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Renewable electricity procurement – seeking a corporate power purchase agreement (PPA)

National Highways · Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender

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Opportunity overview

National Highways (NH) is investigating the potential use of Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs), including potentially corporate PPAs and onsite PPAs, and is looking to potentially partner with a renewable electricity developer (or developers) to support its clean energy goals and reduce price volatility risk across its energy portfolio. National Highways is looking to engage with interested developers as part of pre-market engagement who can meet the following: • Corporate (offsite sleeved) PPAs of either virtual or physical type, that would be operational by the end of 2028 • Power generation to meet demand of up to approximately 35GWh annually • Competitive energy prices for a duration of 10 to 15 years • Additionality through the deployment of new renewable electricity generation capacity In addition, National Highways is also looking to engage with interested onsite renewables developers in the same pre-market engagement discussions who can meet the following: • Development, build, financing, operation and maintenance of renewable generation on one or more NH-owned sites, likely to be ground mount solar, although technology not confirmed at this stage. Potential sites may include both sites suitable for a direct connection to NH demand centres, and other sites that could be developed as standalone renewables sites. • Power generation of a scale of approximately up to 20GWh annually, assuming full use of land (indicative view only, to be refined) • Flexibility to adopt either a PPA structure or structure with capex contribution (from NH) for the developed sites • Competitive energy prices for a duration of up to ~25 years • Additionality through the deployment of new renewable electricity generation capacity Interested developers may have capabilities in one or both of the categories above (Corporate PPAs and/or onsite PPAs/renewable development) National Highways is looking to engage with the market to understand capacity, capability and appetite for our requirement, and to further shape our procurement strategy with market feedback. The relevant contract value may therefore vary depending on the final approach taken (current indicative estimate is based on a full term CPPA). This notice does not constitute the commencement of a formal competitive procurement.

Classification

  • CPV09331000 — Solar panels
  • CPV31121300 — Wind-energy generators
  • CPV45251160 — Wind-power installation works
  • CPV71314000 — Energy and related services

Lots

  • Lot 1Value not stated

Documents and notices

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
ocds-h6vhtk-056505
Status
planning
Above Threshold
Yes
Main Procurement Category
services

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Communication

Future Notice Date
9 Mar 2026, 23:59

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
planning
Has Renewal
Yes

Contract period

Ends
29 May 2037, 23:59
Starts
31 May 2027, 00:00
Max Extent Date
22 Jul 2039, 23:59

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UK
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Id
45251160
Scheme
CPV
Description
Wind-power installation works
Entry 2
Id
09331000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Solar panels
Entry 3
Id
31121300
Scheme
CPV
Description
Wind-energy generators
Entry 4
Id
71314000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Energy and related services

Planning and budget

Documents

Entry 1
Id
042566-2025
Format
text/html
Notice Type
UK2
Description
Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
Document Type
marketEngagementNotice
Published
24 Jul 2025, 08:55

Milestones

Entry 1
Id
engagement
Type
engagement
Status
scheduled
Due
31 Jul 2025, 23:59
Description
National Highways will be starting market consultation to understand marketplace limitations, opinions and suggestions, with an aim to help shape the Commercial and Procurement Strategy and Contract Documents. This is the first in a number of market engagement activities, including, but not limited to: 1. A questionnaire to aid us in defining our procurement strategy. The questionnaire can be found at the following link: https://forms.office.com/e/qmfVAmRRvZ or please request the link from the following mailbox: indirectprocurementmailbox@nationalhighways.co.uk Please note that the closing date for this questionnaire is Friday 15 August 2025 2. Select supplier 121's on key themes to aid in the development of the Procurement strategy. This Pre- Market Engagement Notice is issued solely for the purpose of commencing a market consultation exercise and does not constitute any commitment by National Highways to undertake any public procurement exercise. Interested parties will not be prejudiced by any response or failure to respond to this notice. Nor shall a response to this notice guarantee an invitation to participate in this market consultation exercise or any future procurement process that National Highways may conduct. This notice does not constitute a call for competition to procure any works or services and is not published to reduce time limited for the receipt of tenders.

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Id
GB-COH-09346363
Name
National Highways

Roles

buyer

Address

Region
UKJ25
Country
GB
Locality
Guildford
Postal Code
GU1 4LZ
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
Bridge House, 1 Walnut Tree Close

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Id
publicAuthorityCentralGovernment
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Description
Public authority - central government

Identifier

Id
09346363
Scheme
GB-COH

Contact

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Guildford · UKJ25 · GU1 4LZ · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UK · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

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