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Type of document: Contract Notice
Country: United Kingdom

1. Title: PRE-TENDER MARKET ENGAGEMENT – BUSINESS CASE DEVELOPMENT FROM OBC TO FBC FOR PROJECT CASTLE
2. Awarding Authority: Tees Valley Combined Authority Group, and Teesside International Airport, Teesside Airport Business Suite, Darlington, GB, Durham, DL2 1NJ. Tel: 07880 055082. Email: filippa.brimmell@teesvalley-ca.gov.uk. (Filippa Brimmell)
3. Contract type: Service contract
4. Description: The Awarding Authority seeks to engage the market through this Pre-Tender Market Engagement (PTME) exercise in preparation for the procurement of an impartial consultant to prepare and author a Green Book-compliant Business Case for Project Castle.
The Connected Automated Strategic Teesside Logistics Ecosystem (Castle) project aims to drive technological and economic transformation across the Specified Location. Project Castle aims to deliver a step-change in regional passenger mobility, logistics, and innovation by establishing a Connected and Automated Mobility (CAMhub) at Teesside International Airport (TIA). This demonstrator site will serve as the foundation for proving Connected and Automated Mobility (CAM) concepts, airside automation, and data-led operational innovation, with a view to regional deployment of CAMTrams (autonomous bus shuttles) into 5 town centres, (1 per local authority), which will enhance inclusive mobility across Tees Valley.
This PTME aims to:
Understand the market’s capability and appetite to deliver a Green Book-compliant Outline Business Case (OBC) trough to Full Business Case (FBC) for complex, CAM innovation-led transport projects.
Validate suppliers’ experience in transport business case development, with a focus on connected & automated transport systems.
Assess market capacity, availability of specialist expertise (e.g. CAM, passenger services and logistics), and anticipated delivery timelines.
Explore indicative costs, delivery models, and dependencies—particularly relating to regulatory interfaces, stakeholder engagement (e.g. airport, DfT, CCAV), and cross-sector coordination.
Provide potential suppliers with the opportunity to raise queries, identify delivery risks, and suggest approaches that could enhance the specification or value for money of the commission.
The final commission is expected to include development of the Outline Business Case through to Full Business Case, structured around HM Treasury’s Five Case Model and aligned with Department for Transport and Connected & Automated Mobility (CAM) guidance, where applicable.
5. CPV Code(s): 73000000, 79000000, 79410000
6. NUTS code(s): UKC, UKC1, UKC14
7. Main site or location of works, main place of delivery or main place of performance: Region(s) of supply Tees Valley and Durham
Tees Valley
Teesside International Airport (TIA)
8. Reference attributed by awarding authority: Opportunity Id DN783569
TVCA-PROC-0643
9. Estimated value of requirement: Not provided.
10. Expression of interest end date 5.8.2025 (17:00:00).
11. Address to which they must be sent: For further information regarding the above contract notice please visit:
12. Other information: Keywords Business Case Development, Connected and Automated Mobility
Estimated contract dates
Start date 03/11/2025
End date 02/11/2026
TKR-2025723-EX-1849918