Official UK procurement notice
Soft Market Test: Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) for Quorn Solar Farm
Authority: Leicestershire County Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionLeicestershire County Council intends to construct a solar farm at one if its sites based outside the village of Quorn in northern Leicestershire.
The site is expected to generate approximately 10,000 MWh of electricity which would be fed directly into the energy grid. The grid connection with Western Power Distribution has been previously secured. The site is expected to become operational in Autumn 2023.
The Council is intending to enter into Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with an energy off taker that maximises the benefit to the Council and that secures an income that would support the wider Council activities.
This market test exercise is to allow the Council to seeking information from the industry to help determine the best approach for a PPA and to how maximise the return on its investment in constructing a solar farm.
At this stage it is soft market test only and NOT A CALL FOR COMPETITION
CPV: Electricity distribution · Electricity distribution and related services · Solar energy
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This market test exercise is to allow the Council to seeking information from the industry to help determine the best approach for a PPA and to how maximise the return on its investment in constructing a solar farm.
At this stage it is soft market test only and NOT A CALL FOR COMPETITION
Solar farm location: Poole Farm, Barrow Road, Quorn, LE12 8EN
Date at II.3. Estimated date of publication of contract notice is indicative only and may change. The Council is yet to establish the best route to market for this contract.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Past planning notice
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 7 Nov 2022, 15:46 GMT
- Last source update
- 7 Nov 2022, 15:46 GMT
- Authority reference
DN641615- FTS notice number
2022/S 000-031457- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-037fc5Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
7 Nov 2022 → 1 Jun 2023 · 2 dates- Notice published7 Nov 2022, 15:46 GMT
- Tender notice expected1 Jun 2023, 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
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications
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