Tender

Stockport Council - Heat Network Development Partner

  • Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council

UK4: Tender notice - Procurement Act 2023 - view information about notice types

Notice identifier: 2025/S 000-080167

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-05efb6

Published 5 December 2025, 1:44pm

Scope

Reference

12783

Description

Stockport Council is one of the leading authorities participating in the Government's Advanced Zoning Programme (AZP). Under the AZP, Stockport Council is seeking to procure a Development Agreement with a partner to fully design and ultimately invest, build, operate and manage the Stockport District Heat Network (a Green Heat Network Fund supported scheme).

Please see tender pack for a full outline of the requirements.

Total value (estimated)

  • £406,490,000 excluding VAT
  • £480,894,000 including VAT

Above the relevant threshold

Contract dates (estimated)

  • 8 July 2026 to 7 July 2027
  • 1 year

Main procurement category

Services

CPV classifications

  • 71320000 - Engineering design services

Contract locations

  • UKD3 - Greater Manchester

Submission

Enquiry deadline

13 February 2026, 12:00pm

Tender submission deadline

27 March 2026, 12:00pm

Submission address and any special instructions

https://www.the-chest.org.uk/

DN797398

Tenders may be submitted electronically

Yes

Languages that may be used for submission

English

Award decision date (estimated)

19 June 2026

Award criteria

This table contains award criteria for this lot
Name Description Type Weighting
Price

Lowest Price Methodology

 Price 50%
Technical Quality 30%
Social value

Quantitative Submission (10%) and Qualitative Method Statement Question (10%)

 Quality 20%

Other information

Conflicts assessment prepared/revised

Yes

Procedure

Procedure type

Open procedure

Justification for not publishing a preliminary market engagement notice

Preliminary market engagement conducted in 2023 under Procurement Contract Regulations 2015, notice not required. Market engagement exercise conducted via Chest portal as Expression of Interest. The contracting authority determined the route to market is open tender.

Contracting authority

Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council

  • Public Procurement Organisation Number: PZGW-7196-LCHL

Stopford House, Piccadilly

Stockport

SK1 3XE

United Kingdom

Email: procurement@star-procurement.gov.uk

Region: UKD35 - Greater Manchester South East

Organisation type: Public authority - sub-central government