Official UK procurement notice
TVCA - Transport Programme
Authority: Tees Valley Combined Authority (Local council)
Tees Valley Combined Authority (TVCA) is undertaking Preliminary Market Engagement to help inform the future commercial and procurement approach for the delivery of its transport investment programme. The programme represents a significant investment in transport across Tees Valley, intended to improve connectivity, support economic growth and employment, and provide a more integrated and sustainable transport network. Due to venue capacity, attendance at the event was limited and invitations were issued to a range of suppliers and organisations with a focus where possible on regional businesses.
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionTees Valley Combined Authority (TVCA) is undertaking Preliminary Market Engagement to help inform the future commercial and procurement approach for the delivery of its transport investment programme.
The programme represents a significant investment in transport across Tees Valley, intended to improve connectivity, support economic growth and employment, and provide a more integrated and sustainable transport network. The programme encompasses investment across a broad range of transport infrastructure and services, including rail, highways, bus and public transport infrastructure, active travel, and transport technology and innovation.
Delivery of the programme is expected to generate a diverse range of requirements and opportunities across the transport and infrastructure supply chain. At this stage, TVCA has not finalised how individual requirements will be packaged or procured. It is anticipated that the programme will involve multiple procurement exercises and contracting opportunities, which will be developed and advertised separately as the programme progresses.
TVCA is also exploring the development of a programme-wide supplier ecosystem to support effective collaboration between TVCA, delivery partners and the wider supply chain. This includes consideration of the potential use of the Framework Alliance Contract (FAC-1) to support programme-level collaboration, alongside opportunities to strengthen engagement with local suppliers, SMEs and the wider supply chain.
TVCA held an initial Transport Programme Supplier Launch Event on 9th November 2026 to introduce the programme and share its emerging approach with the market. Due to venue capacity, attendance at the event was limited and invitations were issued to a range of suppliers and organisations with a focus where possible on regional businesses. Following the event, TVCA will publish the presentation materials alongside a Preliminary Market Engagement Questionnaire, providing all interested organisations, regardless of whether they attended the event, with an opportunity to review the information presented and provide feedback.
Feedback received through this Preliminary Market Engagement exercise will be used to inform TVCA's ongoing commercial and procurement planning. No procurement routes, contracting arrangements or packaging decisions have been finalised at this stage. Any subsequent procurement opportunities will be subject to separate procurement processes and advertised as appropriate.
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CPV: Construction, foundation and surface works for highways, roads · Engineering works and construction works · Main road construction works · Motorway construction works · Public road transport services · Railway construction works · Road construction works · Structural works · Various surface works · Works for complete or part construction and civil engineering work
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How Tees Valley Combined Authority buys Construction work for pipelines, communication and power lines, for highways, roads, airfields and railways; flatwork (CPV 4523), and who usually turns up
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1 bid30% / 17%
2–331% / 17%
4–616% / 33%
7+22% / 33%
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Below estimate21% / 60%
Within ±2%77% / 20%
Above estimate1% / 20%
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Lot #1CPV 4523Published estimate£1.3bn
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Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Works
- 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
- 11 Nov 2026, 09:57 GMT
- Last source update
- 11 Nov 2026, 09:57 GMT
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-106957- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-07b930Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
11 Nov 2026 → 1 Apr 2027 · 3 dates- Planning notice published47h ago11 Nov 2026, 09:57 GMT
- Today13 Nov 2026
- Market engagementin 108 days1 Mar 2027, 23:59 GMT
TVCA held an initial Transport Programme Supplier Launch Event on 9 November 2026 to introduce the transport programme and its emerging approach to the supply market. Attendance at the event was limited due to venue capacity, with invitations issued to a range of suppliers and organisations, with a focus where possible on regional businesses.
Following the event, TVCA will publish the presentation materials and a Preliminary Market Engagement Questionnaire. All interested organisations, regardless of whether they attended the event, are invited to review the information provided and submit a response.
Responses will be used to help inform TVCA's developing commercial and procurement approach, including its approach to programme collaboration and wider supply chain participation.
TVCA anticipates that further market engagement may be undertaken as the programme develops. No dates or format for further engagement have been determined at this stage. Details of any future engagement will be communicated to the market as appropriate.
For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Tees Valley portal at: teesvalley.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-Darlingto… ↗
To respond to this opportunity, please click here: teesvalley.delta-esourcing.com/respond/S5872EFF3H ↗
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].
- Contract startsin 138 days1 Apr 2027, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published11 Nov 2026, 09:57 GMTUK2
Commercial outcome & contract awards
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- Contracts (0)
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- Bid statistics
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Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender