Planning

West Yorkshire Residential Collective Buying Scheme Phase 2 - Preliminary Market Engagement

WEST YORKSHIRE COMBINED AUTHORITY

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Planning

10 Sep 2025 at 12:00

UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
Summary of the contracting process

The West Yorkshire Combined Authority is currently in the planning phase for the "West Yorkshire Residential Collective Buying Scheme Phase 2 - Preliminary Market Engagement." This initiative is designed to accelerate the adoption of low-carbon technologies by providing residents, private landlords, small businesses, and community organisations with access to affordable, high-quality installations. The procurement process is focused on energy efficiency services, including solar energy solutions, heat pumps, and EV charging points. A key event, the Preliminary Market Engagement, is scheduled to take place virtually on 22 September 2025. Potential suppliers are encouraged to register their interest by 18 September 2025 to participate and contribute to this scheme, which offers a gross budget amount of £217,200 for the initial contract period. The scheme is set to commence in January 2026, with a completion target by the end of December 2027, and the potential for a one-year contract extension.

This procurement process presents significant opportunities for businesses specialising in low-carbon technologies and energy efficiency solutions. With a focus on competitive pricing and high-quality service, the contract is ideally suited for businesses that can deliver innovative and sustainable energy solutions to help reduce carbon emissions in the West Yorkshire region. Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary, community, and social enterprises (VCSEs) stand a good chance of competing for this contract, as the scheme prioritises a diverse range of energy efficiency measures and aims to help local entities lower energy expenses and improve market price resilience. Businesses able to align with these objectives will find this tender an excellent avenue for growth, contributing to the region's sustainable development goals.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

West Yorkshire Residential Collective Buying Scheme Phase 2 - Preliminary Market Engagement

Notice Description

The West Yorkshire Combined Authority (WYCA) is seeking a supplier to deliver Phase 2 of its Residential Collective Buying Scheme (RCBS). This initiative aims to accelerate the adoption of low-carbon technologies across West Yorkshire by offering homeowners, private landlords, small businesses and community organisations access to affordable, high-quality installations. The program is designed to reduce the region's CO2 emissions and help residents and organisations lower their energy bills and increase their resilience to market price fluctuations. The supplier's role is to ensure the program provides excellent value for money for both the public funds invested by the WYCA and for the participating residents, looking for the scheme to be cost-neutral to the Combined Authority. This includes securing competitive pricing matched by high quality of the measures installed and customer care offered. The scheme aims to offer a variety of energy efficiency measures, including: * Solar PV panels * Battery storage * Heat pumps * EV charging points * Access to the best market tariffs for energy * Fabric-first retrofit measures, e.g. insulation Phase 2 of RCBS is looking to build on the successful Phase 1 pilot scheme delivered in July 2024- May 2025 and enhance its offerings (with the possibility of adding building fabric retrofit measures such as insulation) to better serve West Yorkshire residents. The Phase 2 scheme is to launch in spring 2026 and to end by end 2027. There is also a possibility of a 1-year contract extension. This is subject to funding and the CA's requirements. The indicative budget in this notice is for the initial contract period only.

Planning Information

https://uk.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=97976&B= Please express an interest via the above link. Process for responding: Interested suppliers should register their interest in this PME event by responding to this PME notice through the Combined Authorities YORtender procurement portal. YORtender may require you to register prior to accessing the event. The PME event will be on Monday 22 September 2025 at 1300 and will be held virtually. Details on how to access and attend the event will be shared nearer to the date, to all who have registered their interest. Following the PME event, a PME questionnaire will be released to suppliers. Suppliers which do not want to complete and submit a questionnaire will not be precluded from participating in future PME events or the tender process itself. The purpose of the event is to provide an overview of our requirements and assess market interest. The session will include a Q&A segment to allow prospective bidders to ask questions. The event slides & recording will be made available to all potential bidders as part of the tender documentation.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-059789
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/055383-2025
Current Stage
Planning
All Stages
Planning

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Not Specified
Procurement Method Details
Not specified
Tender Suitability
SME, VCSE
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

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

71 - Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services

CPV Codes

09300000 - Electricity, heating, solar and nuclear energy

09330000 - Solar energy

09331000 - Solar panels

09331200 - Solar photovoltaic modules

09332000 - Solar installation

71314300 - Energy-efficiency consultancy services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£181,000 £100K-£500K
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
10 Sep 20255 months ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
20 Oct 2025Expired
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
16 Jan 2026 - 31 Dec 2027 1-2 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Planning
Lots Status
Planning
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
WEST YORKSHIRE COMBINED AUTHORITY
Contact Name
Claire Shardlow
Contact Email
claire.shardlow@westyorks-ca.gov.uk
Contact Phone
+44 1132517272

Buyer Location

Locality
LEEDS
Postcode
LS1 2DE
Post Town
Leeds
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLE Yorkshire and The Humber
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLE4 West Yorkshire
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLE42 Leeds
Delivery Location
TLE4 West Yorkshire
Local Authority
Leeds
Electoral Ward
Little London & Woodhouse
Westminster Constituency
Leeds Central and Headingley

Further Information

Notice Documents

Notice URLs

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