Stale Pre-tender

TVCA-PROC-0765 - Chemicals Sector Economic and Policy Support - Preliminary Market Engagement

Details

Topic
Research and development services and related consultancy services
Published
20 March 2026
Submission
10 April 2026

Tender description

Tees Valley Combined Authority (TVCA) seeks to engage the market through this Pre-Tender Market Engagement (PTME) exercise in preparation for the potential procurement of a supplier to to commission an independent, evidence-based report analysing and quantifying economic exposure, capability risk and fiscal implications for the Tees Valley chemicals and process cluster. 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. Collaboration with the supply chain is central to our approach to delivering the proposed to commission an independent, evidence-based report analysing and quantifying economic exposure, capability risk and fiscal implications for the Tees Valley chemicals and process cluster. While the Authority will maintain commercial confidentiality of information received during the PTME, its output will be communicated to potential suppliers as part of any subsequent procurement exercises. For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta portal at: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/??notice-title??/65EX6AJ8KB To respond to this opportunity, please click here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/65EX6AJ8KB 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 helpdesk@delta-esourcing.com. For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-Darlington:-Research-and-development-services-and-related-consultancy-services./65EX6AJ8KB To respond to this opportunity, please click here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/65EX6AJ8KB

Timeline

  1. Completed: Pre-tender published20 March 2026
    Current notice

About the buyer

Tees Valley Combined Authority procures as a local authority body, buying on behalf of the wider TVCA Group. The Group also covers South Tees Development Corporation, Hartlepool Development Corporation, Middlesbrough Development Corporation and Teesside International Airport. Opportunities above a set financial threshold are advertised publicly on Find a Tender. Suppliers must register on the Delta eSourcing portal to view full tender documents and submit bids. Frameworks are the Group's preferred route to market, used ahead of running individual tenders. The Group also sets up its own frameworks for additional public bodies to use.

UK local government drives £140bn in annual procurement, led by social protection (£66.6bn) and education (£57.1bn).

Over the past 5 years, most of the Tees Valley Combined Authority's contract awards have been in business services, architectural and engineering services and construction work.

Relevant CPV codes

  • 73000000 · Research and development services and related consultancy services
  • 73200000 · Research and development consultancy services
  • 79000000 · Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

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