PERMANENT AWARD EVIDENCE

TVCA-PROC-0932 - Legal Support for Spine Framework Creation

How to read contract values: notice stages, dates and worked examples

TEES VALLEY COMBINED AUTHORITY · published 30 Oct 2026. This page preserves the identifiers and current held fields for one Contracts Finder release; it is not an invoice, performance assessment or complete contract history.

Contracts Finder release IDdf57af07-6904-44fb-af3d-30183b096655-919793
Open Contracting ID (OCID)ocds-b5fd17-4f577d38-5fc1-4e4e-9b74-ebf329cf99f9
Buyer identifierGB-SRS-supplierregistration.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/z47BvqZE
Release typeaward
PUBLISHED COMMERCIAL FIELDS

Values stay separate.

A tender estimate and an award value answer different questions. Neither is treated as cash paid.

Award value
£85,900
award field
Tender value
£103,080
tender field
Procurement method
Call-off from a framework agreement
Category
services
CPV
79100000
Legal services
Delivery
North East, United Kingdom
No postcode
PUBLISHED DESCRIPTION

What the notice says

Tees Valley Combined Authority (TVCA) ("the contracting authority") have awarded a contract to Muckle LLP for Legal Support for a framework creation. Direct Award via NEPO 513. Muckle LLP will provide specialist legal support throughout the procurement lifecycle, including pre-procurement advice and strategy development, legal support during the live procurement process, moderation and validation of evaluation outcomes, and assistance with contract award activities. The scope also includes the provision of contingency legal support to address any issues arising during the framework establishment process, ensuring compliance with applicable procurement legislation, governance requirements, and best practice.

Tender statuscomplete
STAGE-DATE LEDGER

Reported dates, without an invented lifecycle.

The current projection contains one award release, not a verified chain of planning, tender, award, contract and modification records. Dates are shown in source-field order and are not silently repaired.

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  1. 01Notice publishedPublication timestamp on the held release30 Oct 2026
  2. 02Tender period startsTender-period field as published15 Sept 2026
  3. 03Tender period endsTender-period field as published26 Aug 2026End precedes start · verify
  4. 04Contract startsContract-period field as published15 Sept 2026
  5. 05Contract endsContract-period field as published30 Sept 2027
SUPPLIER EVIDENCE

Published names and exact identifiers

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SOURCE

Contracts Finder release

Published 30 Oct 2026 · held through the daily award projection · Open Government Licence v3.0.

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