that say which procedure was used. These routes are legal in defined cases. This is just the record.

Based on this buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 36 months: 3 notices.

Last 36 months.

0%all categories · 36m · n=3 notices
Bids per lot · history, not this notice’s lots moderate · n=4
i

How the number of bidders is spread across lots.

Each lot with a published bid count is put in a band: one bid, two to three, four to six, seven or more. Real competitions only.

Based on 4 lots on 1 contested notices · division 79, last 36 months.

  • 1 bid 0%
  • 2–3 0%
  • 4–6 0%
  • 7+ 100%

Middle value 9 · 4 lots on 1 contested notices · division 79.

How procedures are run moderate · n=3
i

Which procedures buyers here use.

Notices by the procedure they declare: open, selective, limited or direct. Open and selective are competitions; limited and direct are not.

Based on 4 notices · all categories, last 36 months.

  • Open 100%
  • Selective 0%
  • Limited 0%
  • Direct 0%

4 notices · all categories. Open and selective are competed (they feed the bid and price figures above); limited and direct are not; notices publishing no route are outside all four.

The market · delivery region

North East England · Business and management consultancy services (CPV 7941)

framework/DPS notices delivered in North East England in 36 months: 30 in CPV 7941 (25 competed, 4 route not published) · 199 in division 79 (161 competed, 26 route not published)

Bids per lot
i

How many companies usually bid for work like this.

Middle value of published bid counts, one per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.

Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 7941), last 36 months: 11 lots. 6 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 16) and 5 from older notices (bids received, middle 7).

Nothing is filled in from UK-wide numbers. An empty tile means nothing usable was published.

11CPV 7941 · 36m · n=11 lots
Single-bid lots
i

How often only one company bid.

Share of lots that received exactly one bid, on the same competitions as the bids figure.

Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 7941), last 36 months: 11 lots.

High means a thin market or an incumbent that is hard to beat.

9%CPV 7941 · 36m · n=11 lots
Award vs estimate
i

Do awards for work like this land above or below the estimate.

Estimate against award per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.

Nothing published for this region in this sector: not measured on frameworks — a panel award is a ceiling, not a price.

A past pattern, not a price to bid.

—not measured on frameworks — a panel award is a ceiling, not a price
Deadline → award date
i

How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.

Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.

Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 7941), last 36 months: 6 notices.

Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.

Last 36 months.

104dCPV 7941 · 36m · n=6 notices
SME bidders
i

How much of this market goes to small and medium firms.

SME bidders where buyers published the split, otherwise SME winners.

Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 7941), last 36 months: 10 lots.

Last 36 months.

77%CPV 7941 · 36m · n=10 lots
Winners based in the region
i

How much work like this goes to companies based in the delivery region.

Awards in this category delivered here where the winner’s registered address is in the region.

Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 7941), last 36 months: 152 awards.

Registered address, so a national firm with a local branch counts as outside.

Last 36 months.

98%CPV 7941 · 36m · n=152 awards
Bids per lot · history, not this notice’s lots robust · n=11
i

How the number of bidders is spread across lots.

Each lot with a published bid count is put in a band: one bid, two to three, four to six, seven or more. Real competitions only.

Based on 11 lots on 8 contested notices · CPV 7941, last 36 months.

  • 1 bid 9%
  • 2–3 9%
  • 4–6 9%
  • 7+ 73%

Middle value 11 · 11 lots on 8 contested notices · CPV 7941.

How procedures are run robust · n=26
i

Which procedures buyers here use.

Notices by the procedure they declare: open, selective, limited or direct. Open and selective are competitions; limited and direct are not.

Based on 30 notices · CPV 7941, last 36 months.

  • Open 62%
  • Selective 35%
  • Limited 4%
  • Direct 0%

30 notices · CPV 7941. Open and selective are competed (they feed the bid and price figures above); limited and direct are not; notices publishing no route are outside all four.

robust · n=50
i

Where this tender’s estimate would land if the usual pattern repeats.

We apply the buyer’s usual movement between estimate and award (or the region’s) to the estimate on this notice.

This notice gives one total for several lots, so we show the percentage but do not turn it into pounds.

A benchmark, not a price to bid.

The middle award in Tees Valley Combined Authority (all categories, n=50 pairs) lands at estimate. Applied to each lot’s own published value in the lot table below — the notice total (£17,400,000) is an envelope for 7 lots and is not converted.
Coverage and what to read with care
  • Each tile explains itself. The on a figure says what it is, how it is counted and which scope this notice’s own record came from (class, division, all categories, or the authority’s 24-month row). The two columns are never blended and nothing is filled from a UK-wide figure; an empty tile means the source published nothing usable. Long form: Methodology.
  • Coverage. Roughly 40 % of notices publish a bid count; about half publish an ITL1 delivery location, so the market column reads the authority’s registered region when the notice has none (labelled). About 30 % of award-vs-estimate pairs are exact matches — the buyer published the award at the estimate. n is on every figure; a thin sample is muted, never hidden.
  • “Match” and “relevance” are model scores from the nightly matcher, not published facts. Find a Tender does not publish who is bidding. Never shown: contact details, payment behaviour, or a recommended price.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Competitive flexible procedure
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Open admission
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Framework agreement
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
5 Oct 2026, 17:11 BST
Last source update
5 Oct 2026, 17:11 BST
Award evaluation window
Submission end — 9 Dec 2026, 23:59 GMT
Authority reference
TVCA-PROC-0881
Latest notice
Tender notice (UK4)
Classification (CPV)
Business and management consultancy and related servicesBusiness and management consultancy services
Delivery area
North East (UKC1)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-078125 Find a Tender
Contract terms summary
30 Days from receipt of valid invoice
How it runs
Stage 1 – Compliance Stage 2 – PSQ Evaluation – Financial Capacity Conditions of Participation Stage 3 – PSQ Evaluation: Technical Ability Conditions of Participation Stage 4 - Quality and Price Assessment Stage 5 – Presentations Stage 6 - Validation of Highest Scoring Bidder and Tender Verification
Review and risk notes
Risks
As set out in the tender pack.

How to participate & submission route

Official notice Apply via Delta eSourcing
Submission portal named on this notice: Delta eSourcing · Who buys & how to bid on Delta
Public notice page · account needed to bidElectronic submission allowedLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free Select account; no DUNS asked at signup
Expression of interest (EOI)
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Appointment period ends
30 Oct 2026, 15:00 GMT
Clarification deadline
23 Oct 2026, 17:00 BST
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Accepted languages
en
Participation fee
success fee · N/A
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
To respond to this opportunity, please click here: teesvalley.delta-esourcing.com/respond/3QY6K2U3W6 ↗ If you experience any technical difficulties from accessing the above url, then please contact the Delta eSourcing Helpdesk on call 0800 923 9236 or email [email protected].

Timeline

5 published dates · Europe/London
  1. Tender notice publishedjust passed
    5 Oct 2026, 17:11 BST
  2. Clarification questions byin 18 days
    23 Oct 2026, 17:00 BST
  3. Admission / appointment period endsin 25 days · period end, not a bid countdown
    30 Oct 2026, 15:00 GMT
  4. Award decision expected byin 65 days
    9 Dec 2026, 23:59 GMT
  5. Contract startsin 87 days
    1 Jan 2027, 00:00 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Nothing awarded yet
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Tender notice published
    5 Oct 2026, 17:11 BSTUK4

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Tees Valley Combined Authority

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PDNG-8971-ZVCR Teesside Airport Business Suite, Teesside international Airport, Darlington, North East, DL2 1NJ [email protected] 01325792600

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Conflict of interest declarationtenderConflict of interest declarationNot published

Notices published for this procedure

  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender