Official UK procurement notice
Rochdale Town Centre District Heat Network Development
Authority: Rochdale Borough Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionRochdale Borough Council is preparing to launch a procurement exercise for a Development Partner for the Rochdale Town Centre Heat Network and is inviting interested organisations to attend a virtual Bidders Day on Thursday 15th October between 12pm to 1pm.
The Bidders Day will provide prospective bidders with an introduction to the project and the forthcoming procurement opportunity, with contributions from representatives of the project team.
The event will be delivered via a presentation with contributions from Rochdale/GMCA and the Council's advisers.
Please note that questions will not be answered during the event. Questions raised through the meeting will be recorded and responses will be provided following the event. These responses will be circulated to attendees alongside the presentation materials as part of the procurement documentation.
Organisations interested in attending should register their interest by emailing [email protected] and [email protected]. Joining details for the Microsoft Teams event will be provided.
Participation in the Bidders Day is intended to support market engagement ahead of the forthcoming procurement opportunity. Attendance at the event is not a prerequisite for participation in the subsequent procurement process.
CPV: Energy and related services · Public utilities
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
- Services
- Notice status
- Planned procurement
- 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
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 30 Sept 2026, 10:27 BST
- Last source update
- 30 Sept 2026, 10:27 BST
- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-077d32
How it was run
- Submission deadline
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Timeline
3 published dates · Europe/London- Planning notice published1 day ago30 Sept 2026, 10:27 BST
- Market engagementin 14 days16 Oct 2026, 00:59 BSTOrganisations interested in attending the virtual Bidder's Day should email [email protected] and [email protected]. Joining details for the Microsoft Teams event will be provided.
- Contract startsin 306 days4 Aug 2027, 01:00 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 published30 Sept 2026, 10:27 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