Planning

Oldham Green New Deal Partnership (GNDP)

OLDHAM METROPOLITAN BOROUGH COUNCIL

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11 Sep 2025 at 11:32

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16 May 2025 at 08:24

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14 May 2025 at 10:05

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25 Apr 2025 at 11:41

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25 Apr 2025 at 11:16

Summary of the contracting process

The Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council is currently in the planning stage of a significant procurement process, labeled as the Oldham Green New Deal Partnership (GNDP). This initiative aims to establish a long-term energy and decarbonisation partnership with a Strategic Energy Partner. Focused on transforming Oldham's energy infrastructure, this procurement process falls under the industry category of Energy and Related Services (CPV code 71314000). The location of the project is Oldham, within the UKD region. Key procurement process milestones have been planned, with important deadlines, such as an expression of interest deadline on 24th February 2026 and an award period expected to conclude by 25th May 2027. The procurement will follow a selective, competitive flexible procedure, and the initial term of the partnership is proposed for 15 years, extendable up to 25 years in total increments of five years. Estimated contract values range between £2.2 billion and £3.2 billion, excluding VAT, with potential project lifetimes extending up to 40 years. This procurement initiative is part of broader efforts under the UKPGA 2023/54 legal framework.

This procurement process creates a plethora of opportunities for business growth, particularly for companies with expertise in energy, construction, finance, engineering services, and business consultancy services. Businesses involved in the development and implementation of sustainable and decarbonisation projects, as well as those capable of forming consortia and partnerships, stand to benefit significantly. The project aims to foster collaborative workspaces, encouraging local economic growth, and enabling contributions towards Oldham's net-zero transformation. The Council encourages interested parties to leverage platforms like Green Economy to network, establish sub-contract relationships, and partake in knowledge exchange to enhance competitiveness. The flexible, competitive selective procedure allows a wide range of enterprises, especially those with robust energy and infrastructure capabilities, to participate and grow through the opportunities presented within the Oldham Green New Deal Partnership project.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Oldham Green New Deal Partnership (GNDP)

Notice Description

THIS IS A UK3 PLANNED PROCUREMENT NOTICE. THE COUNCIL IS NOT INVITING RESPONSES TO THIS NOTICE WHICH IS ISSUED FOR INFORMATION PURPOSES ONLY, AND WHICH IS NOT INTENDED TO BE A 'QUALIFYING' NOTICE FOR THE PURPOSE OF REDUCING FUTURE PROCUREMENT TIMESCALES. Oldham Council ("the Council") has recently conducted preliminary market engagement in respect of the Oldham Green New Deal Partnership ("the Project"). (The Council's market engagement stage has ended. For full background details and context please refer to the Council's UK2 Preliminary Market Engagement Notice published 25.04.2025 (see linked notices)). The Council is seeking to develop a long-term energy / decarbonisation partnership for the local authority area with a Strategic Energy Partner (SEP). The SEP will work in collaboration with the Council, key stakeholders and organisations across the borough to bring about the transformation and decarbonisation of Oldham's energy infrastructure. The Strategic Partnership will facilitate Oldham's transformation to net zero whilst improving the wellbeing of Oldham's local communities. The Council and SEP shall work together to originate, define, develop, finance, deliver and operate a broad range of decarbonisation projects and initiatives across Oldham. The SEP is expected to leverage its expertise, experience, capacity and capabilities to innovate and generate holistic and deliverable energy solutions. The Strategic Partnership's key anchor project will be the Town Centre Heat Network including the existing St Mary's scheme, which will serve as the foundation for a regional Heat Network. The Project is supported by, and is a key element of, the DESNZ / GMCA Local Net Zero Accelerator programme, and the Council has additionally secured an PS8.87 million grant from the Green Heat Network Fund to support the Oldham Town Centre heat network project, with plans for future expansion under the Advanced Zoning Programme (AZP). This is an exciting opportunity to develop a long-term partnership to take forward a range of schemes over the years to come, joining a unique eco-system of public, private and community organisations for positive environmental, social and economic change and to make a significant impact on a key borough in Greater Manchester. The Partnership is expected to be for an initial term of 15 years with options to extend in 5 year increments up to 25 years. The value of the contract has been estimated according to the potential total future revenues from opportunities arising from the contract. Although the contract has a maximum term of 25 years, it is expected that projects arising from the contract may have lifetimes of up to 40 years (for example in the case of heat networks) and so the contract value has been calculated on this basis. Factors considered include the ratio of required capital investment to revenue for different energy technology types, proportion of domestic v commercial customers, and deliverability factors in terms of the expected proportion of projects currently identified at a high level which are deliverable in reality. Taking into account all of the above factors, the estimated contract value is estimated at between PS2.2bn (excl VAT) / PS2.62bn (incl VAT) and PS3.2bn (excl VAT) / PS3.8bn (incl VAT). As set out above, this is over a period of up to 40 years which is the expected maximum lifetime of projects arising from the contract. The estimated value cannot be guaranteed, and so should not be relied upon by interested parties which might subsequently choose to pursue this procurement opportunity in making their bid/no-bid decision. Any interested party should make their own independent commercial enquires, estimates, judgements and decisions associated with this Project. The planned procurement will be a 'mixed procurement', and the Council envisaged the lead CPV code being 71314000 Energy and Related Services. The set-up options for this UK3 Planned Procurement Notice do not enable the distinct selection of a 'lead' CPV code, and therefore the Energy and Related Services code is captured under the hierarchy of the higher level Engineering Services code. The Council intends for the forthcoming UK4 Tender Notice to fully replace and override all content contained within this UK3 Planned Procurement Notice. Further, the Council reserves the right not to commence any formal procurement process, discontinue any procurement it commences and not to award any contract(s). It also reserves the right at its absolute discretion to amend the information stated in this notice at any time. Conflicts of interest: The Council will take all reasonable steps to identify and mitigate any conflicts of interest or potential conflicts of interest. A conflicts assessment in relation to the procurement is underway. INFORMATION SHARING PURPOSE The purpose of this UK3 Notice is to (1) notify/update the market on the planned procurement timeline (see main date fields within this notice), (2) continue to share information with the market to support timely and efficient market capacity building, and (3) to highlight to the market that there will be exclusivity rules for bidding models as part of the planned procurement process: MARKET CAPACITY BUILDING Regarding the Council's market capacity building objectives; to support potential suppliers to network with other organisations who may be interested in collaboration opportunities, forming sub-contract relationships, partnerships, consortium arrangements or otherwise; interested parties are encouraged to email/contact info@greeneconomy.co.uk to register interest in its sign-posting service if its offering is of interest: The Council highlighted Green Economy's offering in its market engagement pack and at its online market engagement event. Green Economy are supporting the Council's procurement process by collating and sharing data (within agreed parameters and with consent) between organisations which are capable of bidding for the Council's planned tender/project, and organisations which are capable or have potential to be sub-suppliers or sub-contractors to such larger organisations. Any organisation is welcome to contact Green Economy to see if it is appropriate to engage with them for this purpose. You can read more about Green Economy on their website: https://www.greeneconomy.co.uk/ Oldham's Local Area Energy Plan sets out a potential investment opportunity in low carbon projects of several billion pounds over the next 25 years or so to help meet Greater Manchester's target of carbon neutrality by 2038 - investment that is expected to create significant opportunities for Oldham and the wider city-region's low carbon supply chain. Green Economy, part of the Greater Manchester Business Growth Hub, is funded by Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) to provide specialist business support and advice to grow the local low carbon sector and drive business decarbonisation. To support local sector development and ensure businesses are aware of upcoming opportunities, the Council has engaged with Green Economy to provide a range of fully funded support services for local businesses looking to access and be part of the opportunities presented by the Oldham Green New Deal An overview of services available to businesses include: * Visibility of services on the Green Economy Market Place via a searchable profile with access to opportunities including those emerging from the Oldham Green New Deal * Access to an advisor providing 1-1 growth advice, including but not limited to market research, competitor analysis, business planning and diversifying supply chains. * Training, events and community peer networking across Oldham and Greater Manchester. Green Economy are well placed to engage and support the local supply chain, providing visibility of opportunities and growing local capability. They therefore are also well positioned to support any potential future bidding Supplier for the Oldham Green New Deal Partnership Project which may wish to engage with them to access their local networks to support business-to-business networking, potential collaboration, knowledge sharing or otherwise. The Council is sign-posting Green Economy as an organisation of interest to potential bidding Suppliers, which can be contacted/engaged with at any stage by any organisation. For the avoidance of any doubt, contact or engagement with Green Economy is not a mandatory pre-requisite to engaging in the Council's planned procurement process. EXCLUSIVITY RULES FOR BIDDING MODELS The Council considers it important at this early stage to draw the market's attention to the Council's intention to stipulate in its planned substantive procurement process regarding bidding models; that any person or organisation that is a proposed Key Sub-Contractor, Partner, Consortium Member (SC-P-CM) or similar for a bidding Supplier may be a Key SC-P-CM or similar for one bidding Supplier only. If the bidding Supplier intends to appoint a Key SC-P-CM or similar, it must ensure that the Key SC-P-CM or similar is not also proposed as a Key SC-P-CM or similar in any other bidding Supplier's response to the tender document. In context of the Council's anchor project (the Town Centre Heat Network), the Council understands this approach may serve as an anti-collusion measure for the procurement process, and reflects the approach we understand to be employed by DESNZ (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero) regarding AZP heat network procurements.

Lot Information

Lot 1

Renewal: The Partnership is expected to be for an initial term of 15 years with options to extend in 5 year increments up to 25 years.

Planning Information

The primary objectives of this market engagement exercise are; to share information in relation to the Project and the planned tender opportunity; to obtain feedback from potential suppliers/the market, and to enable potential suppliers to network with other organisations who may be interested in forming a consortium or otherwise. The planned stages for the Council's market engagement are: Stage 1 - An online Supplier Engagement Session will be held on Zoom Thursday 8th May 2025 at 09.00 and will last up to 3 hours. The session will allow for questions and answers. THE MARKET ENGAGEMENT PACK CONTAINS FULL DETAILS. Attendance is recommended but not mandatory. The session slides and any recording will be published after the session via The Chest. Registration is required to facilitate admission. There is no registration deadline. The link to register is: https://ey.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Mxsy54waRO-qKU-5QT75aw#/registration Once registration is complete, an automatic email will be triggered providing suppliers with all the necessary information to join the session on the day. Building local community wealth, delivering social value, and fostering local economic growth is one of the Strategic Partnership aims, and the Council aims to support and, as best possible, facilitate timely business-to-business networking opportunities and market-capacity building opportunities linked to this Project opportunity. This is one of the Council's primary objectives for its market engagement (referred to in Section 3.2 Objectives of the Council's Market Engagement Document). In furtherance of this aim, the Council hopes suppliers are open to sharing their contact information: As part of the registration process you will be asked if you are willing to allow the Council to share your company contact details with other organisations which access the Project opportunity through The Chest and Green Economy (https://www.greeneconomy.co.uk/). You will be asked to proactively opt-in to authorise the sharing of your data. If you do not opt-in your data will not be shared. Stage 2 - Written responses to the market engagement pack are invited: Suppliers are asked to submit through The Chest; written responses to a number of questions detailed in the Market Engagement Pack (Appendix 2) by the deadline stated within this notice (Friday 23rd May 2025 @ 13.00). Written responses are not mandatory nor are they a prerequisite for accessing future procurement documents. Stage 3 - Follow Up Discussions: Following the receipt and consideration of all written responses to the market engagement exercise, the Council may issue a written request for clarification to a respondent or invite a respondent to take part in a one-to-one discussion around their Appendix 2 responses via MS Teams. The Council intends that only those organisations which submit a substantial written response to Appendix 2 will be considered for one-to-one discussions. For the avoidance of doubt, organisations which do not participate in the market engagement stages will not be excluded from or disadvantaged in any future procurement process. How to obtain and submit documents: The Council's uses The Chest e-tendering system https://www.the-chest.org.uk/ The market engagement pack is available free of charge via The Chest. Responses to the market engagement must be returned, and any clarifications/questions raised, through this same system. The market engagement pack contains full instructions for participation, details of the Project opportunity, indicative procurement timeline and process, and a set of questions to respond to. Please allow sufficient time before the submission deadline to upload and submit your response through The Chest. Help and Support - Proactis/The Chest: In the event that suppliers require assistance with the use of or access to the Council's e-tendering portal, please go to https://www.the-chest.org.uk/SupplierSupport.html. Here there will be a hyperlink to log issues or 'submit a ticket' for ProContract V3. Alternatively, calls can be logged by emailing ProContractSuppliers@proactis.com and a representative will contact you as soon as possible. For critical and time-sensitive issues (normally requiring resolution within 60 minutes) then please call 0330 005 0352. This telephone number is attended 09.00 - 17.30 Monday to Friday.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-05078f
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/055787-2025
Current Stage
Planning
All Stages
Planning

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK3 - Planned Procurement Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Selective
Procurement Method Details
Competitive flexible procedure
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

39 - Furniture (incl. office furniture), furnishings, domestic appliances (excl. lighting) and cleaning products

42 - Industrial machinery

44 - Construction structures and materials; auxiliary products to construction (except electric apparatus)

45 - Construction work

50 - Repair and maintenance services

65 - Public utilities

66 - Financial and insurance services

71 - Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services

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

90 - Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services


CPV Codes

09000000 - Petroleum products, fuel, electricity and other sources of energy

31000000 - Electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting

39715000 - Water heaters and heating for buildings; plumbing equipment

42000000 - Industrial machinery

44000000 - Construction structures and materials; auxiliary products to construction (except electric apparatus)

45000000 - Construction work

50700000 - Repair and maintenance services of building installations

65000000 - Public utilities

66114000 - Financial leasing services

66122000 - Corporate finance and venture capital services

71300000 - Engineering services

71500000 - Construction-related services

79100000 - Legal services

79400000 - Business and management consultancy and related services

79900000 - Miscellaneous business and business-related services

90700000 - Environmental services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£3,200,000,000 £1B-£10B
Lots Value
£3,200,000,000 £1B-£10B
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
11 Sep 20252 months ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
27 Jan 20262 months to go
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
15 Aug 2027 - 15 Aug 2042 Over 5 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

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

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
OLDHAM METROPOLITAN BOROUGH COUNCIL
Additional Buyers

BURO HAPPOLD LIMITED

ERNST & YOUNG LLP

WOMBLE BOND DICKINSON (UK) LLP

Contact Name
Emma Tweedie
Contact Email
bids@wbd-uk.com, emma.tweedie@oldham.gov.uk, eytenders@uk.ey.com, projectleads@burohappold.com
Contact Phone
Not specified

Buyer Location

Locality
OLDHAM
Postcode
OL1 1HD
Post Town
Oldham
Country
England

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLK South West (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLK5 West of England
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLK52 Bath & North East Somerset and South Gloucestershire
Delivery Location
TLD North West (England)

Local Authority
Bath and North East Somerset
Electoral Ward
Oldfield Park
Westminster Constituency
Bath

Further Information

Notice Documents

  • https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/055787-2025
    11th September 2025 - Planned procurement notice on Find a Tender
  • https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/022019-2025
    16th May 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
  • https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/021148-2025
    14th May 2025 - Pipeline notice on Find a Tender
  • https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/017011-2025
    25th April 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
  • https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/016999-2025
    25th April 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
  • https://vimeo.com/1084312503/3354e76ca7
    This link relates to the market engagement online event held by the Council 8th May 2025. It is shared as part of this UK3 Notice as it may be considered to contain historical information of interest for any organization/individual which did not access it at the Market Engagement stage. NOTHING IN THIS RECORDING SHOULD BE RELIED UPON FOR ANY ASPECT OF THE FUTURE PLANNED SUBSTANTIVE PROCUREMENT PROCESS. For the avoidance of any doubt: This recording will not form part of the future planned UK4 Tender Notice or substantive procurement documents. The Council intends for the forthcoming UK4 Tender Notice and procurement documents to fully replace and override all content contained within its previous publications, including this UK3 Notice, and is not, at this stage, able to accept and respond to questions about this recording.
  • https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/A-5103
    This document was published as part of the Council's Market Engagement stage in May 2025. It is shared as an attachment to this UK3 Notice as it may be considered to contain historical information of interest for any organization/individual which did not access it at the Market Engagement stage. THIS VERSION SHOULD NOT BE RELIED UPON FOR ANY ASPECT OF THE FUTURE PLANNED SUBSTANTIVE PROCUREMENT PROCESS. For the avoidance of any doubt: This particular file/document version will not form part of the future planned UK4 Tender Notice or substantive procurement documents, although a similar file which may contain amended/updated content may do. INTERESTED PARTIES SHOULD NOT PLACE ANY RELIANCE ON THIS DOCUMENT. The Council intends for the forthcoming UK4 Tender Notice and procurement documents to fully replace and override all content contained within its previous publications, including this UK3 Notice, and is not, at this stage, able to accept and respond to questions about this document.
  • https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/A-5104
    This document was published as part of the Council's Market Engagement stage in May 2025. It is shared as an attachment to this UK3 Notice as it may be considered to contain historical information of interest for any organization/individual which did not access it at the Market Engagement stage. THIS VERSION SHOULD NOT BE RELIED UPON FOR ANY ASPECT OF THE FUTURE PLANNED SUBSTANTIVE PROCUREMENT PROCESS. For the avoidance of any doubt: This particular file/document version may not form part of the future planned UK4 Tender Notice or substantive procurement documents, although a similar file which may contain amended/updated content may do. INTERESTED PARTIES SHOULD NOT PLACE ANY RELIANCE ON THIS DOCUMENT. The Council intends for the forthcoming UK4 Tender Notice and procurement documents to fully replace and override all content contained within its previous publications, including this UK3 Notice, and is not, at this stage, able to accept and respond to questions about this document.
  • https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/A-5105
    This document was published as part of the Council's Market Engagement stage in May 2025. It is shared as an attachment to this UK3 Notice as it may be considered to contain historical information of interest for any organization/individual which did not access it at the Market Engagement stage. THIS VERSION SHOULD NOT BE RELIED UPON FOR ANY ASPECT OF THE FUTURE PLANNED SUBSTANTIVE PROCUREMENT PROCESS. For the avoidance of any doubt: This particular file/document version may not form part of the future planned UK4 Tender Notice or substantive procurement documents, although a similar file which may contain amended/updated content may do. INTERESTED PARTIES SHOULD NOT PLACE ANY RELIANCE ON THIS DOCUMENT. The Council intends for the forthcoming UK4 Tender Notice and procurement documents to fully replace and override all content contained within its previous publications, including this UK3 Notice, and is not, at this stage, able to accept and respond to questions about this document.
  • https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/A-5107
    This document relates to the market engagement online event held by the Council 8th May 2025 and the Vimeo webinar recording also shared within this notice. It is shared as part of this UK3 Notice as it may be considered to contain historical information of interest for any organization/individual which did not access it at the Market Engagement stage. NOTHING IN THIS DOCUMENT SHOULD BE RELIED UPON FOR ANY ASPECT OF THE FUTURE PLANNED SUBSTANTIVE PROCUREMENT PROCESS. For the avoidance of any doubt: This document will not form part of the future planned UK4 Tender Notice or substantive procurement documents. The Council intends for the forthcoming UK4 Tender Notice and procurement documents to fully replace and override all content contained within its previous publications, including this UK3 Notice, and is not, at this stage, able to accept and respond to questions about this document.

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        "title": "Oldham Green New Deal Partnership (GNDP)",
        "description": "THIS IS A UK3 PLANNED PROCUREMENT NOTICE. THE COUNCIL IS NOT INVITING RESPONSES TO THIS NOTICE WHICH IS ISSUED FOR INFORMATION PURPOSES ONLY, AND WHICH IS NOT INTENDED TO BE A 'QUALIFYING' NOTICE FOR THE PURPOSE OF REDUCING FUTURE PROCUREMENT TIMESCALES. Oldham Council (\"the Council\") has recently conducted preliminary market engagement in respect of the Oldham Green New Deal Partnership (\"the Project\"). (The Council's market engagement stage has ended. For full background details and context please refer to the Council's UK2 Preliminary Market Engagement Notice published 25.04.2025 (see linked notices)). The Council is seeking to develop a long-term energy / decarbonisation partnership for the local authority area with a Strategic Energy Partner (SEP). The SEP will work in collaboration with the Council, key stakeholders and organisations across the borough to bring about the transformation and decarbonisation of Oldham's energy infrastructure. The Strategic Partnership will facilitate Oldham's transformation to net zero whilst improving the wellbeing of Oldham's local communities. The Council and SEP shall work together to originate, define, develop, finance, deliver and operate a broad range of decarbonisation projects and initiatives across Oldham. The SEP is expected to leverage its expertise, experience, capacity and capabilities to innovate and generate holistic and deliverable energy solutions. The Strategic Partnership's key anchor project will be the Town Centre Heat Network including the existing St Mary's scheme, which will serve as the foundation for a regional Heat Network. The Project is supported by, and is a key element of, the DESNZ / GMCA Local Net Zero Accelerator programme, and the Council has additionally secured an PS8.87 million grant from the Green Heat Network Fund to support the Oldham Town Centre heat network project, with plans for future expansion under the Advanced Zoning Programme (AZP). This is an exciting opportunity to develop a long-term partnership to take forward a range of schemes over the years to come, joining a unique eco-system of public, private and community organisations for positive environmental, social and economic change and to make a significant impact on a key borough in Greater Manchester. The Partnership is expected to be for an initial term of 15 years with options to extend in 5 year increments up to 25 years. The value of the contract has been estimated according to the potential total future revenues from opportunities arising from the contract. Although the contract has a maximum term of 25 years, it is expected that projects arising from the contract may have lifetimes of up to 40 years (for example in the case of heat networks) and so the contract value has been calculated on this basis. Factors considered include the ratio of required capital investment to revenue for different energy technology types, proportion of domestic v commercial customers, and deliverability factors in terms of the expected proportion of projects currently identified at a high level which are deliverable in reality. Taking into account all of the above factors, the estimated contract value is estimated at between PS2.2bn (excl VAT) / PS2.62bn (incl VAT) and PS3.2bn (excl VAT) / PS3.8bn (incl VAT). As set out above, this is over a period of up to 40 years which is the expected maximum lifetime of projects arising from the contract. The estimated value cannot be guaranteed, and so should not be relied upon by interested parties which might subsequently choose to pursue this procurement opportunity in making their bid/no-bid decision. Any interested party should make their own independent commercial enquires, estimates, judgements and decisions associated with this Project. The planned procurement will be a 'mixed procurement', and the Council envisaged the lead CPV code being 71314000 Energy and Related Services. The set-up options for this UK3 Planned Procurement Notice do not enable the distinct selection of a 'lead' CPV code, and therefore the Energy and Related Services code is captured under the hierarchy of the higher level Engineering Services code. The Council intends for the forthcoming UK4 Tender Notice to fully replace and override all content contained within this UK3 Planned Procurement Notice. Further, the Council reserves the right not to commence any formal procurement process, discontinue any procurement it commences and not to award any contract(s). It also reserves the right at its absolute discretion to amend the information stated in this notice at any time. Conflicts of interest: The Council will take all reasonable steps to identify and mitigate any conflicts of interest or potential conflicts of interest. A conflicts assessment in relation to the procurement is underway. INFORMATION SHARING PURPOSE The purpose of this UK3 Notice is to (1) notify/update the market on the planned procurement timeline (see main date fields within this notice), (2) continue to share information with the market to support timely and efficient market capacity building, and (3) to highlight to the market that there will be exclusivity rules for bidding models as part of the planned procurement process: MARKET CAPACITY BUILDING Regarding the Council's market capacity building objectives; to support potential suppliers to network with other organisations who may be interested in collaboration opportunities, forming sub-contract relationships, partnerships, consortium arrangements or otherwise; interested parties are encouraged to email/contact info@greeneconomy.co.uk to register interest in its sign-posting service if its offering is of interest: The Council highlighted Green Economy's offering in its market engagement pack and at its online market engagement event. Green Economy are supporting the Council's procurement process by collating and sharing data (within agreed parameters and with consent) between organisations which are capable of bidding for the Council's planned tender/project, and organisations which are capable or have potential to be sub-suppliers or sub-contractors to such larger organisations. Any organisation is welcome to contact Green Economy to see if it is appropriate to engage with them for this purpose. You can read more about Green Economy on their website: https://www.greeneconomy.co.uk/ Oldham's Local Area Energy Plan sets out a potential investment opportunity in low carbon projects of several billion pounds over the next 25 years or so to help meet Greater Manchester's target of carbon neutrality by 2038 - investment that is expected to create significant opportunities for Oldham and the wider city-region's low carbon supply chain. Green Economy, part of the Greater Manchester Business Growth Hub, is funded by Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) to provide specialist business support and advice to grow the local low carbon sector and drive business decarbonisation. To support local sector development and ensure businesses are aware of upcoming opportunities, the Council has engaged with Green Economy to provide a range of fully funded support services for local businesses looking to access and be part of the opportunities presented by the Oldham Green New Deal An overview of services available to businesses include: * Visibility of services on the Green Economy Market Place via a searchable profile with access to opportunities including those emerging from the Oldham Green New Deal * Access to an advisor providing 1-1 growth advice, including but not limited to market research, competitor analysis, business planning and diversifying supply chains. * Training, events and community peer networking across Oldham and Greater Manchester. Green Economy are well placed to engage and support the local supply chain, providing visibility of opportunities and growing local capability. They therefore are also well positioned to support any potential future bidding Supplier for the Oldham Green New Deal Partnership Project which may wish to engage with them to access their local networks to support business-to-business networking, potential collaboration, knowledge sharing or otherwise. The Council is sign-posting Green Economy as an organisation of interest to potential bidding Suppliers, which can be contacted/engaged with at any stage by any organisation. For the avoidance of any doubt, contact or engagement with Green Economy is not a mandatory pre-requisite to engaging in the Council's planned procurement process. EXCLUSIVITY RULES FOR BIDDING MODELS The Council considers it important at this early stage to draw the market's attention to the Council's intention to stipulate in its planned substantive procurement process regarding bidding models; that any person or organisation that is a proposed Key Sub-Contractor, Partner, Consortium Member (SC-P-CM) or similar for a bidding Supplier may be a Key SC-P-CM or similar for one bidding Supplier only. If the bidding Supplier intends to appoint a Key SC-P-CM or similar, it must ensure that the Key SC-P-CM or similar is not also proposed as a Key SC-P-CM or similar in any other bidding Supplier's response to the tender document. In context of the Council's anchor project (the Town Centre Heat Network), the Council understands this approach may serve as an anti-collusion measure for the procurement process, and reflects the approach we understand to be employed by DESNZ (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero) regarding AZP heat network procurements.",
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                "description": "This document was published as part of the Council's Market Engagement stage in May 2025. It is shared as an attachment to this UK3 Notice as it may be considered to contain historical information of interest for any organization/individual which did not access it at the Market Engagement stage. THIS VERSION SHOULD NOT BE RELIED UPON FOR ANY ASPECT OF THE FUTURE PLANNED SUBSTANTIVE PROCUREMENT PROCESS. For the avoidance of any doubt: This particular file/document version may not form part of the future planned UK4 Tender Notice or substantive procurement documents, although a similar file which may contain amended/updated content may do. INTERESTED PARTIES SHOULD NOT PLACE ANY RELIANCE ON THIS DOCUMENT. The Council intends for the forthcoming UK4 Tender Notice and procurement documents to fully replace and override all content contained within its previous publications, including this UK3 Notice, and is not, at this stage, able to accept and respond to questions about this document.",
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