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Multi-disciplinary technical support in relation to the Blackpool Silicon Sands Initiative

Buyer: BLACKPOOL COUNCIL →

BuyerBLACKPOOL COUNCIL
StatusAwarded
DeadlineNot published
ValueValue not published
Published28 Jan 2026

What is being bought

Provision of strategic, technical, commercial, and stakeholder advisory support to accelerate delivery of the Silicon Sands Project - a public-private partnership to establish an AI-ready, net-zero data centre campus and associated clean energy and digital infrastructure cluster.

Delivery location

UKD4

Categories

Hardware consultancy services 72100000

Lot details

Lot 1

Award via YPO consultancy plus framework reference 1141 - notice reference - 2023/S 000-020592 - To provide strategic, technical, commercial, and stakeholder advisory support to accelerate delivery of the Project - a public-private partnership to establish an AI-ready, net-zero data centre campus and associated clean energy and digital infrastructure cluster.

Statuscancelled

Award criteria
price

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Not publishedNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 72. The category anchor is Hardware consultancy services (72100000); 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 724,4321 median · 11.5 average (1,506 of 4,432 with a bid count)1.7 average (1,749 of 4,432 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer31 median · 1 average (3 of 3 with a bid count)1 average (3 of 3 with named award suppliers)Not published
Delivery region: UKD431 median · 1 average (1 of 3 with a bid count)1 average (3 of 3 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 rationaleAward made via YPO single provider framework - professional services - framework reference - YPO 1141 - 2023/S 000-020592
Rationale classificationsThe procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
Special regimeNot published
Covered byGPA
Submission policyNot published
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.

Awards

Contracts

007751-2026-1

Statusactive
Value£385,023

Documents & submission route

No documents are published in the current source record.

Source data inventory

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

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-06114b
Latest release ID007751-2026
Latest release timestampWed Jan 28 2026 16:43:02 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLNot published
Tender statuscomplete
Procurement methodlimited
Procurement method detailsAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basis32014L0024
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: endNot published
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadlineNot published
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailsNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender valueNot published
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source0
Awards in latest release1
Contracts in latest release1
Parties in latest release3

Notice history

DateEventReference
28 Jan 2026award, contract007751-2026

All source data

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

Complete current OCDS release JSON
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Complete JSON history (1 releases)
28 Jan 2026 · 007751-2026 · award, contract
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