Notice Information
Notice Title
TVCA-PROC-0863 - Business Tees Valley website Platform Development
Notice Description
Tees Valley Combined Authority (TVCA) ('the contracting authority') intend to award a contract to establish a single provider framework to support the design, development and ongoing evolution of a Business Support Digital Platform which will become the primary digital front door to business support in Tees Valley, underpinning a new, tiered model of support and enabling a more streamlined, intelligent and scalable approach to engaging businesses across the region. The framework will cover the full lifecycle of platform development and evolution, supporting both the front-end user experience and the underlying systems required to manage and deliver business support services end-to-end. This includes: *discovery, user research and service design *technical architecture and integration design *development of a Minimum Viable Product (MVP) and subsequent iterations *implementation of AI-enabled functionality and data intelligence *content architecture and ecosystem integration
Lot Information
Lot 1
Renewal: Option to extend for a further 2 years if suitable funding is available.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-06addf
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/069370-2026
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK6 - Contract Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Framework
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- SME
- Awardee Scale
- SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
30 - Office and computing machinery, equipment and supplies except furniture and software packages
72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
-
- CPV Codes
30211300 - Computer platforms
72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
72212220 - Internet and intranet software development services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £1,200,000 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- £1,200,000 £1M-£10M
- Awards Value
- £1,200,000 £1M-£10M
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 22 Jul 20262 weeks ago
- Submission Deadline
- 29 Jun 2026Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 21 Jul 20262 weeks ago
- Contract Period
- 16 Aug 2026 - 16 Aug 2028 2-3 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Complete
- Awards Status
- Pending
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- TEES VALLEY COMBINED AUTHORITY
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Buyer Location
- Locality
- DARLINGTON
- Postcode
- DL2 1NJ
- Post Town
- Darlington
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLC North East (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLC3 Tees Valley
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLC33 Darlington
- Delivery Location
- TLC1 Tees Valley and Durham
-
- Local Authority
- Darlington
- Electoral Ward
- Sadberge & Middleton St George
- Westminster Constituency
- Stockton West
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/069370-2026
22nd July 2026 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/052960-2026
4th June 2026 - Tender notice on Find a Tender
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
The Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS) is a framework designed to increase transparency and access to public procurement data in the public sector. It is widely used by governments and organisations worldwide to report on procurement processes and contracts.
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