Stale Pre-tender

TVCA-PROC-0874 - Travel Services

Details

Value
£700,000
Topic
Travel agency, tour operator and tourist assistance services
Published
28 August 2026
Submission
14 September 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 Corporate Travel Booking System, with a digital platform designed to manage and streamline the end-to-end process of business travel for Tees Valley Combined Authority and other entities within TVCA Group structure. . Through this PTME, the Contracting Authority aims to: Understand the market’s appetite to be involved in the potential future procurement exercise; •Understand the capacity of the market and timescales for delivery; •Understand potential risks associated with the procurement; •Understand opportunities, costs and considerations; and •Provide potential suppliers with an opportunity to raise queries and points for consideration in advance of any potential procurement exercise. For more information about this opportunity, please visit the eSourcing portal at: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-Darlington:-Travel-agency%2C-tour-operator-and-tourist-assistance-services./B89X2VCKH6 To respond to this opportunity, please click here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/B89X2VCKH6

Timeline

  1. Completed: Pre-tender published28 August 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

  • 63500000 · Travel agency, tour operator and tourist assistance services

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