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title: "Collective Purchase Scheme for Solar PV Systems for Homeowners"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-04cdc6"
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current_stage: "Planning"
buyer: "CARMARTHENSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL"
published: "2025-01-07"
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# Collective Purchase Scheme for Solar PV Systems for Homeowners

Buyer: CARMARTHENSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL  
Current stage: Planning  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-04cdc6

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## Summary

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.

## Notice

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

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/000299-2025 |
| 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 |
| All stages | Planning |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 7 Jan 2025 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | 31 Dec 2024 |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £41,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Planned |
| Lots status | Planned |
| Awards status | Not specified |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| 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 |
| Locality | CARMARTHEN |
| Post town | Swansea |
| Postcode | SA31 1JP |
| Country | Wales |
| ITL 1 | TLL Wales |
| ITL 2 | TLL4 Mid and South West Wales |
| ITL 3 | TLL41 Mid Wales |
| Local authority | Powys |
| Electoral ward | Llandrindod South |
| Westminster constituency | Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe |
| Delivery location | TLL14 South West Wales, TLL17 Bridgend and Neath Port Talbot, TLL18 Swansea, TLL24 Powys |

## CPV Codes

### 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

### 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

## Release History

- 7 Jan 2025 at 10:54 - Planning - Planning Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/000299-2025

## Notice URLs

- http://powys.gov.uk
- http://www.carmarthenshire.gov.uk
- http://www.ceredigion.gov.uk
- http://www.npt.gov.uk
- http://www.pembrokeshire.gov.uk
- http://www.swansea.gov.uk/dobusiness
- https://etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk/
- https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA0254
- https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA0255
- https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA0274
- https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA0281
- https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA0354
- https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA0491

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