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# UKRI-2255 Direct Wire Solar Power Purchase Agreement for STFC

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/ukri-2255-direct-wire-solar-power-purchase-agreement-for-stfc-ocds-h6vhtk-03e118). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** UK Research and Innovation: "UKRI-2255 Direct Wire Solar Power Purchase Agreement for STFC". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [UK Research and Innovation](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/uk-research-and-innovation-gov-pb1221)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- **Main Category:** goods
- **Classifications (CPV):** Solar energy
- **Delivery Location:** UKJ14
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £46,000,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-03e118`

## 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/ukri-2255-direct-wire-solar-power-purchase-agreement-for-stfc-ocds-h6vhtk-03e118#tl-md)

## Description
UK Research and Innovation (‘UKRI’) is seeking to establish a contract to supply electricity via direct wire solar Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) for the Science and Technology Facilities Council (‘STFC’). A contract of up to 25 years to supply electricity is being sought via direct wire due to grid capacity limitations at STFC’s Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in Harwell, Oxfordshire.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete

- **Delivery regions:** UKJ

- **Description:** UKRI is seeking to establish a contract to provide electricity via direct wire (behind the meter) solar PPA for the STFC. Direct wire is sought from a supplier who is able to secure land within 5km of the site in Harwell, Oxfordshire, who has a demon...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** Direct Wire Solar Power Purchase Agreement for STFC (active)
  - Award id: `019936-2023-UKRI-2255-1`
  - Supplier(s): **EDF Energy Renewables Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-85522`
  - Value: £46,000,000 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** Direct Wire Solar Power Purchase Agreement for STFC (active)
  - Signed Value: £46,000,000
  - Signed Date: 02/04/2023

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F019936-2023)
- **Last Source Update:** 2023-07-12T11:05:09.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T19:11:26.115Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-03e118