Planning

TVCA-PROC-0632 - Pre-Tender Market Engagement - Full Business Case Development for access improvements at North Road Railway Station, Darlington

  • Tees Valley Combined Authority

UK2: Preliminary market engagement notice - Procurement Act 2023 - view information about notice types

Notice identifier: 2025/S 000-074352

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-05e25d

Published 17 November 2025, 12:05pm



Scope

Reference

TVCA-PROC-0632

Description

Tees Valley Combined Authority (TVCA), part of the Tees Valley Combined Authority Group, seeks to engage the market through this Pre-Tender Market Engagement (PTME) exercise in preparation for the potential procurement of a supplier to write a Full Business Case (FBC) on behalf of Tees Valley Combined Authority, for an accessibility project which will enable to persons of reduced mobility to be able to use the station. As part of the scheme there will be major upgrades to CCTV, lighting, platform furniture and the public realm in an around North Road Railway Station which will complement the Hopetown Museum.

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.

•Understand a likely budget requirement for the works.

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./FHRTX9XP64

To respond to this opportunity, please click here:

https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/FHRTX9XP64

Total value (estimated)

  • £0 including VAT

Above the relevant threshold

Contract dates (estimated)

  • 2 March 2026 to 1 March 2027
  • 1 year

Main procurement category

Services

CPV classifications

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

Contract locations

  • UKC13 - Darlington

Engagement

Engagement deadline

28 November 2025

Engagement process description

For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta portal at: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-Darlington:-Research-and-development-services-and-related-consultancy-services./FHRTX9XP64

You will need to register as a supplier to gain access to the documentation. Registration is free.


Contracting authority

Tees Valley Combined Authority

  • Public Procurement Organisation Number: PDNG-8971-ZVCR

Teesside Airport Business Suite, Teesside international Airport

Darlington

DL2 1NJ

United Kingdom

Telephone: 01325792600

Email: Procurement@teesvalley-ca.gov.uk

Region: UKC13 - Darlington

Organisation type: Public authority - sub-central government