Tees Valley awards Middlesbrough active-travel ECI contract to C.R. Reynolds

Tender information last checkedLast checked 14 Oct 2026, 12:36.

Opportunity overview

Tees Valley Combined Authority (the 'Contracting Authority'), part of the Tees Valley Combined Authority Group have undertaken a Further Competition via NEPO 211 Civil Engineering & Infrastructure Works Framework for the delivery of the Middlesbrough and Redcar Active Travel Schemes under the City Region Sustainable Transport Settlement (CRSTS) programme. The works comprise Early Contractor Involvement (ECI) and subsequent construction across a portfolio of schemes. The procurement was split into two Lots: Lot 1: Middlesbrough and Redcar •Nunthorpe to Guisborough •Saltburn Town Centre •Marske Town Centre Lot 2: Middlesbrough •Green Lane •Stainton Way TVCA has entered into a Pre-Construction Services Agreement per Lot which provides for Early Contractor Involvement (ECI) services relating to the development of the schemes including support for detailed design development, buildability advice, cost input, risk mitigation and programme optimisation. Subject to successful completion of the ECI phase, agreement of target cost and all required approvals, the Contracting Authority intends to instruct the same contractor to undertake the construction and delivery phase under the NEC4 Engineering and Construction Contract. The procurement therefore encompasses both the ECI and potential delivery phases of the scheme. Bidders were evaluated on ECI rates using notional hours provided for evaluation purposes only and a percentage fee for the delivery phase. Actual ECI expenditure may vary depending on scheme development requirements. Subject to successful completion of the ECI phase and the necessary approvals, the Authority intends to award the delivery phase to the appointed contractor under NEC4. The contract values published within this notice reflect the maximum value of the ECI phase only. The value of the construction phase, and the schemes being taken forward cannot be determined until completion of the ECI activities. Subject to the Authority proceeding to the delivery phase, a subsequent notice will be published following execution of the NEC4 delivery contracts to reflect the value of the construction works. This notice relates to Lot 2 of the procurement, a separate contract award notice is published for Lot 1 of the procurement.

Awarded to

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CR Reynolds Limited

Matched by normalised name

Published award value: £500k
Awarded: 6 Sept 2026
Award ID: ocds-b5fd17-d4f71377-c191-45cd-b33d-e72e342fbe56-1
Status: active

Classification

CPV71311220 — Highways engineering services
CPV45233100 — Construction work for highways, roads

Documents and notices

Awarded contract notice on Contracts FinderOpen source ↗
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Published notice details

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Scope, procedure and submissions

Id: BIP1072926695
Status: complete
Procurement Method Details: Not specified
Main Procurement Category: works

Classification

Scheme: CPV
Id: 71311220
Description: Highways engineering services

Additional Classifications

Entry 1

Scheme: CPV
Id: 45233100
Description: Construction work for highways, roads

Tender Period

Ends: 10 Aug 2026, 00:00

Contract period

Starts: 1 Oct 2026, 00:00
Ends: 28 Feb 2027, 23:59

Suitability

Sme: No
Vcse: No

Items and delivery

Item 1

Id: 1

Delivery locations

Entry 1

Region: North East
Country Name: United Kingdom

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1

Id: GB-CFS-330757
Name: Tees Valley Combined Authority

Identifier

Legal Name: Tees Valley Combined Authority

Address

Street Address: Teesside Airport Business Suite, Teesside International Airport
Locality: Darlington
Postal Code: DL2 1NJ
Country Name: UK

Contact

Name: Procurement
Email: procurement@teesvalley-ca.gov.uk
Telephone: 00000000000

Roles

buyer

Organisation 2

Id: GB-CFS-339184
Name: CR Reynolds Limited

Identifier

Legal Name: CR Reynolds Limited

Address

Street Address: Redcliff Court Redcliff Road Hessle HU13 0EY

Details

Scale: sme

Roles

supplier

Award information

Award 1

Id: ocds-b5fd17-d4f71377-c191-45cd-b33d-e72e342fbe56-1
Status: active
Date: 7 Sept 2026, 00:00
Published: 14 Oct 2026, 11:30

Value

Amount: 500,000
Currency: GBP

Suppliers

Supplier 1

Id: GB-CFS-339184
Name: CR Reynolds Limited

Contract period

Starts: 1 Oct 2026, 00:00
Ends: 28 Feb 2027, 23:59

Documents

Entry 1

Id: 1
Document Type: awardNotice
Description: Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder
Url: https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/6b3302d1-55e7-42e1-b676-6f041a6cd80e ↗
Published: 14 Oct 2026, 11:30
Format: text/html
Language: en

Entry 2

Id: 2
Document Type: tenderNotice
Description: Please follow this link to view the notice.
Url: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/respondToList.html?noticeId=1072926695 ↗

Recorded locations

Buyer location · Darlington · DL2 1NJ · UK
Delivery location · North East · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION

6b3302d1-55e7-42e1-b676-6f041a6cd80e-917810Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder · 14 Oct 2026, 11:30

PROCURAAXIS AWARD ANALYSIS

Award outcome intelligence

Evidence-bound analysis of the published award appears below the official tender and award information.

ANALYSIS PREVIEW

Award intelligence at a glance

Tees Valley Combined Authority awarded Lot 2 of its active-travel schemes procurement to C.R. REYNOLDS LIMITED. The published £500,000 maximum relates only to Early Contractor Involvement (ECI); construction is conditional and has no published value.

Published outcome signals

Notice stageAwarded contract notice; award status activeEvidence: Process stage is 'award', display status is 'awarded', and the award status is 'active'.
Award decision date7 September 2026Evidence: Award record date: 2026-09-07.
Award notice publication14 October 2026Evidence: Award notice datePublished: 2026-10-14T11:30:11+01:00.

98% approved-analysis confidence1 supplier record analysed3 source limitations

SOURCE AND FRESHNESS

Traceable procurement data

Source: Contracts Finder
Notice reference: 6b3302d1-55e7-42e1-b676-6f041a6cd80e-917810
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-d4f71377-c191-45cd-b33d-e72e342fbe56
First published: 14 Oct 2026
Last checked: 14 Oct 2026, 12:36
Notice versions reviewed: 1

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HOW THIS WAS PREPARED

Approved, evidence-bound analysis

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Analysis status: Approved for publication
Analysed: 14 Oct 2026

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AWARD OUTCOME

What happened

Published outcome

An active award was published for ECI services covering Green Lane and Stainton Way in Middlesbrough.

Market significance

The award creates a potential route to later NEC4 construction delivery, subject to successful ECI, target-cost agreement and approvals.

AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS

1 supplier record analysed

C.R. REYNOLDS LIMITED

99% confidence

Award ocds-b5fd17-d4f71377-c191-45cd-b33d-e72e342fbe56-1 · Lots Lot 2: Middlesbrough — Green Lane and Stainton Way · 500000 GBP · verified supplier; active award

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The award names CR Reynolds Limited; supplier verification identifies C.R. REYNOLDS LIMITED (company number 01772107). The notice identifies this as Lot 2.

LIFECYCLE

Award or contract stage

Notice stage

99% confidence

Awarded contract notice; award status active

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Process stage is 'award', display status is 'awarded', and the award status is 'active'.

Award decision date

99% confidence

7 September 2026

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Award record date: 2026-09-07.

Award notice publication

99% confidence

14 October 2026

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Award notice datePublished: 2026-10-14T11:30:11+01:00.

Contract period stated

98% confidence

1 October 2026 to 28 February 2027

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Award and tender contractPeriod state these dates.

Delivery phase status

99% confidence

Conditional potential future phase; not evidenced as awarded or executed

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The notice says delivery depends on successful ECI, target-cost agreement and approvals, with a later notice intended following execution of NEC4 delivery contracts.

VALUES

Published values explained

Published maximum ECI value

99% confidence

£500,000

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Tender and award values are GBP 500,000; the notice states published values reflect the maximum value of the ECI phase only.

Construction-phase value

99% confidence

Unknown

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The notice says construction value cannot be determined until ECI completion and a later notice would reflect construction value if delivery proceeds.

TIMELINE

Procurement timeline

Tender deadline

99% confidence

10 August 2026

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Tender period endDate: 2026-08-10.

Award date

99% confidence

7 September 2026

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Award record date: 2026-09-07.

Stated contract start

98% confidence

1 October 2026

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Award contractPeriod startDate: 2026-10-01.

Stated contract end

98% confidence

28 February 2027

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Award contractPeriod endDate: 2027-02-28.

SCOPE

What was awarded

Lot

99% confidence

Lot 2: Middlesbrough

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Notice description explicitly identifies Lot 2 as Middlesbrough.

Schemes

99% confidence

Green Lane and Stainton Way

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Notice description lists Green Lane and Stainton Way under Lot 2.

ECI services

99% confidence

Detailed-design support, buildability advice, cost input, risk mitigation and programme optimisation

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These ECI activities are specified in the notice description.

Potential delivery

99% confidence

Construction and delivery under NEC4 Engineering and Construction Contract, conditional on ECI and approvals

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Notice description describes an intended instruction to the same contractor only subject to stated conditions.

Classification

99% confidence

Highways engineering services (CPV 71311220); construction work for highways and roads (CPV 45233100)

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Published classifications.

Delivery geography

95% confidence

North East, United Kingdom

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Tender item delivery address specifies North East, United Kingdom.

PROCEDURE

Procedure and competition

Route to market

99% confidence

Further competition via NEPO 211 Civil Engineering & Infrastructure Works Framework

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Notice description states that the authority undertook a further competition via this framework.

Evaluation basis

99% confidence

ECI rates assessed using notional hours, plus a percentage fee for the delivery phase

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Notice description states these evaluation inputs and notes that notional hours were for evaluation only.

Bidder count and scoring

99% confidence

Unknown

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Information not supplied in the published notice.

CONTRACT TERMS

Published contract terms

ECI commercial basis

98% confidence

Actual ECI expenditure may vary with scheme-development requirements, up to the published maximum

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Notice states actual ECI expenditure may vary and published values are maximum ECI values.

Potential delivery conditions

99% confidence

Successful ECI, target-cost agreement and required approvals

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Notice description lists these conditions.

Delivery contract form

99% confidence

NEC4 Engineering and Construction Contract, if delivery is instructed

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Notice description specifies NEC4 for the conditional delivery phase.

COMMERCIAL VIEW

Commercial observations

Near-term engagement

99% confidence

The awarded supplier's published role is ECI rather than confirmed construction delivery

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The notice expressly limits the £500,000 published value to ECI and makes delivery conditional.

Value interpretation

99% confidence

£500,000 should not be treated as the value of construction works

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The notice says construction value is undetermined and separate from the published ECI maximum.

ANALYSIS QUALITY

98%overall confidence

Confidence reflects the completeness and consistency of the published award data.

Reference: ocds-b5fd17-d4f71377-c191-45cd-b33d-e72e342fbe56
Analysed: 14 Oct 2026

APPROVED AWARD ANALYSIS

BUYER CONTEXT

Buyer context

Buyer

99% confidence

Tees Valley Combined Authority

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Published buyer name and legal name.

Programme

99% confidence

City Region Sustainable Transport Settlement (CRSTS)

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Notice description states the schemes are under the CRSTS programme.

SUPPLIER CONTEXT

Supplier context

Verified legal supplier

99% confidence

C.R. REYNOLDS LIMITED (company number 01772107)

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Supplier verification record gives verified company name and number, with verified status.

Published SME indicator

95% confidence

SME

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Supplier party details state scale: sme.

RENEWAL OUTLOOK

Renewal outlook

Future construction opportunity

99% confidence

Potential only; no construction award value or execution date published

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The authority says it intends to publish a subsequent notice after execution of NEC4 delivery contracts if it proceeds.

DATA QUALITY

Gaps and source limitations

Supplier-name normalisation

99% confidence

The source award names 'CR Reynolds Limited', while verified identity is 'C.R. REYNOLDS LIMITED'; the verified legal name is used.

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Supplier verification shows a resolved normalised-name match and nameMismatch: true.

Lot-value allocation

99% confidence

The £500,000 value is published for this Lot 2 award and is explicitly limited to maximum ECI value.

View supporting evidence

Award value is £500,000 and the notice explains its ECI-only basis.

Future delivery uncertainty

99% confidence

Construction scope, value and execution are not published because delivery remains conditional.

View supporting evidence

Notice states those matters cannot be determined until ECI completion and approvals.

SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS

Information not supplied in the published notice

Information not supplied in the published notice: bidder count, evaluation scores, award rationale, pricing breakdown and actual ECI spend.
No construction-phase value, final scheme selection, executed delivery contract or delivery award is published.
The notice refers to a separate Lot 1 award, which is outside this Lot 2 record and is not analysed here.

MARKET THEMES

Relevant award themes

COMMON QUESTIONS

About this award

Who won Tees Valley's Lot 2 Middlesbrough Active Travel award?

C.R. REYNOLDS LIMITED received the active award; the source notice names CR Reynolds Limited.

What does the £500,000 published value cover?

It is the maximum value of the Early Contractor Involvement phase only, not construction works.

Has construction been awarded?

No construction award or executed NEC4 delivery contract is evidenced. Delivery remains conditional on successful ECI, target-cost agreement and approvals.

ProcuraAxis award analysis supplements, but does not replace, the official award notice, contract data or procurement documents. “Awarded” does not by itself prove that a contract has been signed.

GB-Tees Valley: TVCA-PROC-0871 - Lot 2 - Middlesbrough Active Travel Schemes - ECI and Delivery

Opportunity overview

Awarded to

CR Reynolds Limited

Classification

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