Free Guide: Tees Valley Spending & Supplier Profile
A free spending & supplier guide for Tees Valley Combined Authority · Combined authority · North East
Data covering 2020 to 2026
Recorded Spend
£0
Transactions
194
Suppliers
50
Key Takeaways
- £4.8 million in recorded contract value across 74 contracts from 2020 to 2026
- 50 identified suppliers spread across 14 sectors with an unconcentrated HHI of 564
- 210 tenders worth £250.7 million signal a large pipeline relative to recorded contracts
A combined authority with a modest contract footprint but a big tender pipeline
Tees Valley Combined Authority covers 307 square miles and serves around 677,000 people across the North East. Our data holds 74 contracts worth a combined £4.8 million, drawn from 194 transactions spanning 2020 to 2026. That contract figure looks small for an authority of this size. But the tender side tells a different story: 210 tenders valued at £250.7 million across the same period. The median contract sits at roughly £68,000, so much of the recorded contracting activity falls into smaller, below-threshold work. Of the 31 contracts where we have procurement method data, 20 were below threshold. This is a combined authority rather than a unitary council, so its spending profile is shaped by a strategic coordination role rather than day-to-day service delivery. If you're scanning for volume, the tender pipeline is where the action is.
Who's getting paid, and how spread out is it?
Across the 50 identified suppliers in our dataset, spending is fairly well distributed. The HHI sits at 564, which is unconcentrated, and the top five suppliers account for 41.1% of recorded spend. Richmond Design & Marketing leads with £890,000, followed by Runtech (North) at £600,000 and GCC Facilities Management at roughly £500,000. Professional, scientific and technical services is the busiest sector by supplier count, with 15 firms sharing 26.5% of spend. Administrative and support services runs close behind at 27.3%, though that money flows through just 8 suppliers. Manufacturing accounts for 12.9% of spend but is concentrated in only 2 suppliers. Construction, IT, and transport round out the mix. The spread across 14 sectors suggests this authority buys a broad range of services, which lines up with its regional coordination remit.
Nearly half the contracts are direct awards. What does that mean for competition?
Of the 31 contracts with method data, 15 were direct awards, 10 went through open competition, and 6 used a limited process. That direct award rate of around 48% is high. Combined authorities often commission specialist or strategic work that lends itself to direct procurement, so this pattern is not unusual in context. But it does mean that for almost half of recorded contracts, there was no published competitive process. On the other side, 11 contracts sat above the procurement threshold, so larger pieces of work are going through more formal routes. The tender pipeline of 210 published opportunities, sourced from both teesvalley-ca.gov.uk and Find a Tender, points to an authority that is active in publishing procurement notices. For bid managers tracking this authority, the tenders are where you will find the most open competition.
| # | Supplier | Spend |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | RICHMOND DESIGN & MARKETING LIMITED | £890,000 |
| 2 | RUNTECH (NORTH) LIMITED | £600,000 |
| 3 | GCC FACILITIES MANAGEMENT LTD | £499,743 |
| 4 | PARTNER CONSTRUCTION LIMITED | £489,244 |
| 5 | TRANSPORT OPERATIONS LIMITED | £431,906 |
| 6 | AWTG LIMITED | £400,000 |
| 7 | FST MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS LTD | £362,815 |
| 8 | GLOBAL PROFESSIONAL SERVICES LTD | £360,802 |
| 9 | SOLACE IN BUSINESS LTD | £288,250 |
| 10 | THE DEVELOPMENT & TRAINING CO. LTD | £272,836 |
About Us
CouncilLedger brings together spending records, contract awards, and tender notices from over 400 UK local authorities into one procurement intelligence platform. Our data covers 16 years of transactions, collected directly from council transparency publications and government procurement platforms. Search suppliers, track spending trends, discover tender opportunities, and monitor the contracts that matter to your business.
