Official UK procurement notice
Design, Installation and Commissioning of Solar PV on Student Residence Roofs
Authority: University of Chichester (Education)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe University of Chichester is looking to appoint a competent contractor to design, install and commission solar PV on three of its Halls of Residences at its Bishop Otter Campus in Chichester.
The three halls are all planned to be re-roofed, starting in September 2025. This work is urgent due to ongoing roof leaks. Whilst being pursued as quickly as possible, the necessary change in roofing material requires formal planning consent. The change in material is needed because the pitch of the roof is too shallow for the synthetic slates currently fitted. The new roof is planned to be Kingspan KS1000RW profiled insulated composite panels. These comprise a XL Forte plastisol steel outer sheet, a 40mm thick rigid quadcore insulation core and a bright white plastisol finish lining panel face. The University is currently
progressing the planning application with the support of a planning consultant and a roofing contractor already "on board".
As part of the project the University also wishes to install solar PV to reduce its carbon footprint and help reduce energy costs. Preliminary assessments in relation to solar PV have determined that solar PV is viable. A case has also been made for completing the re-roof and solar PV installations together, due to the saving on scaffolding costs. The planning application for the replacement of the roof therefore includes for solar PV too. Discussion in relation to procurement has however concluded that the design, installation and commissioning of the solar PV should be a separate procurement to the roof - although the University is seeking to see this co-ordinated with the new roof installation as efficiently as possible.
As a consequence, this contract will be a design and build contract for the design, installation and commissioning of solar PV on the roofs of Amberley, Chilgrove and Harting student residences. The form of contract will be a largely unamended JCT Design and Build Contract 2024 (DB 2024). This will be kept separate from the roofing contract, but sectional completion clauses will be used to correspond with the planned phasing of the roof replacement works.
Full details of our requirements are available in the tender documents.
CPV: Installation services of electrical equipment · Solar panel roof-covering work · Solar photovoltaic modules
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedPublished value£100,000
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).
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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).
Published sub-criteria (4)
- Coherence and clarity in meeting the University's requirements (including organisational experience and capability): 50%
- Commercial Offer: 40%
- Corporate Social Responsibility and Social Value: 5%
- Environmental and Sustainability performance: 5%
Published award criteria (4)
- Coherence and clarity in meeting the University's requirements (including organisational experience and capability): Made up of: Team Offer/ Capabilities - 5% Case Studies/ Previous Project Experience - 10% Approach & Delivery - 20% Presentation - 15%
- Commercial Offer
- Environmental and Sustainability performance
- Corporate Social Responsibility and Social Value
- Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 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
- Below threshold - open competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Below threshold
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 18 Jun 2025, 11:55 BST
- Last source update
- 8 Sept 2025, 10:57 BST
- Authority reference
TND-0001129- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-033222- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-054ef1Find a Tender
- Reserved participation area
- K02000001
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 29 Jul 2025, 09:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 18 Jul 2025, 23:59 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
The tender document and any supporting documents should be submitted to [email protected].
Full details are available at help.chi.ac.uk/tenders ↗
Timeline
18 Jun 2025 → 8 Sept 2025 · 5 dates- Tender notice published18 Jun 2025, 11:55 BST
- Clarification questions by18 Jul 2025, 23:59 BST
- Submission deadline29 Jul 2025, 09:00 BST
- Contract starts1 Sept 2025, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published8 Sept 2025, 10:57 BST
Notice history
5 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 18 Jun 2025- Tender notice published18 Jun 2025, 11:55 BSTUK4
- Tender notice published2 Jul 2025, 09:27 BSTUK4
- Contract award notice published8 Sept 2025, 10:57 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete8 Sept 2025, 10:57 BST
- Contract signature expected30 Sept 2025, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Published amendments (1)
We have added details / link for registering for site visits and have included a registration deadline (for site visit only) due to numbers of interested parties.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bright Spark Ventures Ltd30 Sept 2025 – 1 Apr 2026 | £114,949 inc. VAT | 8 Sept 2025 | Awarded |
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 21final-stage tenders | 21 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Bright Spark EnergyAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (41)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specifications 1b Amberley Hall - Elevations with new roof covering
- Bidding documents and specifications 1c Amberley Hall - Elevations with suggested PV layout
- Bidding documents and specifications 1d Amberley Hall - existing roof plan
- Bidding documents and specifications 1e Amberley Hall - roof plan with new covering
- Bidding documents and specifications 1f Amberley Hall - roof plan with suggested PV layout
- Bidding documents and specifications 1g Chilgrove Hall - existing elevations
- Bidding documents and specifications 1h Chilgrove Hall - elevations with new roof covering
- Bidding documents and specifications 1j Chilgrove Hall - elevations with suggested PV layout
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- Bidding documents and specifications 1k Chilgrove Hall - existing roof plan
- Bidding documents and specifications 1m Chilgrove Hall - rood plan with suggested PV layout
- Bidding documents and specifications 1n Harting Hall - existing elevations
- Bidding documents and specifications 1o Harting Hall - elevations with new covering
- Bidding documents and specifications 1p Harting Hall - elevations with suggested PV layout
- Bidding documents and specifications 1q Harting Hall - existing roof plan
- Bidding documents and specifications 1r Harting Hall - roof plan with new roof covering
- Bidding documents and specifications 1s Harting Hall - roof plan with suggested PV layout
- Bidding documents and specifications 2a Record Drawing - roof plan
- Bidding documents and specifications 2b Record Drawing - typical cross-section 1of2
- Bidding documents and specifications 2c Record Drawing - typical cross-section 2of2
- Bidding documents and specifications 2d Record Drawing - typical cross-section
- Bidding documents and specifications 2e Record Drawing - ground floor plan Amberley Hall
- Bidding documents and specifications 2f Record Drawing - First floor plan Amberley Hall
- Bidding documents and specifications 2g Record Drawing - ground floor plan Chilgrove Hall
- Bidding documents and specifications 2h Record Drawing - first floor plan Chilgrove Hall
- Bidding documents and specifications 2j Record Drawing - ground floor plan Harting Hall
- Bidding documents and specifications 2k Record Drawing - Second floor plan Harting Hall
- Bidding documents and specifications 2L Record Drawing - fire separation Amberley and Chilgrove Halls
Notices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
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