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TVCA-PROC-0905 Rail Passenger Focus Survey

Tees Valley Combined Authority · Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 23 Sept 2026, 22:16.

Opportunity overview

Tees Valley Combined Authority (TVCA) (the ‘Contacting Authority’), 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 undertake a rail passenger survey within the Tees Valley region to understand customer issues, identify opportunities, and collect qualitative evidence to support future rail planning and service development. Through this PTME, the Contracting Authority aims to: •Understand market interest, capability and capacity to deliver the proposed requirement. •Test and validate the proposed scope, objectives and approach. •Obtain feedback on methodologies, deliverables, timescales, risks and indicative costs. •Understand market views on contractual, commercial and social value considerations. •Identify opportunities to improve and refine any future procurement. •Provide suppliers with an opportunity to raise questions, challenge assumptions and make recommendations based on their experience. For more information about this opportunity, please visit the eSourcing portal at: https://teesvalley.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-Darlington:-Research-and-development-services-and-related-consultancy-services./S6YZ443D79 To respond to this opportunity, please click here: https://teesvalley.delta-esourcing.com/respond/S6YZ443D79

Classification

  • CPV73000000 — Research and development services and related consultancy services
  • CPV79000000 — Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

Lots

  • Lot 1Value not stated

Documents and notices

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
TVCA-PROC-0905
Main Procurement Category
services
Above Threshold
Yes
Status
planning

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
planning

Contract period

Starts
4 Jan 2027, 00:00
Ends
3 Jan 2028, 23:59

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
CPV
Id
73000000
Description
Research and development services and related consultancy services
Entry 2
Scheme
CPV
Id
79000000
Description
Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKC1
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Planning and budget

Milestones

Entry 1
Id
engagement
Type
engagement
Description
For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Tees Valley portal at: https://teesvalley.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-Darlington:-Research-and-development-services-and-related-consultancy-services./S6YZ443D79 To respond to this opportunity, please click here: https://teesvalley.delta-esourcing.com/respond/S6YZ443D79 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.
Due
30 Sept 2026, 23:59
Status
scheduled

Documents

Entry 1
Id
085220-2026
Document Type
marketEngagementNotice
Notice Type
UK2
Description
Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
Published
9 Sept 2026, 10:09
Format
text/html

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Name
Tees Valley Combined Authority
Id
GB-PPON-PDNG-8971-ZVCR

Identifier

Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PDNG-8971-ZVCR

Address

Street Address
Teesside Airport Business Suite, Teesside international Airport
Locality
Darlington
Postal Code
DL2 1NJ
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKC13

Contact

Name
Procurement
Telephone
01325792600

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Id
publicAuthoritySubCentralGovernment
Description
Public authority - sub-central government

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Darlington · UKC13 · DL2 1NJ · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKC1 · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
  1. 085220-2026Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender ·