TVCA-PROC-0881 - Business Tees Valley - Preliminary Market Engagement
Tees Valley Combined AuthorityEstimated Value
Up to £0
Deadline
Not specified
Published
24 June 2026
Type
Not specified
Overview
Tees Valley Combined Authority (TVCA) is developing a new approach to business support that will help businesses start, grow, innovate and thrive. We are inviting suppliers, delivery partners and stakeholders to participate in preliminary market engagement to help shape the future of business support across Tees Valley where we would welcome feedback and insight from the market.
The purpose of the engagement is to share our emerging thinking, test assumptions, understand market appetite and capability, and gather feedback that will help inform the future service design, specification, procurement strategy and commercial approach. We are particularly interested in understanding opportunities, risks, barriers to participation and innovative approaches that could strengthen the future model and support successful delivery. As part of the preliminary market engagement, a Market Engagement Event is being held on Tuesday 7th July 2026: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/business-tees-valley-suppl... For more information about this opportunity, please visit the eSourcing portal at: https://teesvalley.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-Darl... To respond to this opportunity, please click here: https://teesvalley.delta-esourcing.com/respond/P66995HAKW
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Likely incumbents
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- 1
Ambient People
£2m
total awarded
- 2
Cleveland Transit Ltd
£4m
total awarded
- 3
Arriva Durham County
£2m
total awarded
- 4
Venn Group
7 contracts wonlatest 30 Mar 2026ends 27 Sept 2026£295,000
total awarded
- 5
Penna PLC
£854,498
total awarded
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TEES VALLEY COMBINED AUTHORITYKey Dates
Published
24 June 2026
Submission deadline
Not specified
Notice type
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