Find a TenderPlanned procurementPreliminary market engagement notice
Published 12 Oct 2026, 13:02 BST

Official UK procurement notice

TVCA-PROC-0952 - Connected and Autonomous Mobility (CAM) Technology Partner

Official notice

Authority: Tees Valley Combined Authority (Local council)

GoodsAbove threshold
Planned pipeline value£15,000,000pipeline notice — not a live tender
Tender notice expected 14 Dec 2026from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 5 yrsends 31 Mar 2032 · starts 14 Apr 2027

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Tees Valley Combined Authority (TVCA) seeks to engage the market through this Pre-Tender Market Engagement (PTME) exercise to inform the potential procurement of a supplier to provide a Connected and Automated Mobility (CAM) technology solution for the introduction of autonomous buses in the Tees Valley.

For the purposes of this PTME, Connected and Automated Mobility (CAM) refers to transport technologies that enable vehicles to operate with automated driving capability and to interact with supporting digital, operational and infrastructure systems.

Through this PTME, the Contracting Authority aims to:

•Understand the market’s appetite to be involved in the potential future procurement exercise;

•Validate the supplier's proposal;

•Understand the capacity of the market and timescales for delivery

•Potential risks associated with the procurement

•Understand opportunities, costs and considerations

•Provide potential suppliers with an opportunity to raise queries and points of consideration in advance of any potential procurement exercise.

For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Tees Valley portal at: https://teesvalley.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-Darlington:-Specialist-vehicles./J2BY2F6XG4

To respond to this opportunity, please click here: https://teesvalley.delta-esourcing.com/respond/J2BY2F6XG4

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].

CPV: Specialist vehicles

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Planned 5 yrs
Contract period: 14 Apr 2027 — 31 Mar 2032 (5 yrs)Delivery: North East
34114000 Specialist vehicles

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Goods
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
Unspecified in notice
First published
12 Oct 2026, 13:02 BST
Last source update
12 Oct 2026, 13:13 BST
Authority reference
TVCA-PROC-0952
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-096068
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Specialist vehicles
Delivery area
North East (UKC1)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-078595 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

4 published dates · Europe/London
  1. Planning notice published1 day ago
    12 Oct 2026, 13:02 BST
  2. Market engagementin 14 days
    26 Oct 2026, 23:59 GMTThe table below outlines the key dates for this pre-tender market engagement exercise: - Pre-tender market engagement clarification question deadline: Monday 19th October 2026, 12pm - Pre-tender market engagement submission deadline: Monday 26th October 2026, 12pm For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Tees Valley portal at: https://teesvalley.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-Darlington:-Specialist-vehicles./J2BY2F6XG4 To respond to this opportunity, please click here: https://teesvalley.delta-esourcing.com/respond/J2BY2F6XG4 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. Tender notice expectedin 63 days
    14 Dec 2026, 23:59 GMT
  4. Contract startsin 183 days
    14 Apr 2027, 00:00 BST

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

3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 12 Oct 2026
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    12 Oct 2026, 13:13 BSTUK2
  2. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    12 Oct 2026, 13:02 BSTUK2
  3. First planning notice published
    12 Oct 2026, 13:02 BST

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 1NJContact name, email, phone

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure