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Find a TenderPlanned procurementPreliminary market engagement notice
Published 9 Sept 2026, 10:09 BST

Official UK procurement notice

TVCA-PROC-0905 Rail Passenger Focus Survey

Authority: Hartlepool Development Corporation (Public body)

ServicesAbove threshold
Budget not disclosed £0£0 inc. VAT
Tender notice expected Date not publishedfrom the planned procurement notice
Contract term 1 yrstarts 4 Jan 2027

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Tees Valley Combined Authority (TVCA) (the ‘Contacting Authority’), part of the Tees Valley Combined Authority Group, seeks to engage the market through this Pre-Tender Market Engagement (PTME) exercise in preparation for the potential procurement of a supplier to undertake a rail passenger survey within the Tees Valley region to understand customer issues, identify opportunities, and collect qualitative evidence to support future rail planning and service development.

Through this PTME, the Contracting Authority aims to:

•Understand market interest, capability and capacity to deliver the proposed requirement.

•Test and validate the proposed scope, objectives and approach.

•Obtain feedback on methodologies, deliverables, timescales, risks and indicative costs.

•Understand market views on contractual, commercial and social value considerations.

•Identify opportunities to improve and refine any future procurement.

•Provide suppliers with an opportunity to raise questions, challenge assumptions and make recommendations based on their experience.

For more information about this opportunity, please visit the eSourcing portal at:

https://teesvalley.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-Darlington:-Research-and-development-services-and-related-consultancy-services./S6YZ443D79

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To respond to this opportunity, please click here:

https://teesvalley.delta-esourcing.com/respond/S6YZ443D79

CPV: Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security · Research and development services and related consultancy services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Lot 1Planned 1 yr
Contract period: 4 Jan 2027 — 3 Jan 2028 (1 yr)Delivery: North East
73000000 Research and development services and related consultancy services79000000 Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Planned procurement
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
9 Sept 2026, 10:09 BST
Last source update
9 Sept 2026, 10:09 BST
Authority reference
TVCA-PROC-0905
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and securityResearch and development services and related consultancy services
Delivery area
North East (UKC1)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06f53e

How it was run

Submission deadline

Timeline

3 published dates · Europe/London
  1. Planning notice published9 days ago
    9 Sept 2026, 10:09 BST
  2. Market engagementin 12 days
    30 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST
    For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Tees Valley portal at: https://teesvalley.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-Darlington:-Research-and-development-services-and-related-consultancy-services./S6YZ443D79 To respond to this opportunity, please click here: more…https://teesvalley.delta-esourcing.com/respond/S6YZ443D79 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].
  3. Contract startsin 107 days
    4 Jan 2027, 00:00 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
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. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    9 Sept 2026, 10:09 BSTUK2

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
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Official documents & specifications (1)

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