Official UK procurement notice
Repair and Maintenance of Peterborough City Council's Solar Estate
Authority: Peterborough City Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionPeterborough City Council (PCC) owns 7653 domestic solar PV assets of differing sizes (between 0.75 and 4 kWp [9.75, 9.8 and 20.3 kWp in Boston]) and a further 64 corporate solar PV assets of differing sizes (between 6 and 200 kWp), all contributing to the Council's net zero target and to its ongoing maintenance needs via FiT. The solar PV systems are located across England and are remotely monitored and managed by the Council.
With the support of the Provider, we aim to maintain the solar PV assets when an issue arises, usually identified by our alerts system, sometimes identified by the resident.
The Council is reviewing its current repair and maintenance arrangements with a view to creating a framework of suppliers to deliver these services, and is inviting solar maintenance contractors to review the Soft Market Test and respond.
CPV: Solar energy · Solar panel roof-covering work
How this framework works
From the published notice- Framework period
- 8 yrs from 1 Apr 2027
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Lot 1Planned
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Works
- Notice status
- Planned procurement
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 11 Sept 2026, 07:07 BST
- Last source update
- 11 Sept 2026, 07:07 BST
- Authority reference
DN823145- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06f780
How it was run
- Appointment period ends
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Timeline
4 published dates · Europe/London- Planning notice published9 days ago11 Sept 2026, 07:07 BST
- Market engagementin 5 days25 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST
Peterborough City Council are inviting suppliers to respond to a Soft Market test for the development of a framework of suppliers to deliver repairs and maintenance services to the Council's solar panel estate. The estate is located across a number of locations nationally. The purpose of the SMT more…
is to enable us to understand the market and develop the specification. It is expected that the tender will be issued 26th October to the open market. The SMT documents can be located through our electronic procurement portal, ProContract, https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert?advertId=0bb0e751-19ad-f111-813c-005056b64545&fromProjectDashboard=True All clarifications should be raised using the messaging facility on the portal. Completed SMT's should be submitted through the portal. - Tender notice expectedin 37 days27 Oct 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 192 days1 Apr 2027, 00:00 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published11 Sept 2026, 07:07 BSTUK2
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender