Official UK procurement notice
Design, Supply, Installation, Commissioning and Acceptance Testing of Anaerobic Digestion (AD) Plant
Authority: LANCASHIRE RENEWABLES LIMITED (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe scope of this design and build project is for an overarching design and anaerobic digestion (AD) system that broadly includes:
- Source separated food waste feed & ancillary system
- Reception hall (A300) pit sump management system
- Digester raw waste buffer tank(s)
- Pump upgrades & ancillary systems
- Heat exchanger upgrades & ancillary systems
- Pasteurisation tank(s) & ancillary system
- Effluent buffer tank(s) & ancillary system (solid-liquid separation of digestate to enable future accreditation to PAS 110)
To do this, the supplier will carry out the following activities through their programme of works:
- Design of the AD plant inclusive of civil engineering, structural engineering, mechanical and electrical engineering, systems engineering, and temporary works design.
- Procurement and supply of AD assets whilst prioritising the Authority's key objectives of safety, reliability, efficiency, ease of maintenance, and simplicity.
- Installation of assets inclusive of delivery and positioning, systems integration, control and monitoring installation, and quality and safety verification.
- Commissioning activities including but not limited to system checks and functional testing, subsystem integration testing, calibration and controls, operational simulation, and regulatory compliance.
- Acceptance testing to ensure the AD Plant operates at capacity, achieves design criteria, and complies with any relevant regulatory and contractual obligations.
CPV: Digestion plant construction work
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - limited competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Works
- 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
- 4 Apr 2025, 15:23 BST
- Last source update
- 6 Jan 2026, 12:13 GMT
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-000637- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04fd87Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
4 Apr 2025 → 6 Jan 2026 · 4 dates- Planning notice published4 Apr 2025, 15:23 BST
- Market engagement2 May 2025, 23:59 BST
Note - questionnaires must be returned by the above date.
Interested organisations are invited to:
- Register on LRL's e-tender portal (www.the-chest.org.uk ↗)
- Navigate to the market engagement project (under current opportunities - choose organisation 'Lancashire Renewables Limited' in the "narrow your results" filter box to bring up the project)
- Express interest in the opportunity, following which you will receive an automated email with a link to the project documents. An NDA should be visible on the portal when you follow the link.
- Review, sign and return the NDA either via the portal or by email, following which LRL will issue to you the market engagement questionnaire. The questionnaire contains more detail concerning the project background and sourcing approach, an outline plant process description and process flow diagram, and the questionnaire requiring your response.
- Return your completed questionnaire on the portal or via email by the closing date of 02/05/2025.
LRL intends to invite up to two questionnaire responders to its site (PR26 6TB) to engage in open discussion and present their capabilities and ideas in support of the delivery of the LRL's tender project. The dates reserved for site visits are 14/05/2025 and 15/05/2025. Shortly following the site visit, LRL will notify the contractor as to whether they will be invited to the tender process scheduled June 2025.
If LRL does not receive adequate responses to the preliminary market engagement questionnaire, it may award the contract directly without competition. In this context, "adequate" means at least one response to the market engagement questionnaire and a further engagement meeting that demonstrates good capability and capacity to meet the scope of LRL's project.
- Contract starts4 Aug 2025, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published289 days ago6 Jan 2026, 12:13 GMT
Notice history
4 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 4 Apr 2025- Preliminary market engagement notice published4 Apr 2025, 15:23 BSTUK2
- Contract details notice published6 Jan 2026, 12:13 GMTUK7
- Status changed to complete6 Jan 2026, 12:13 GMT
- Procurement method changed6 Jan 2026, 12:13 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| MARCHES BIOGAS LIMITEDSME | £4,231,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Design, Supply, Installation, Commissioning and Acceptance Testing of Anaerobic Digestion (AD) Plant · MARCHES BIOGAS LIMITEDSME
- Signed
- 16 Dec 2025
- Value
- £4,231,000
- Period
- 16 Dec 2025 – 13 Oct 2026
- Status
- active
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- MARCHES BIOGAS LIMITEDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender