Unlocking New Opportunities through Social Value
Join Tees Valley Combined Authority to learn how to enhance your bids and unlock procurement opportunities through the power of social value
Led by Tees Valley Combined Authority (TVCA), this event is designed to empower SMEs operating in Tees Valley to understand and leverage the evolving landscape of social value, enhancing competitiveness and unlocking new opportunities for growth.
PLEASE NOTE: Booking is required for workshop sessions. Please make sure you book a ‘General Admission’ ticket AND a ticket for each workshop session you wish to attend to avoid disappointment. Please only book one slot for each workshop topic and not the same workshop at multiple times. See below for full details on the workshop sessions available.
Why Attend?
• Understand the Changing Landscape: Gain crucial insights into TVCA’s approach to social value and help us develop our approach.
• Boost Your Competitiveness: Learn how social value can enhance your bids and make your business stand out.
• Strengthen Your Supply Chain: Ideal for Tier 1 organisations interested in strengthening and preparing their SME supply chain partners for upcoming contracts and opportunities.
• Get Practical Support: Join workshops tailored to improve bid writing and tendering skills, specifically designed with SMEs and their supply chain partners in mind.
• Build Strategic Partnerships: Connect with VCSEs and other key stakeholders to explore innovative partnering arrangements, maximising local impact and strengthening future bids.
• Shape the Future: Your feedback will directly inform TVCA’s future social value strategies and processes, including the development of a Tees Valley Charter.
Upcoming Procurement Opportunities
This event is particularly valuable for businesses interested in the upcoming procurement rounds led by the Combined Authority. Attendees will gain insight into the future pipeline of work and understand how to be better prepared and positioned for these opportunities.
To view the forthcoming pipeline of work and procurement activities, please click here.
Workshop Sessions
Pre-bookable workshop sessions will take place on the day. There are three workshop topics in total, which will each be delivered three times on a rotating basis. There is opportunity for each delegate to attend all workshop topics throughout the day. Please only book one slot for each workshop topic and not the same workshop at multiple times.
Workshop timeslots are;
- Workshop Slot 1: 10:00 – 10:40
- Workshop Slot 2: 10:50 – 11:30
- Workshop Slot 3: 12:00 – 12:40
Workshop Topics are;
Tender Processes & Awarding Work
Led by TVCA's Procurement Team , this workshop will help you understand TVCA’s procurement processes, how evaluations are undertaken, and the new Procurement Act and what that means for suppliers.
Bid Writing & Expectations
Facilitated by The Wright One
Creating Community Impact
Exploring new partnering approaches with VCSEs - Facilitated by Believe Solutions
PLEASE NOTE: Booking is required for the workshop sessions. Please make sure you book a ‘General Admission’ ticket AND a ticket for each workshop session you wish to attend to avoid disappointment.
Who Should Attend?
• SMEs eager to enhance their understanding of social value and improve bid competitiveness.
• Tier 1 Organisations who have SMEs in their supply chains, keen to support and align partners with future procurement opportunities.
• VCSEs seeking strategic partnerships to amplify community impact.
• Public and Private Sector Stakeholders committed to fostering collaboration and maximising regional economic and social growth.
PLEASE NOTE: Due to limited capacity only ONE DELEGATE PER ORGANISATION is permitted.
Free parking is available and lunch will be provided.
Tees Valley Innovation Challenge
Believe Solutions and The Write One have been named joint winners of the Tees Valley Combined Authority (TVCA) Social Impact Innovation Challenge - an initiative aimed at driving social impact through procurement.
The Challenge, led by Edge Innovation Ltd and Health Innovation North East and North Cumbria on behalf of the Tees Valley Mayor and Combined Authority, was funded by the UK Government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund.
Join Tees Valley Combined Authority to learn how to enhance your bids and unlock procurement opportunities through the power of social value
Led by Tees Valley Combined Authority (TVCA), this event is designed to empower SMEs operating in Tees Valley to understand and leverage the evolving landscape of social value, enhancing competitiveness and unlocking new opportunities for growth.
PLEASE NOTE: Booking is required for workshop sessions. Please make sure you book a ‘General Admission’ ticket AND a ticket for each workshop session you wish to attend to avoid disappointment. Please only book one slot for each workshop topic and not the same workshop at multiple times. See below for full details on the workshop sessions available.
Why Attend?
• Understand the Changing Landscape: Gain crucial insights into TVCA’s approach to social value and help us develop our approach.
• Boost Your Competitiveness: Learn how social value can enhance your bids and make your business stand out.
• Strengthen Your Supply Chain: Ideal for Tier 1 organisations interested in strengthening and preparing their SME supply chain partners for upcoming contracts and opportunities.
• Get Practical Support: Join workshops tailored to improve bid writing and tendering skills, specifically designed with SMEs and their supply chain partners in mind.
• Build Strategic Partnerships: Connect with VCSEs and other key stakeholders to explore innovative partnering arrangements, maximising local impact and strengthening future bids.
• Shape the Future: Your feedback will directly inform TVCA’s future social value strategies and processes, including the development of a Tees Valley Charter.
Upcoming Procurement Opportunities
This event is particularly valuable for businesses interested in the upcoming procurement rounds led by the Combined Authority. Attendees will gain insight into the future pipeline of work and understand how to be better prepared and positioned for these opportunities.
To view the forthcoming pipeline of work and procurement activities, please click here.
Workshop Sessions
Pre-bookable workshop sessions will take place on the day. There are three workshop topics in total, which will each be delivered three times on a rotating basis. There is opportunity for each delegate to attend all workshop topics throughout the day. Please only book one slot for each workshop topic and not the same workshop at multiple times.
Workshop timeslots are;
- Workshop Slot 1: 10:00 – 10:40
- Workshop Slot 2: 10:50 – 11:30
- Workshop Slot 3: 12:00 – 12:40
Workshop Topics are;
Tender Processes & Awarding Work
Led by TVCA's Procurement Team , this workshop will help you understand TVCA’s procurement processes, how evaluations are undertaken, and the new Procurement Act and what that means for suppliers.
Bid Writing & Expectations
Facilitated by The Wright One
Creating Community Impact
Exploring new partnering approaches with VCSEs - Facilitated by Believe Solutions
PLEASE NOTE: Booking is required for the workshop sessions. Please make sure you book a ‘General Admission’ ticket AND a ticket for each workshop session you wish to attend to avoid disappointment.
Who Should Attend?
• SMEs eager to enhance their understanding of social value and improve bid competitiveness.
• Tier 1 Organisations who have SMEs in their supply chains, keen to support and align partners with future procurement opportunities.
• VCSEs seeking strategic partnerships to amplify community impact.
• Public and Private Sector Stakeholders committed to fostering collaboration and maximising regional economic and social growth.
PLEASE NOTE: Due to limited capacity only ONE DELEGATE PER ORGANISATION is permitted.
Free parking is available and lunch will be provided.
Tees Valley Innovation Challenge
Believe Solutions and The Write One have been named joint winners of the Tees Valley Combined Authority (TVCA) Social Impact Innovation Challenge - an initiative aimed at driving social impact through procurement.
The Challenge, led by Edge Innovation Ltd and Health Innovation North East and North Cumbria on behalf of the Tees Valley Mayor and Combined Authority, was funded by the UK Government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund.