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title: "TC1162 Power Purchase Agreement"
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# TC1162 Power Purchase Agreement

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/tc1162-power-purchase-agreement-ocds-h6vhtk-03dc90). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Manchester City Council: "TC1162 Power Purchase Agreement". Published status: complete. Published Value: £42,000,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 26 Jul 2023, 16:00 BST. Published submission portal: www.the-chest.org.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Manchester City Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/manchester-city-council-ons-e08000003)
- **Published Value:** £42,000,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 26 July 2023 at 16:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Competitive procedure with negotiation
- **Main Category:** goods
- **Classifications (CPV):** Electricity, Solar energy
- **Delivery Location:** UKD3
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £48,169,717 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/tc1162-power-purchase-agreement-ocds-h6vhtk-03dc90#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-03dc90`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/tc1162-power-purchase-agreement-ocds-h6vhtk-03dc90#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [the-chest.org.uk](/out?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.the-chest.org.uk)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/tc1162-power-purchase-agreement-ocds-h6vhtk-03dc90#participate

## Description
The Council has set an ambitious Climate Change Action Plan for the period 2020-25 to achieve reductions of the Council’s direct emissions by at least 50% by 2025, while aiming for a further 50% reduction between 2025 and 2030.
The Council has committed to securing 100% renewable electricity by 2030 and renewable power purchase agreements are considered an integral part of its energy procurement and sustainability strategies.
The Council therefore sought to sign a long-term offsite virtual power purchase agreement (“PPA”) with a wind or solar PV developer with a project that has REGOs that are valid for the Council’s Scope 2 reporting (i.e. REGOs that are valid within Great Britain). In the interest of creating ‘additionality’, the Council sought a “new-to-earth” project, which is not yet constructed but has received permits and consents from local authorities.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 09310000, 09330000
- **Delivery regions:** UKD

- **Estimated Value:** £42,000,000
- **Description:** The council ran a competitive procedure with negotiation to procure a long-term offsite virtual power purchase agreement. Further details on the procurement steps can be found within the procurement documents. Additional information: The Council used...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 037217-2023-TC1162-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **AGR Power Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-100976`
  - Value: £48,169,717 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 037217-2023-TC1162-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £48,169,717
  - Signed Date: 19/12/2023

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F037217-2023)
- **Last Source Update:** 2023-12-19T08:58:01.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-25T13:02:30.835Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-03dc90