Official UK procurement notice
Design and Construction of 20 MWp Grazeley Solar Farm in West Berkshire
Authority: West Berkshire District Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionSupplier Briefing Event - Friday 8th November on Teams at 11am - 12.30pm.Please register on our procurement portal (in-tendhost.co.uk/westberks/aspx/Home ↗) and send a message through the portal to confirm your attendance. A Teams link will then be sent nearer the date. The Council are seeking EPC (Engineer Procure and Construct) proposals for the turn-key design, installation and commissioning of the 20 MWp Solar Farm in West Berkshire. The Contractor’s scope will include all works required to deliver a fully compliant, safe, efficient and working installation. This Procurement will seek to pre-qualify capable and interested organisations and then evaluate shortlisted Supplier bids, including technical and commercial proposals, in order to award a contract to a single preferred Supplier.
CPV: Construction work · Solar installation · Solar panels
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1The Council is seeking to appoint an EPC (Engineer Procure and Construct) Supplier, or…CancelledPublished value£17,000,000
The Council is seeking to appoint an EPC (Engineer Procure and Construct) Supplier, or consortium who is skilled, experienced and capable of delivering site investigation, design, installation and commissioning of a 20MWp solar farm near Grazeley in West Berkshire. The Supplier will be solely responsible for specifying the Solar Farm requirements and will be required to operate and maintain the Solar Farm to an agreed performance standard, for a period of at least 2 years before it is handed back to the Council.This Procurement will seek to pre-qualify capable and interested organisations and then evaluate shortlisted Supplier bids, including technical and commercial proposals, in order to award a contract to a single preferred Supplier.The Council will hold a Supplier briefing on Teams on Friday 08th November 2024 (11am – 12.30pm) post-documents being issued, to ensure prospective Bidders have all the information required to respond to this opportunity and are afforded the opportunity to ask any clarification questions. Suppliers who wish to attend the briefing should register on the Council’s procurement portal (Intend) West Berkshire Electronic Tendering Site - Home and send a message through the portal to confirm their attendance. Suppliers will then receive a Teams link to join the briefing.
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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).
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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).
- Price
- Suitability
Please see procurement documentation
- Staff
- Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Restricted procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Works
- Notice status
- Cancelled
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 31 Oct 2024, 10:05 GMT
- Last source update
- 19 May 2025, 16:31 BST
- Authority reference
P00001479- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-022834- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04b2c9Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic payment
- Performance terms
Please see procurement documentation
- Review procedure
High Court, London
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 11 Dec 2024, 17:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 120 days from the deadline
Timeline
11 Dec 2024 → 19 May 2025 · 3 dates- Submission deadline11 Dec 2024, 17:00 GMT
- Contract starts1 May 2025, 00:00 BST
- Notice published19 May 2025, 16:31 BST
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to unsuccessful19 May 2025, 16:31 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast1 further award records carry no date or value.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- High CourtReview body
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria