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Published 8 Sept 2026, 15:16 BST
Official UK Procurement Procedure

TVCA-PROC-0893 - Interim Head of Governance

Local Council
Below threshold - award under framework
No classification published
Published value
Not published
Contract value exc. VAT
Submission deadline
Open opportunity
complete
Lots published
1
Lots published in procedure
Contract duration
Below threshold - award under framework
Published delivery schedule
Electronic Sourcing Gateway:
Published portal

What is being bought & procurement scope

Procurement Scope & Specification
Tenderline summary generated from the published notice
Executive Summary: Tees Valley Combined Authority: "TVCA-PROC-0893 - Interim Head of Governance". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

Official Requirement Description:

Tees Valley Combined Authority (TVCA) 'the contracting authority' have direct awarded a Contract via ESPO 3S_26 HR and Strategic Framework to Penna for the supply of a member of staff - Interim Head of Governance until recruitment takes place and a suitable candidate is recruited.

Lots and requirements (1)

Procurement Structure
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    complete
    Published valueNot published
    The source published no individual title or description for this lot.
    Contract period:
    Not published
    Eligibility:
    Not published

Qualification snapshot & criteria

Go / No-Go Decision Box
Criteria & entry requirements
Evaluation weighting
Award criteria weighting not published in structured data — consult the tender pack documents.
Incumbent & Market Position
Top Retained Vendor (Authority Spend)Ambient People LimitedHolds 20.2% of historical attributable spend
Low Concentration
Entry requirements & qualification
  • Turnover Benchmark
    Guideline requirement: ~2× annual contract value annual turnover.Per Cabinet Office EFS 2026 & Sourcing Playbook: general proportionality cap (~2× run-rate), not an automatic disqualifier.
  • Insurance Commitments (No Upfront Purchase Needed)
    Standard public thresholds: Employer Liability (£5m), Public Liability (£5m-£10m), Professional Indemnity (£1m-£5m).✓ Commitment required upon award only — no upfront policy purchase needed to bid
  • Accreditations & Security Vetting
    Check tender pack for Cyber Essentials Plus (PPN 014 risk-proportional), ISO 27001/9001, and BPSS / SC security clearance requirements for named delivery personnel.
  • Source: Cabinet Office Sourcing Playbook & EFS Guidance.

    Buyer track record & authority intelligence: Tees Valley Combined Authority

    Rolling 24 months
    Derived from OCDS data
    Published track record for Tees Valley Combined Authority. These figures describe a rolling 24-month window, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
    Avg price drop
    8.1%Moderate
    Based on 4 comparable awards · moderate evidence
    Competition Density
    3Bids / Report (median)
    Single-bidder rate: 26.7% · Mean: 4.4 bids
    Supplier Concentration
    Low Concentration
    Ambient People LimitedTop vendor: 20.2% of attributable value
    Published spend
    £9,888,813Historical spend
    Cumulative GBP spend across 83 retained awards
    Typical award value
    £95,121Robust (n=82)
    Middle 50% of awards: £45,000 – £160,301 · 68% of the sector median for CPV 79
    Awarded spend by half-year
    2024-H2
    2025-H1
    2025-H2
    2026-H1
    2026-H2
    Methodology & coverage notes (83 active published awards)
    Coverage: 83 active published awards; 15 bid reports (which may be per lot); 82 valued awards. Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Every figure carries an evidence level: Robust (5+ observations), Moderate (3–4), Indicative (1–2). Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
    Historical Awarded Suppliers in this Category (CPV 79):
    Supplier Name
    Historic Awards
    Attributable Value
    Avg. Price Discount
    Ambient People Limited16 wins£2,000,160No published budget
    PENNA PLC5 wins£786,430No published budget
    Middlesbrough Environment City1 win£680,0000% (at budget)
    FootAnstey LLP4 wins£630,000No published budget
    Solace in Business3 wins£518,410No published budget

    Sector Market Benchmark & Opportunity Radar

    CPV 79 · UK Sector Analysis
    Observed CPV-sector evidence
    Prepared 8 Sept 2026, 16:56 BST
    Observed CPV-sector evidence where it exists, with clearly labelled UK all-sector context for sparse fields; this is market context, not a bid forecast.
    Median Winning Discount
    0%
    CPV sector evidence · 575 comparable price observations
    Typical Bids Received
    4reported bids
    CPV sector evidence · 6,687 published bid reports
    Decision Velocity
    ~53 days
    CPV sector evidence · median from 656 completed procedures
    Notice Stability
    Stable notice
    Published terms remained unchanged
    Top Contenders in this Sector (CPV 79)
    Active commercial suppliers winning public contracts in this field
    Supplier
    Awards won
    Total awarded value
    Avg. winning discount
    11 contracts£2,130,800,000At ceiling / not disclosed
    AEG Presents LtdCRN: 05452230
    4 contracts£1,821,410,000At ceiling / not disclosed
    20 contracts£1,771,034,988At ceiling / not disclosed
    CAPITA BUSINESS SERVICES LTDCRN: PNHC-7682-GPTQ
    43 contracts£1,663,420,230At ceiling / not disclosed
    Mitie FM LimitedCRN: 03253304
    21 contracts£1,615,574,417At ceiling / not disclosed
    Serco LimitedCRN: PMNV-5613-PQMY
    70 contracts£1,459,372,669At ceiling / not disclosed
    14 contracts£1,440,209,445At ceiling / not disclosed
    20 contracts£1,425,267,134At ceiling / not disclosed
    Reed in PartnershipCRN: 833053062
    13 contracts£1,360,521,860At ceiling / not disclosed
    10 contracts£1,259,644,132-12% below budget
    Comparable Published Opportunities & Re-tender Precedents
    Historic records ranked from matching published evidence. They serve as research precedents for contract scoping, specifications, and previous awardees.
    No sufficiently evidenced comparable record has been calculated yet.
    Method: tender-intelligence-v1. Empirical OCDS facts and cross-sector percentiles; missing fields remain unrecorded.

    Procedure terms & legal framework

    Procedure methodBelow threshold - award under frameworkLegal basis
    UKPGA · 2023/54
    Procurement Act 2023
    Procurement categoryServices
    Notice statuscompleteProcurement thresholdSub-thresholdRegulatory regimeStandard commercial regime
    Commercial structureStand-alone contract (No framework)Competition typeDirect award / Single tenderGPA WTO coveredUnspecified in notice
    Recurring procurementNo (One-off requirement)First published8 Sept 2026, 15:16 BSTLast source update8 Sept 2026, 15:16 BST
    Classification (CPV)Unspecified in notice
    Delivery areaLocation not published
    Official Registry OCIDocds-h6vhtk-06f4d0
    Timeline
    1. Procedure published
      8 Sept 2026, 15:16 BST
    2. Award active
      17 Aug 2026, 00:00 BST · £87,500

    Commercial outcome and contract awards

    Awards (1)
    Penna PLC
    £87,500 · 17 Aug 2026, 00:00 BST · active · lots 1
    Contracts (0)No contract published
    Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published
    Notice history
    From official release and amendment events
    1. Official notice release published
      8 Sept 2026, 15:16 BST

    Buyer and organisations in this procedure

    1 participating organisation

    Tees Valley Combined Authority

    Contracting authority
    Local Council
    GB-PPON-PDNG-8971-ZVCR
    View buyer profile →
    Other participating organisations & roles (1)
    • Penna PLC
      supplier

      GB-COH: 01918150
      10 Bishops Square, London, UKI42, E1 6EG, GB
    Award and contract changes

    Official Documents & Specifications (1)

    Official links; attachments are not copied
    Officially Related Procedures (1)
    Official OCDS Relations