Official UK procurement notice
Home Energy Collective Buying Scheme - Phase 2
Authority: West Yorkshire Combined Authority (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Combined Authority seeks a supplier to deliver Phase 2 of the Collective Buying Scheme across West Yorkshire, providing homeowners, landlords, SMEs, and community organisations with affordable access to renewable energy and energy efficiency measures. These may include Solar PV systems and battery storage, air source heat pumps, EV charging points, collective energy tariff switching, and fabric first improvements, subject to demand and market capacity, efficiency measures. These may include tariff switching, and fabric tariff switching, and fabric first first improvements, subject to demand and market capacity. The supplier will promote the scheme, deliver these measures, and ensure a transparent, high-quality customer journey from registration to installation and aftercare. They must offer competitive pricing, strong customer care, and maximise value for money for both residents and the Combined Authority, quality customer journey from registration to installation and aftercare.
CPV: Electricity, heating, solar and nuclear energy · Energy-efficiency consultancy services · Solar energy · Solar installation · Solar panels · Solar photovoltaic modules
The lotProcurement structure
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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).
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)
- Price
- Quality
- Social Value
- Price carries 20 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2 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
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- 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
- 10 Sept 2025, 13:00 BST
- Last source update
- 8 Jul 2026, 10:10 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 16 Jun 2026
- Authority reference
107848- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-029353- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-059789Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 5 May 2026, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 17 Apr 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
10 Sept 2025 → 14 Jul 2026 · 10 dates- Planning notice published10 Sept 2025, 13:00 BST
- Market engagement19 Sept 2025, 00:59 BST
uk.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_… ↗ Please express an interest via the above link. Process for responding: Interested suppliers should register their interest in this PME event by responding to this PME notice through the Combined Authorities YORtender procurement portal. YORtender may require you to register prior to accessing the event. The PME event will be on Monday 22 September 2025 at 1300 and will be held virtually. Details on how to access and attend the event will be shared nearer to the date, to all who have registered their interest. Following the PME event, a PME questionnaire will be released to suppliers. Suppliers which do not want to complete and submit a questionnaire will not be precluded from participating in future PME events or the tender process itself. The purpose of the event is to provide an overview of our requirements and assess market interest. The session will include a Q&A segment to allow prospective bidders to ask questions. The event slides & recording will be made available to all potential bidders as part of the tender documentation.
- Next notice expected371 days ago21 Oct 2025, 00:59 BST
- Tender notice published210 days ago30 Mar 2026, 18:00 BST
- Clarification questions by193 days ago17 Apr 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission deadline175 days ago5 May 2026, 12:00 BST
- Assessment summaries sent146 days ago3 Jun 2026, 00:00 BST
- Award decision expected by132 days ago16 Jun 2026, 23:59 BST
- Latest notice published111 days ago8 Jul 2026, 10:10 BST
- Contract starts105 days ago14 Jul 2026
Notice history
10 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 10 Sept 2025- Preliminary market engagement notice published10 Sept 2025, 13:00 BSTUK2
- Tender notice published30 Mar 2026, 18:00 BSTUK4
- Published value updated to £262,49030 Mar 2026, 18:00 BSTwas £181,000
- Status changed to active30 Mar 2026, 18:00 BST
- Procurement method changed30 Mar 2026, 18:00 BST
- Deadline published: 5 May 2026, 12:00 BST30 Mar 2026, 18:00 BST
- Contract award notice published4 Jun 2026, 16:22 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete4 Jun 2026, 16:22 BST
- Contract signature expected23 Jun 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract details notice published8 Jul 2026, 10:10 BSTUK7
Routine re-releases (4)
- 2025-09: 1 release · 10 Sept 2025
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| iChoosr Ltd1 Jul 2026 – 31 Mar 2028 · up to 31 Mar 2029Extensions: Optional for (12) month extension, at the Combined Authority's sole discretion, subject to demand, available budget, internal approvals and supplier performance. | £258,366 | 3 Jun 2026 | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 1 · iChoosr Ltd
- Signed
- 6 Jul 2026
- Value
- £258,366
- Period
- 6 Jul 2026 – 31 Mar 2028 · up to 31 Mar 2029 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- The contract may be extended for up to twelve (12) months, at the Combined Authority's sole discretion, subject to demand, available budget, internal approvals and supplier performance.
7 agreed KPIs: Solar PV and battery installation & Air Source Heat Pump installations · Delivery of renewable capacity across West Yorkshire · Delivery of SME/community organisations Solar PV system installations …
- Solar PV and battery installation & Air Source Heat Pump installations
- Delivery of renewable capacity across West Yorkshire
- Delivery of SME/community organisations Solar PV system installations
- Market the scheme to a minimum of 330,000 eligible households, SMEs and community organisations in West Yorkshire
- Promotion of the scheme
- Secure minimum of £5m of private sector match funding
- Customer Satisfaction and complaint rate
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2final-stage tenders · 3 at stage one | 2 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- ICHOOSR LIMITEDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender