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title: "TFGM Virtual Power Purchase Agreement (vPPA)"
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# TFGM Virtual Power Purchase Agreement (vPPA)

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/tfgm-virtual-power-purchase-agreement-vppa-ocds-h6vhtk-047188). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Transport for Greater Manchester: "TFGM Virtual Power Purchase Agreement (vPPA)". Published status: active. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 6 Mar 2025, 16:00 GMT. Published submission portal: procontract.due-north.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Transport for Greater Manchester](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/transport-for-greater-manchester-coh-05868101)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** 6 March 2025 at 16:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Competitive dialogue
- **Main Category:** goods
- **Classifications (CPV):** Electricity supplies, Petroleum products, fuel, electricity and other sources of energy, Solar energy, Wind farm
- **Delivery Location:** UK, UKD3
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-047188`

## 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/tfgm-virtual-power-purchase-agreement-vppa-ocds-h6vhtk-047188#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [procontract.due-north.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fprocontract.due-north.com%2FRegister)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/tfgm-virtual-power-purchase-agreement-vppa-ocds-h6vhtk-047188#participate

## Description
Transport for Greater Manchester (‘TfGM’) is seeking to enter into a virtual Power Purchase Agreement (‘vPPA’) with a supplier (‘the Supplier’) to meet its clean energy goals​, and reduce price volatility risk from its energy portfolio.
TfGM has a clear set of objectives for the vPPA procurement and is looking to engage with interested developers​ who can meet the following requirements:
* Power generation to meet demand of between 35 and 42 GWh annually.
* Delivery of a vPPA with a target Commerical Operations Date (COD) no later than 30 June 2029.
* A ‘pay-as-produced’ vPPA contract structure, for the supply of wind power (onshore or offshore) or solar power.
* A vPPA term of 15 years, with the option, at TFGM’s discretion, to extend for a further 5 years.
TfGM is the local government body responsible for transport across Greater Manchester, delivering an integrated transport network (known as the Bee Network) to improve lives by connecting people and places. We’re the proud owners of Metrolink (the UK’s largest light rail network) and we’re looking to expand it in future.
We’ve taken bus services back under local control: we’re the first city region outside London to franchise bus services, and have committed to greening our network through zero emission vehicles. Local bus services moved under local control as part of the Bee Network by January 2025, and we’re working to bring local rail services onto the Bee Network by 2030.
In addition to our Head Office in central Manchester, we own Greater Manchester’s major bus depots and bus stations, stops and shelters, invest in and manage new, modern transport interchanges, and manage a range of electric vehicle charging infrastructure across our estate, and more widely across Greater Manchester. Based on this, we therefore have a large energy portfolio, and are looking at interventions to manage this effectively and efficiently.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 09330000, 31121340, 31682000
- **Delivery regions:** UK, UKD

- **Description:** TfGM intends to procure a vPPA via a Competitive Dialogue procedure under the Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016 (UCR16). The estimated contract value is between £50,000,000 and £70,000,000. The contract will be based on a 15-year term, with the op...

- **Options published:** yes

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F003562-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-02-05T09:58:31.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T22:58:00.366Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-047188