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Published 29 Jul 2026
29 Jul 2026
- Primary CPV
-
73200000 *
Research and development consultancy services
- Location
- 🇬🇧 Barking & Dagenham and Havering, London
- Value
- £5,000,000
- Contract
-
3 years Duration
14/10/2026 14/10/2029
- Contract Types
-
73 *Research & development servicesFull CPV Breakdown
- SME suitable
- Not stated
Publisher Address
Leslie Ford House, Tilbury, Essex, RM18 7EH, United Kingdom · UKI52
Contact
Award Criteria
- PASS/FAIL
- Bidding Documents (find-tender.service.gov.uk) · Bidding Documents
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Thames Freeport
All notices from this publisher Same CPV code
73200000 *
All notices with this CPV code
Reference: TFP/2026/SAISPV/001
Description:
Thames Freeport (TFP) is one of eight English Freeports established under the Government's Freeport Policy. Spanning tax sites at DP World London Gateway (Thurrock), the Port of Tilbury (Thurrock), and Ford Dagenham (Barking & Dagenham), TFP operates as the accountable body for a programme of investment, infrastructure and innovation interventions targeting place-based economic growth across East London and the Estuary.
TFP has published its Industry, Investment and Infrastructure Framework (TFIIIF), establishing an ambition to catalyse £16 billion in cumulative GVA, create 23,230 net additional jobs, and generate £1.5 billion in additional annual GVA across four sector clusters: Technology and Advanced Manufacturing; Sustainable Construction; Advanced Port Logistics; and Deployed Artificial Intelligence.
To deliver the TFIIIF programme, TFP requires access to a high-calibre, multi-disciplinary Strategic Advisory Partner(s) capable of providing integrated advisory, appraisal, feasibility, investment facilitation and SPV services.
The contract will be structured as a Framework Enabling Contract with Statements of Work drawn down per project. TFP anticipates annual spend of approximately £1,000,000 against a ceiling of £5,000,000 +VAT over the full 3+1+1 year term. The successful provider must be capable of delivering — individually or through a named consortium — all of the following service lines to create a single supplier Framework:
•Service Line A — Treasury-Compliant Business Cases (HM Treasury Green Book, Five Case Model)
•Service Line B — Programme and Project Evaluation (HM Treasury Magenta Book)
•Service Line C — Project Feasibility Studies (RIBA Stages 0–2 and Pre-RIBA Technical Feasibility)
•Service Line D — Investment Cases for Private and Institutional Capital
•Service Line E — Business Planning and Financial Modelling
•Service Line F — Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) Establishment and Ongoing Operation
•Service Line G — Finance and Legal Services (SPV and Project Finance)
•Service Line H — Investor Access and Capital Facilitation
For more information about this opportunity, please visit the eSourcing portal at:
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-Essex:-Financial-consultancy-services./T7X536A6TR
To respond to this opportunity, please click here:
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/T7X536A6TR
Full CPV breakdown
- 73200000 — Research and development consultancy services (primary)
Notice details
- Buyer type
- Local authority
- Competition
- Open competition (any supplier can bid)
- Contract type
- Services
- Procurement method
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Main category
- Services
- Above threshold
- Yes
- Legal basis
- UKPGA 2023/54
- Notice status
- Active
- Renewal
- Initial 3 year term with extension options of 1 + 1
- Submission method
- https://www.delta-esourcing.com
- Enquiries close
- 14 Aug 2026
- Award decision expected
- 2 Oct 2026
- Language
- EN
- Published
- 29 Jul 2026 16:58
- OCID
- ocds-h6vhtk-06cf44
- Notice ID
- TFP/2026/SAISPV/001
Full notice record
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Organisations
| Name | Thames Freeport |
| Address › Street | Leslie Ford House, Tilbury |
| Address › Town / city | Essex |
| Address › Postcode | RM18 7EH |
| Address › Country | GB |
| Address › Country | United Kingdom |
| Address › Region (NUTS) | UKH32 |
| Role | buyer |
| Classification › Description | Public authority - sub-central government |
Buyer
| Name | Thames Freeport |
Tender
| Title | Feasilbility, Funding and Delivery Partner(s) |
| Status | active |
| Item › CPV › CPV 1 › Description | Research and development consultancy services |
| Item › CPV › CPV 2 › Description | General management consultancy services |
| Item › CPV › CPV 3 › Description | Legal advisory services |
| Item › CPV › CPV 4 › Description | Financial consultancy services |
| Item › Delivery › Delivery 1 › Region (NUTS) | UKI52 |
| Item › Delivery › Delivery 1 › Country | GB |
| Item › Delivery › Delivery 1 › Country | United Kingdom |
| Item › Delivery › Delivery 2 › Region (NUTS) | UKH32 |
| Item › Delivery › Delivery 2 › Country | GB |
| Item › Delivery › Delivery 2 › Country | United Kingdom |
| Item › Delivery › Delivery 3 › Region (NUTS) | UKI42 |
| Item › Delivery › Delivery 3 › Country | GB |
| Item › Delivery › Delivery 3 › Country | United Kingdom |
| Item › Delivery › Delivery 4 › Region (NUTS) | UKH34 |
| Item › Delivery › Delivery 4 › Country | GB |
| Item › Delivery › Delivery 4 › Country | United Kingdom |
| Value › Value incl. VAT | £6,000,000 |
| Value › Value | £5,000,000 |
| Value › Currency | GBP |
| Procedure type | open |
| Procedure | Competitive flexible procedure |
| Procedure › Is Accelerated | Yes |
| Procedure › Accelerated Rationale | Pre-selected tenderers - utilities/not central government |
| Procedure › Features | Participation stage - suppliers will be required to submit qualification for participation Tendering stage - qualifying suppliers will be issued with the ITT and submit their response Dialogue - the contracting authority may enter into dialogue with the suppliers to refine their responses. Final responses submitted and contract awarded. |
| Category | services |
| Above threshold | Yes |
| How to submit | https://www.delta-esourcing.com |
| Submission Terms › Electronic submission | allowed |
| Submission Terms › Languages | en |
| Expression Of Interest Deadline | 24 Aug 2026 |
| Questions period › End | 14 Aug 2026 |
| Award decision period › End | 2 Oct 2026 |
| Lot › Status | active |
| Lot › Value › Value incl. VAT | £6,000,000 |
| Lot › Value › Value | £5,000,000 |
| Lot › Value › Currency | GBP |
| Lot › Award criteria › Weighting Description | There will be a questionnaire during the participation stage, evaluation criteria detailed in the ITT for the tendering stage. |
| Lot › Award criteria › Criterion › Type | quality |
| Lot › Award criteria › Criterion › Name | PASS/FAIL |
| Lot › Award criteria › Criterion › Description | PASS/FAIL |
| Lot › Suitable for › SMEs | Yes |
| Lot › Suitable for › VCSEs | Yes |
| Lot › Contract period › Start | 14 Oct 2026 |
| Lot › Contract period › End | 14 Oct 2029 |
| Lot › Contract period › Can be extended to | 14 Oct 2031 |
| Lot › Can be renewed | Yes |
| Lot › Renewal › Description | Initial 3 year term with extension options of 1 + 1 |
| Document › Document 1 › Document type | Conflict of interest |
| Document › Document 1 › Description | Not published |
| Document › Document 2 › Document type | Bidding documents |
| Document › Document 2 › Link | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/A-19876 |
| Document › Document 3 › Document type | Tender notice |
| Document › Document 3 › Description | Tender notice on Find a Tender |
| Document › Document 3 › Link | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/071897-2026 |
| Document › Document 3 › Published | 29 Jul 2026 |