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Invitation to Tender for Chorley Town Centre District Heating Network Feasibility Study

Buyer: Chorley Council →

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BuyerChorley Council
StatusClosed
Deadline24 Nov 2025
Value£50,000
Published21 Nov 2025

What is being bought

This study will encompass various zoning scenarios, techno-economic evaluations, and an assessment of potential community benefits. The findings from these assessments will support the Council in securing future funding, informing internal budgeting decisions, and providing an overview of the initial programme as the borough moves towards its net zero objectives. This work is funded via the UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF) under the theme Supporting Local Business and as such this stream of work will require completion by the 31st March 2026.

Delivery location

UKD47, GB

Categories

Feasibility study 79314000

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statusactive
Value£50,000
Contract periodFrom 12 Jan 2026 to 31 Mar 2026
SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

Award criteria
Quality (40%)
Price (60%)

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Feasibility studyNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 79. The category anchor is Feasibility study (79314000); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 7910,1504 median · 32.2 average (4,120 of 10,150 with a bid count)3.2 average (4,606 of 10,150 with named award suppliers)1 comparable price pairs
Same buyer1Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Delivery region: UKD47614 median · 14 average (2 of 6 with a bid count)1 average (2 of 6 with named award suppliers)Not published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)5307 median · 8.3 average (3 of 530 with a bid count)1 average (3 of 530 with named award suppliers)Not published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byNot published
Submission policyallowed
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents0
Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Documents & submission route

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-05da40
Latest release ID075881-2025
Latest release timestampFri Nov 21 2025 09:18:37 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLhttps://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/075881-2025
Tender statusactive
Procurement methodopen
Procurement method detailsBelow threshold - open competition
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdNo
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: end2025-11-24T12:00:00Z
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadline2025-11-14T17:00:00Z
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailsThis tender is advertised via: https://www.the-chest.org.uk/ The Chest Reference - DN796448
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£50,000
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source1
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release1

Notice history

DateEventReference
21 Nov 2025tenderUpdate075881-2025
4 Nov 2025tender070982-2025

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

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Complete JSON history (2 releases)
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