Planning

Collective Purchase Scheme for Solar PV Systems for Homeowners

CARMARTHENSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL

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Planning

07 Jan 2025 at 10:54

Summary of the contracting process

Carmarthenshire County Council, in collaboration with five other local authorities, is in the planning stage of a procurement process for a collective purchase scheme for solar PV systems for homeowners. This initiative aims to engage a service provider with technical and marketing expertise to manage the purchasing scheme, which may include solar PV systems, battery storage, and EV charge points. The procurement process is slated to cover regions including Carmarthenshire, Pembrokeshire, Ceredigion, Powys, Swansea, and Neath Port Talbot. The preliminary market engagement is intended to gauge the market's readiness to offer supply and fit services for renewable energy products at affordable prices, and responses are due by the end of December 2024.

This tender offers substantial opportunities for businesses with expertise in renewable energy, particularly those specialising in solar energy products and services. The initiative is aimed at reducing costs for homeowners while ensuring high-quality installations, which could result in annual demand for these products and create a consistent business pipeline. Businesses that provide energy-management services, solar installations, and customer service, and those with the capacity to handle regional rollout and vetting of installers, would find this procurement particularly advantageous. Engaging in this procurement process could enable businesses to expand their market reach and participate in sustainable energy projects across South and Mid Wales.

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Notice Title

Collective Purchase Scheme for Solar PV Systems for Homeowners

Notice Description

Carmarthenshire County Council is investigating the potential of engaging a service provider with technical and marketing expertise to run collective purchasing schemes for renewable energy products as part of a joint exercise with 5 Local Authorities. The products might include Solar PV systems, battery storage, and EV charge points. If implemented, such schemes could potentially be run annually for homeowners and small business premises within the SW and Mid Wales regions. The aim of such an initiative would be to enable residents to install high-quality renewable energy products at a reduced price.

Lot Information

Lot 1

Carmarthenshire County Council is investigating the potential of engaging a service provider with technical and marketing expertise to run collective purchasing schemes for renewable energy products as part of a joint exercise with 5 Local Authorities. The products might include Solar PV systems, battery storage, and EV charge points. If implemented, such schemes could potentially be run annually for homeowners and small business premises within the SW and Mid Wales regions. The aim of such an initiative would be to enable residents to install high-quality renewable energy products at a reduced price. The aim of this early market engagement exercise is to determine whether there is a market to help residents purchase "supply and fit" PV arrays, battery storage, and electric vehicle (EV) chargers at an affordable price from accredited installers. The contractor will handle customer service, vet installers and provide regional capacity for rollout of solar PV, plus provide relevant project data to the lead authority. This PIN forms part of a preliminary market engagement and speculative scoping exercise to help inform the Council's potential approach to procuring such services. There is no guarantee or commitment that this PIN will result in a subsequent tender exercise. The Council reserves the right to cancel the exercise at its sole discretion. This exercise will not be used for the purposes of short-listing at a later stage and non-participation will not restrict access to any future tender opportunity. The Council reserves the final right to follow what it considers to be the most appropriate approach to market and will not meet any costs incurred by any party in responding to this scoping exercise. Having considered all representations, the Council reserves the right to package the requirement in such a way as to offer the most cost effective, sustainable solution. Additional information: Please see itt_114781 etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk for further information

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-04cdc6
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/000299-2025
Current Stage
Planning
All Stages
Planning

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Planning Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Not Specified
Procurement Method Details
Not specified
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

09 - Petroleum products, fuel, electricity and other sources of energy

31 - Electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting

45 - Construction work

65 - Public utilities

71 - Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services

79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security


CPV Codes

09300000 - Electricity, heating, solar and nuclear energy

09330000 - Solar energy

09331000 - Solar panels

09331200 - Solar photovoltaic modules

09332000 - Solar installation

31158000 - Chargers

45261215 - Solar panel roof-covering work

65400000 - Other sources of energy supplies and distribution

71314000 - Energy and related services

71314200 - Energy-management services

79420000 - Management-related services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£41,000 Under £100K
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
7 Jan 20251 years ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
31 Dec 2024Expired
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Planned
Lots Status
Planned
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
CARMARTHENSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL
Additional Buyers

CITY & COUNTY OF SWANSEA

CYNGOR SIR CEREDIGION COUNTY COUNCIL

NEATH PORT TALBOT COUNTY BOROUGH COUNCIL

PEMBROKESHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL

POWYS COUNTY COUNCIL

Contact Name
Diane Hughes, Huw Williams, Joanne Bartlam
Contact Email
diane.hughes@pembrokeshire.gov.uk, huw.williams2@ceredigion.gov.uk, jobartlam@carmarthenshire.gov.uk, procurement@npt.gov.uk, procurement@swansea.gov.uk
Contact Phone
+44 01597826000, +44 1267234567, +44 1437775905, +44 1545570881, +44 1639763930, +44 1792637242

Buyer Location

Locality
CARMARTHEN
Postcode
SA31 1JP
Post Town
Swansea
Country
Wales

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLL Wales
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLL4 Mid and South West Wales
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLL41 Mid Wales
Delivery Location
TLL14 South West Wales, TLL17 Bridgend and Neath Port Talbot, TLL18 Swansea, TLL24 Powys

Local Authority
Powys
Electoral Ward
Llandrindod South
Westminster Constituency
Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe

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