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BuyerKINGS LANGLEY SCHOOL
StatusOpen
Deadline17 Sept 2026
Value£300,000
Published30 Jul 2026

What is being bought

Kings Langley School is a co-educational Secondary School in Kings Langley. It has 1,087 students between the ages of 11 and 18 on roll and there are 105 teaching and support staff. The school is forging a bright new future under the leadership of Mr David Fisher, Headteacher. The School’s Deputy Head (Business Manager) is developing the facilities on site to reflect the high aspirations of the Headteacher and SLT. The school is seeking to appoint a suitably qualified Contractor to design, supply, install, test, commission and hand over a turnkey solar photovoltaic (PV) carport system at the School. The tender is to be for: • The final design • Build and installation • All associated costs in implementing the system The contractor will be expected to submit a fixed fee proposal for the design and build and have capacity to deliver the full project by the end of August 2027. Tenders are due by 1pm, Thursday 17th of September 2026. Due to challenging funding constraints on the project, there is no possibility to extend this deadline. The proposed installation is anticipated to deliver 170kWp and comprises a solar PV carport over the existing car parking area, together with all associated structural, civil, electrical and commissioning works required to provide a fully operational system. The tenderer must provide a proposal for both the roof and canopy solar systems, which must fit within permitted development planning rules. The Contract shall provide a complete Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) solution, including all surveys, detailed design, statutory approvals, equipment, installation, testing, commissioning, training and handover documentation. The School’s objectives are to: • Reduce electricity consumption from the grid and lower carbon emissions; • Provide a safe, reliable and high-quality installation with minimum disruption to the School’s operations; • Secure a robust package of manufacturer and workmanship warranties to protect the School’s long-term investment; • Maximise the value of on-site generated electricity; and • Achieve best value through a competitive procurement process. The school needs to be able to demonstrate value for money in its expenditure through a fair and transparent procurement process. A weighted evaluation will be made on tender returns based 25% on cost (including turnkey design, installation and completion), 50% on technical solutions and compliance, 15% on the project delivery and programme, 10% on warranties and aftercare. • The estimated value of the contract is £300,000 (excl. VAT). Details of estimated value are given in good faith as a guide to assist you in submitting your Tender. It should not be interpreted as an undertaking to purchase any goods or services to any particular value and does not form part of the Contract. This procurement is being conducted as a single stage open tender process, whereby interested Contractors are invited to submit a full tender response in accordance with the requirements of this Invitation to Tender (ITT). Tenders will be evaluated against the published award criteria, and the Contract will be awarded to the Most Advantageous Tender. The School reserves the right not to award the contract, including the option not to proceed, should submissions fail to meet the required standard. To express interest and access all contract documents (available free of charge), please register on the CCL In-Tend portal at https://in-tendhost.co.uk/cohesionconsulting/aspx/Home and declare your interest in the opportunity. Kings Langley School was rebuilt under the Priority School Building Programme private finance (PF2) batch for Hertfordshire, Luton and Reading. As one of seven schools in that batch the new building was handed over in September 2016 as the first of the seven schools handed over. Mitie, the current contractor has agreed the Authority Change / small works procedure in this project in principle with the School pending completion of the procurement process.

Delivery location

UKH23, GB

Categories

Solar panels 09331000Solar photovoltaic modules 09331200Solar installation 09332000Construction work for buildings relating to education and research 45214000

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statusactive
ValueAED 300,000
Contract periodFrom 22 Jul 2027 to 31 Aug 2027

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Solar panels, Solar photovoltaic modules, Solar installation, Construction work for buildings relating to education and researchNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 09. The category anchor is Solar panels (09331000); 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 098783 median · 36.6 average (284 of 878 with a bid count)4.9 average (324 of 878 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer0Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Delivery region: UKH2349 median · 9 average (1 of 4 with a bid count)2 average (1 of 4 with named award suppliers)Not published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)605 median · 5 average (1 of 60 with a bid count)1 average (1 of 60 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.

Source data inventory

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

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-06d749
Latest release ID072055-2026
Latest release timestampThu Jul 30 2026 09:53:36 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLhttps://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/072055-2026
Tender statusactive
Procurement methodopen
Procurement method detailsBelow threshold - open competition
Main procurement categoryworks
Above thresholdNo
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: end2026-09-17T13:00:00+01:00
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadline2026-09-17T13:00:00+01:00
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailshttps://in-tendhost.co.uk/cohesionconsulting/aspx/Home is where all bidder communications and document uploads and downloads take place
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£300,000
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source2
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release2

Notice history

DateEventReference
30 Jul 2026tender072055-2026

All source data

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