Official UK procurement notice
Zero-Capex Solar PV & Battery EnergyStorage System (BESS) Energy-as-a-Service Project, Wansbeck General Hospital
Authority: Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Trust aims to ensure the existing on-site energy centre is used as efficiently and effectively as possible in a manner that reduces energy costs and carbon emissions. The Trust is therefore seeking to install a battery storage and solar PV solution at Wansbeck General Hospital with the following requirements:
- A containerised, modular system fort he Battery Storage capable of relocation and expansion, if required.
- A cost model whereby the Trust makes no capital investment and pays no ongoing servicing/operational costs and the Trust is paid a fixed percentage of the savings or a flat annual fee.
- Integration with the Trust’s HV network and any future renewables.
- Measurement and verification services to demonstrate performance of the installed solution and the associated savings achieved.
CPV: Solar energy · Solar installation · Solar panels
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Lot 1Planned
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Planned procurement
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 1 Oct 2026, 09:46 BST
- Last source update
- 1 Oct 2026, 09:46 BST
- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-077e39
How it was run
- Submission deadline
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Timeline
3 published dates · Europe/London- Planning notice publishedjust passed1 Oct 2026, 09:46 BST
- Market engagementin 31 days31 Oct 2026, 23:59 GMT
Suppliers should note that this preliminary market engagement is not a call for competition but is a request for information only and responses will not be scored or count towards any requirement to submit a formal tender, for any future opportunity. Should the Contracting Authority decide to more…
proceed with the procurement Suppliers will need to express their interest in any future tender opportunity which may be published in Find a Tender Service The contracting authority is conducting a preliminary market engagement exercise to inform its upcoming requirements. Interested parties are invited to participate by completing a questionnaire, which will help shape the final procurement strategy and draft contract. The Questionnaire and supporting information is available from the Atamis e- portal the project reference is C474456. Completed questionnaires must be returned via the Atamis Portal no later than 17:00 on 16th October 2026. Interested parties will be required to be registered on the Atamis Portal before they can access the questionnaire and supporting information see link below. https://suppliersupport.atamis.co.uk/hc/en- gb/articles/4623022456863-How-do-I- register-with-the-Atamis-portal The Contracting Authority reserves the right to extend the engagement deadline if required. - Contract startsin 182 days1 Apr 2027, 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
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published1 Oct 2026, 09:46 BSTUK2
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