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title: "TVCA-PROC-0857 - Community Energy Partnership Enabling Mapping Tool"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-06f83e"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "Tees Valley Combined Authority"
published: "2026-09-11"
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# TVCA-PROC-0857 - Community Energy Partnership Enabling Mapping Tool

Buyer: Tees Valley Combined Authority  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06f83e

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## Summary

Tees Valley Combined Authority commissioned a community energy partnership enabling mapping tool. The service is intended to identify community energy groups and their activities, making them more visible and viable as delivery partners. It covers the North East and Yorkshire, with delivery spanning areas across the North East and Yorkshire regions. This is a services requirement focused on research, development and related consultancy, rather than construction, equipment supply or routine operational support. The work would suit organisations able to design and maintain a practical mapping resource while understanding the community energy sector, its local delivery partners and the public-sector context in which those partnerships operate. The buyer is a sub-central public authority based in Darlington.

The procurement is complete and the contract was awarded to Energy Saving Trust Enterprises Limited on 14 August 2026. It used a below-threshold procedure, recorded as method unknown. The single lot is complete. The contract is active, signed on 11 September 2026, and runs from 14 September 2026 to 31 March 2027. Its value is £27,000 excluding VAT, or £32,400 including VAT. The requirement was below the relevant threshold. The authority stated that contract modifications may be made for specified circumstances or known risks, including difficulty engaging community energy groups or local authorities, uneven engagement across the large geography, and procurement or contract delays that shorten delivery time. The selected supplier is an SME and voluntary, community or social enterprise.

This award indicates demand for specialist community energy mapping and partnership-enablement work from Tees Valley Combined Authority. A credible future supplier would need to combine research and consultancy capability with practical experience of identifying community energy organisations, documenting their activities and presenting that information in a usable mapping tool. Strong engagement skills would be important, particularly the ability to work with community energy groups and local authorities across a wide geographical area. Suppliers should also be able to support capacity building and produce outputs that help public bodies find viable delivery partners. Experience coordinating engagement across the North East and Yorkshire, managing uneven participation and maintaining useful, evidence-based information would strengthen a competing proposition when this requirement is next considered.

## Notice

Tees Valley Combined Authority (TVCA) (the 'Contracting Authority') have awarded a contract for a supplier to To create a mapping tool highlighting community energy groups and their activity in the North East and Yorkshire region to make them a more visible and viable delivery partner.. As set out in the UK4 Tender Notice, the contracting authority reserves the right to modify the contract in reliance on Schedule 8 paragraph 1 of the Procurement Act 2023 where the contracting authority clearly states the circumstance in which a modification may be required. As set out in the UK4 Tender Notice, the contracting authority reserves the right to modify the contract in reliance on Schedule 8 paragraph 5 of the Procurement Act 2023 where the contracting authority considers that a "known risk" has arisen. A "known risk" is a risk which could jeopardise the satisfactory performance of the contract but because of the nature of the risk it could not be addressed in the contract as awarded. The following risks have been identified as known risks:*Difficulty engaging with the Community Energy sector - may lead to lower engagement and less outputs *Difficulty engaging with Local Authorities - may lead to lower engagement and less outputs *Activities cover a large geographical area - may be an uneven spread of engagement leading to less capacity building in some regions *Procurement or contract delays that result in a shortening of delivery time. Please note that due to internal delay, this notice is being published retrospectively. The contract commencement date is the 1st of September 2026, and the contract was signed on the 11th of September 2026.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/086497-2026 |
| Notice type | UK7 - Contract Details Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Not Specified |
| Procurement method details | Below threshold - unknown |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 11 Sep 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 14 Aug 2026 |
| Contract period | 14 Sep 2026 - 31 Mar 2027 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £27,000 |
| Contracts value | £27,000 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Complete |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | Tees Valley Combined Authority |
| Locality | DARLINGTON |
| Postcode area | Darlington |
| Postcode | DL2 1NJ |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLC North East (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLC3 Tees Valley |
| ITL 3 | TLC33 Darlington |
| Local authority | Darlington |
| Electoral ward | Sadberge & Middleton St George |
| Westminster constituency | Stockton West |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | Energy Saving Trust Enterprises Limited |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 73 - Research and development services and related consultancy services

### Codes

- 73000000 - Research and development services and related consultancy services

## Release History

- 11 Sep 2026 at 14:43 - Award - UK7 - Contract Details Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/086497-2026
- 11 Sep 2026 at 14:40 - Award - UK6 - Contract Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/086488-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/086497-2026
  11th September 2026 - Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/086488-2026
  11th September 2026 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents

## Provenance

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