Official UK procurement notice
BURROW BECK AND GATEWAY SOLAR PV PROJECTS: SOLAR EPC CONTRACTOR WORKS
Authority: Lancaster City Council (Local council)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe 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.
CPV: Construction work
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published award criteria (3)
- Quality: 56
- Social Value: 10
- Price: 34
- Price carries 34 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3.4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Works
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 13 Feb 2025, 19:25 GMT
- Last source update
- 19 May 2025, 11:00 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 14 Mar 2025 – …
- Authority reference
DN763097- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-022501- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04def0Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 14 Mar 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 14 Mar 2025, 12:05 GMT
Timeline
14 Mar 2025 → 19 May 2025 · 3 dates- Submission deadline14 Mar 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Bids opened14 Mar 2025, 12:05 GMT
- Notice published19 May 2025, 11:00 BST
Notice history
2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 19 May 2025- Status changed to complete19 May 2025, 11:00 BST
- Buyer details updated19 May 2025, 11:00 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alt-Solar LimitedSME | £2,724,094 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 022501-2025-1 · Alt-Solar LimitedSME
- Signed
- 12 May 2025
- Value
- £2,724,094
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9bids · 9 electronic | 7 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeBidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Alt-Solar LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.