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Notice published 14 Feb 2025

Public Contracts Regulations 2015 notice

BURROW BECK AND GATEWAY SOLAR PV PROJECTS: SOLAR EPC CONTRACTOR WORKS

Lancaster City Council

Buyer
Lancaster City Council
Latest stage
tender
Latest notice
14 Feb 2025
Stated contract period
14 Apr 2025 to 15 Feb 2029
Award period
Not stated to Not stated
OCID
ocds-b5fd17-52950d60-bc28-4d42-92d4-9bc3f7e55e85
Procurement method
open
Official notice ↗

Held original notices: Contracts Finder to 9 November 2026. Find a Tender originals run from 24 February 2025 through 10 November 2026 exclusive, including the L1 gap package from 17 August 2026, with supplementary packages for part of 16 to 23 August 2026. The official notice may have changed. Check Contracts Finder search if it cannot be opened.

Which stages have a stated date?

4 of the six stages have a date on the held notices. A gap means no held notice states that date; it does not mean the stage did not happen.

  1. Planning noticeNo planning notice is held.
  2. Tender noticePublication date of the first held tender notice.
  3. Tender deadline
  4. Award dateNot stated on the held notice.
  5. Contract start
  6. Contract end

Source: held original Contracts Finder notices 7089be67-5c0e-41c7-b25d-5a0f59b13273-826482, read offline: stage notices, tender period, awards and the stated contract period.

What the held notices state

Tender deadline
14 Mar 2025
Process status
Active
Regime
Not stated on the held notice
Procurement method
Open procedure (below threshold)
Stated reason for the method
Not stated on the held notice
Number of bids
Not stated on the held notice
Above the procurement threshold
Not stated on the held notice
Framework agreement
Not stated on the held notice
Marked suitable for small firms
Not stated on the held notice

Awards

Not stated on the held notice: no award is listed.

Lots

Not stated on the held notice: no lot is listed.

Options and renewal

Not stated on the held notice.

Source: held original Contracts Finder notices 7089be67-5c0e-41c7-b25d-5a0f59b13273-826482, read offline. Each field shows what the latest held notice stating it says. Not stated means no held notice for this process states it. A size is shown only where the notice states it for that supplier.

Contract period

14 Apr 202515 Feb 2029

The bar is the stated lot or tender contract period. The mark, where it falls inside the period, is the export build date of 10 November 2026. Option and renewal wording is shown above where a held notice states it.

Notice description

This opportunity can be accesed from: https://procontract.due north.com/Advert?advertId=e38bdeda 81e8 ef11 8134 005056b64545&fromProjectDashboard=True The Council is seeking to appoint a supplier to design, procure and construct a circa 4MWp solar array with associated grid connection to the Electricity North West Distribution Grid at the "Burrow Beck" site off Scotforth Road/Bailrigg Lane, Lancaster, LA1 4JL with grid reference: SD 47901 58388 and a solar rooftop installation of circa 782kWp at the "Gateway Building", Southgate, White Lund Industrial Estate, Lancaster, LA3 3PB with grid reference: SD 45111 62596. Together the "Project". This scope of work is for the provision of Solar PV Equipment and Principal contractor and Principal Designer Services under the CDM Regulations for both projects. Note that at Burrow Beck the DNO connection (Contestable Works) and High Voltage works design, and delivery will be provided by a separate ICP Contractor. The appointed supplier will be expected to design, procure and deliver the works at both the Burrow Beck and at the Gateway Building. The works are set out in the specification which can be found at Annex A. Burrow Beck: Burrow Beck achieved planning permission on 30 September 2024 under planning reference: 23/01383/FUL (https://www.lancaster.gov.uk/planning/view applications and decisions) A material planning amendment has been submitted due to the change in layout design. A decision is expected to be made on 7 April 2025. Is in receipt of 4 connection offers which have been accepted and paid in full to Electricity North West each for 990kW. Note that the connection works together with the provision of high voltage equipment, transformers and the main low voltage switchgear forms part of a separate scope of works (the "ICP Scope") and is not part of this tender; Due to the long lead items, the ICP Works have already been tendered. Tenderers will be permitted to tender for both procurements however no information will be provided relating to the procurement referred to at 2.6.2 for the ICP Works as part of this procurement process at this stage. Burrow Beck will operate on a 100% sale to grid basis and opportunities to 'sleeve' energy to council buildings is also being explored. Gateway Building The installation is expected to be constructed under permitted development (PD) rights and the Contractor will ensure that the final design is compliant with any requirements associated with this. Due to Condition (2) Class J(c) of the Town and Country Planning Order 2015, the client has applied to see if "Prior Approval" is required. The outcome will be known by April 2025. Is in receipt of an export connection agreement for 966kWAC from Electricity North West which has been paid in full;

Contact removal rule: contacts/1.

Separate stated values

Estimate 1

£2,900,000

VAT basis unknown. No amounts are added together or allocated to individual suppliers. This is not a payment.

No ceiling or maximum amount is in this export. The official notice is the place to read one.

Held stage events

  1. : tender

Dates are the publication dates of the held stage notices. This is not a complete release history. The tender deadline is shown above where a held notice states it.

Suppliers

    This list gathers every supplier named on any held award. Each award and its suppliers are shown above. Names without an organisation identity remain withheld pending review.

    Categories

    Sources

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    Licence
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    Retrieved
    Original retrieval time not recorded
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    Licence
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    Retrieved
    Original retrieval time not recorded

    Coverage and the source register.

    What this export cannot show

    Award values are not linked to a named supplier, and no ceiling or maximum amount is shown. Those facts stay on the official notice when the notice publishes them. A tender deadline, award dates, supplier sizes, lots, and option or renewal wording appear on contract pages only where a held notice states them. A held process counts as last at tender or planning only when that is the latest stage among the held releases. Where more than one supplier is named, the names are joint and no share is stated.