Official UK procurement notice
Solar Photovoltaic (PV) Framework
Authority: Gentoo Group Limited (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionGentoo Group Ltd have approximately 5,600 Solar PV installations across its stock of 28,000 properties (please note that 2,926 of these are owned by Peterborough Council therefore, will not form scope of this Contract). These installations are all confined to the areas of Sunderland, Houghton, Hetton and Washington - Tyne and Wear. In addition to domestic installations, Gentoo Group also has three commercially installed Solar PV Systems, located at Emperor House and Akeler House - Doxford Park, Sunderland and at the Skyline Centre - Houghton-le-Spring.
The purpose of this Tender is to procure a sole Provider to provide varying maintenance, cleaning, and protection systems to those installations for the next four years. This Contract is made up of five key elements.
Part 1 - Maintenance Services to Solar PV Systems; and
Part 2 - Cyclical Cleaning Services to Solar PV Systems.
Part 3 - Electrical Installation Condition Report (EICR) Inspections
Part 4 - Mechanical Inspections
Part 5 - Solar Thermal Panel Replacement (to PV Panels) (should instances arise).
Please note that the appointed sole Provider must be able to undertake all five elements listed above.
CPV: Energy and related services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Framework period
- 4 yrs from 1 Dec 2025
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Planned
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
- “Solar Photovoltaic (PV) Framework” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Past planning notice
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 6 Jun 2025, 09:41 BST
- Last source update
- 6 Jun 2025, 09:41 BST
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-030447- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-054419Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
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Timeline
6 Jun 2025 → 1 Dec 2025 · 4 dates- Planning notice published6 Jun 2025, 09:41 BST
- Market engagement13 Jul 2025, 23:59 BST
Preliminary Market Engagement takes the form of this notice only.
- Tender notice expected14 Jul 2025, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts331 days ago1 Dec 2025
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published6 Jun 2025, 09:41 BSTUK2
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 (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender