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BURROW BECK AND GATEWAY SOLAR PV PROJECTS: SOLAR EPC CONTRACTOR WORKS

Lancaster City Council · compiled

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Opportunity overview

The Council is seeking to appoint a supplier to design, procure and construct a circa 4MWp solar array with associated grid connection to the Electricity North-West Distribution Grid at the "Burrow Beck" site off Scotforth Road/Bailrigg Lane, Lancaster, LA1 4JL with grid reference: SD 47901 58388 and a solar rooftop installation of circa 782kWp at the "Gateway Building", Southgate, White Lund Industrial Estate, Lancaster, LA3 3PB with grid reference: SD 45111 62596. Together the "Project". This scope of work is for the provision of Solar PV Equipment and Principal contractor and Principal Designer Services under the CDM Regulations for both projects. Note that at Burrow Beck the DNO connection (Contestable Works) and High Voltage works design, and delivery will be provided by a separate ICP Contractor. The appointed supplier will be expected to design, procure and deliver the works at both the Burrow Beck and at the Gateway Building.

Awarded to

Amounts belong to published awards or contracts. Where several suppliers share one value, it is labelled as shared and is not a supplier-specific allocation.

Alt-Solar Limited

Matched by normalised name
Contract value
£2.7m
Awarded
Not supplied
Contract signed
11 May 2025
Award ID
022501-2025-1
Status
active
Location
Worcester, UK, United Kingdom

Classification

  • CPV45000000 — Construction work

Lots

  • The Council is seeking to appoint a supplier to design, procure and construct a circa 4MWp solar array with associated grid connection to the Electricity North-West Distribution Grid at the "Burrow Beck" site off Scotforth Road/Bailrigg Lane, Lancaster, LA1 4JL with grid reference: SD 47901 58388 and a solar rooftop installation of circa 782kWp at the "Gateway Building", Southgate, White Lund Industrial Estate, Lancaster, LA3 3PB with grid reference: SD 45111 62596. Together the "Project". This scope of work is for the provision of Solar PV Equipment and Principal contractor and Principal Designer Services under the CDM Regulations for both projects. Note that at Burrow Beck the DNO connection (Contestable Works) and High Voltage works design, and delivery will be provided by a separate ICP Contractor. The appointed supplier will be expected to design, procure and deliver the works at both the Burrow Beck and at the Gateway Building.Value not stated

Published notice details

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Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
DN763097
Status
complete
Has Recurrence
No
Procurement Method
open
Main Procurement Category
works
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure

Covered By

GPA

Bid Opening

Date
14 Mar 2025, 12:05

Legal basis

Id
32014L0024
Scheme
CELEX

Expected award period

Starts
14 Mar 2025, 12:05

Tender Period

Ends
14 Mar 2025, 12:00

Classification

Id
45000000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Construction work

Submission terms

Languages

en

Submission Method

electronicSubmission

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
cancelled
Has Options
No
Has Renewal
No
Description
The Council is seeking to appoint a supplier to design, procure and construct a circa 4MWp solar array with associated grid connection to the Electricity North-West Distribution Grid at the "Burrow Beck" site off Scotforth Road/Bailrigg Lane, Lancaster, LA1 4JL with grid reference: SD 47901 58388 and a solar rooftop installation of circa 782kWp at the "Gateway Building", Southgate, White Lund Industrial Estate, Lancaster, LA3 3PB with grid reference: SD 45111 62596. Together the "Project". This scope of work is for the provision of Solar PV Equipment and Principal contractor and Principal Designer Services under the CDM Regulations for both projects. Note that at Burrow Beck the DNO connection (Contestable Works) and High Voltage works design, and delivery will be provided by a separate ICP Contractor. The appointed supplier will be expected to design, procure and deliver the works at both the Burrow Beck and at the Gateway Building.

Award criteria

Criteria

Criterion 1
Name
Quality
Type
quality
Description
56
Criterion 2
Name
Social Value
Type
quality
Description
10
Criterion 3
Type
price
Description
34

Contract period

Duration In Days
1,380

Submission terms

Variant Policy
notAllowed

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UK
Entry 2
Region
UK

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Id
GB-FTS-66532
Name
Lancaster City Council

Roles

buyer

Address

Region
UK
Locality
Lancaster
Postal Code
LA1 1PJ
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
Lancaster Town Hall, Dalton Square

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Id
REGIONAL_AUTHORITY
Scheme
TED_CA_TYPE
Description
Regional or local authority
Entry 2
Id
01
Scheme
COFOG
Description
General public services

Identifier

Legal Name
Lancaster City Council

Contact

Name
Mr Robert Boschi
Telephone
+44 1524582000
Organisation 2
Id
GB-FTS-4274
Name
Lancaster City Council

Roles

reviewBody

Address

Locality
Lancaster
Postal Code
LA1 1PJ
Country Name
United Kingdom

Identifier

Legal Name
Lancaster City Council
Organisation 3
Id
GB-FTS-4273
Name
Lancaster City Council

Roles

buyer

Address

Region
UK
Locality
Lancaster
Postal Code
LA1 1PJ
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
Town Hall, Dalton Square

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Id
REGIONAL_AUTHORITY
Scheme
TED_CA_TYPE
Description
Regional or local authority
Entry 2
Id
01
Scheme
COFOG
Description
General public services

Identifier

Legal Name
Lancaster City Council

Contact

Name
Mr Justin Shaw
Telephone
+44 1524582375
Organisation 4
Id
GB-FTS-148396
Name
Alt-Solar Limited

Roles

supplier

Address

Region
UK
Locality
Worcester
Country Name
United Kingdom

Details

Scale
sme

Identifier

Legal Name
Alt-Solar Limited
Organisation 5
Id
GB-FTS-148397
Name
Lancaster City Council

Roles

reviewBody

Address

Locality
Lancaster City Council
Country Name
United Kingdom

Identifier

Legal Name
Lancaster City Council

Award information

Award 1
Id
022501-2025-1
Status
active

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-FTS-148396
Name
Alt-Solar Limited

Related lots

1

Contracts and changes

Entry 1
Id
022501-2025-1
Status
active
Award ID
022501-2025-1
Date Signed
12 May 2025, 00:00

Value

Amount
2,724,093.81
Currency
GBP

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Lancaster · UK · LA1 1PJ · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UK

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
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