Estimate 1
Not stated
VAT basis unknown. No amounts are added together or allocated to individual suppliers. This is not a payment.
Procurement Act 2023 notice
Phase 1 Silicon Sands Campus
- Buyer
- Blackpool Council
- Latest stage
- contract
- Latest notice
- 22 Jul 2026
- Stated contract period
- Not stated to Not stated
- Award period
- 1 Oct 2026 to 30 Sept 2099
- OCID
- ocds-h6vhtk-05e6a6
- Procurement method
- selective
Payments Transparency Register ↗. Search the register for OCID ocds-h6vhtk-05e6a6. The Payments Transparency Register publishes payments under public contracts commenced after 31 March 2026 that fall under Section 70 of the Procurement Act 2023. Contracting authorities must publish information about any payment of more than £30,000, including VAT. Values on the register exclude VAT. This site does not republish those payments.
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 Find a Tender search if it cannot be opened.
Which stages have a stated date?
2 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.
- Planning noticeNo planning notice is held.
- Tender noticePublication date of the first held tender notice.
- Tender deadlineNot stated on the held notice.
- Award date
- Contract startNot stated on the held notice.
- Contract endNot stated on the held notice.
Source: held original Find a Tender notices 069338-2026, 076182-2025, read offline: stage notices, tender period, awards and the stated contract period.
What the held notices state
- Tender deadline
- Not stated on the held notice
- Process status
- Complete
- Regime
- Procurement Act 2023, stated as UKPGA 2023/54
- Procurement method
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Stated reason for the method
- Not stated on the held notice
- Number of bids
- 3 (Lot 1)
- Above the procurement threshold
- Yes
- Framework agreement
- Not stated on the held notice
- Marked suitable for small firms
- Not stated on the held notice
Awards
Award. Status: Pending. Award date: 21 Jul 2026. Lot 1.
- HOCHTIEF DATA CENTRE PARTNER UK LTD: Small or medium enterprise
Lots
| Lot | Title | Status | Contract period | Latest possible end |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lot 1 | Not stated on the held notice | Complete | Not stated on the held notice | Not stated on the held notice |
Options and renewal
Not stated on the held notice.
Source: held original Find a Tender notices 069338-2026, 076182-2025, 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
No contract period with a start and a later end is stated. Option and renewal wording is shown above where a held notice states it.
Notice description
Blackpool Council is procuring a third party concessionaire to: (i) invest, develop and operate an exemplar data centre (together with ancillary office accommodation); and (ii) to connect the heat generated from the data centre to a proposed local heat network within the Silicon Sands site at the Blackpool Airport Enterprise Zone. Blackpool Council believes that by enabling the development of new digital infrastructure, major economic and social benefits can accrue, bringing significant skilled employment and educational opportunities for the local population and encouraging inward investment and growth in high tech companies, including start ups operating in AI systems, making Blackpool competitive in the digital economy. Blackpool Council is procuring a concession contract for the purposes of section 3(4) and section 8 of the Procurement Act 2023. The land will be made available on a 250 yearlong lease. Note: Find a Tender only allows recording of contract end dates up to 2099
Contact removal rule: contacts/1.
Separate stated values
Award amount 2
£250,000,000
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
- : tender
- : award
- : contract
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
- HOCHTIEF DATA CENTRE PARTNER UK LTD
GB-COH: 16519471
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.
Sources
fts_raw_2025-11-01_2025-12-01.json.gz
- Publisher
- Find a Tender
- SHA256
- e1ac4bfd4e6e79558ba8ce31a5f52fad327217efa681c71cf96471af3b2d8a65
- Licence
- Not recorded in held file
- Retrieved
- Original retrieval time not recorded
fts_raw_2026-07-01_2026-08-01.json.gz
- Publisher
- Find a Tender
- SHA256
- 5623eaac9545ae56cd821a484af323c3ea8e7f883eecccc7f25be101e93540ba
- Licence
- Not recorded in held file
- Retrieved
- Original retrieval time not recorded
Official notice 069338-2026
- Publisher
- Find a Tender
- SHA256
- 33fe80b419a0c7710e5da308cf62ebc0339b8c8a1b191b9d0147efeea403fb58
- Licence
- See held source file
- Retrieved
- Original retrieval time not recorded
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.