--- title: "Queslett Landfill Solar Farm Development" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-05dd09" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-05dd09" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-05dd09.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-05dd09.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "BIRMINGHAM CITY COUNCIL" published: "2025-11-07" --- # Queslett Landfill Solar Farm Development Buyer: BIRMINGHAM CITY COUNCIL Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-05dd09 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-05dd09) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-05dd09.json) ## Summary Birmingham City Council is in the planning stage for a project titled "Queslett Landfill Solar Farm Development," aimed at the solar energy industry. The initiative involves the installation and management of a solar energy solution at the Queslett Landfill Site. This early market engagement process is designed to explore interest and gather information from potential suppliers. Scheduled between November and December 2025, suppliers are required to submit their completed market testing questionnaires by 19th November 2025. Located in Birmingham, the Council plans to assess potential solutions that include grid connections and possibly battery storage, with procurement processes expected to commence in mid-2026, conditional on funding options. This project presents a significant opportunity for businesses in the solar energy sector to collaborate with a large public authority such as Birmingham City Council. Companies that specialise in solar installation, energy management solutions, and infrastructure development will find this tender particularly suitable. With the Council exploring various financial models and contract terms, there is potential for flexible partnership arrangements, catering to both funded and non-funded arrangements. Engaging in this process could lead to substantial business growth for suppliers capable of delivering comprehensive solar farm solutions, positioning them as key players in the area's transition towards sustainable energy solutions. ## Notice Birmingham City Council (the "Council") is seeking to understand potential interest and solutions for the provision of solar energy for Waste sites managed by the Council. It is expected that the potential supplier would install, maintain and manage a solar energy solution on Council owned land at Queslett Landfill Site. The anticipated solution envisages a potential supplier designing, installing, and managing a Solar array on the Queslett Landfill Site, including all grid connections. It is envisaged this would potentially include battery storage if considered appropriate and advantageous. The Council is open to proposals on potential end users of the electricity created. The Council is also open to considering alternative models in respect of both length of term and the end users, and this would include funded and non-funded options. The Queslett landfill site extends to approximately 45 acres, but not all of this may be developable, due to Nature Conservation requirements and the topography of the site. It is thought that up to one third of the site may be capable of being developed, subject to survey. A survey of the site and potential grid connections is being undertaken by the Council's technical advisers and will be made available to potential suppliers at tender stage. ### Planning Information The Council wishes to hold an early market engagement session to understand the interest in the market and to develop potential solutions in order to inform an Outline Business Case for the proposed project. In this initial market engagement, the Council wishes to understand the following from the market: • Appetite for undertaking the project, either with BCC funding or with supplier funding • Capacity to provide the installation and management of the project • Potential infrastructure solutions for this type of site • Issues which may affect optimum output from the site • The type of alternative financial models which could be utilised • Implications of Private Wire v To the Grid • The potential term of the Contract • What incentives may be available in the market for this type of project The early market engagement will take place between November and December 2025. From this early market engagement, the Council will decide whether to continue with the procurement and if so, there may be further market engagement, with a tendering process expected to be undertaken in mid-2026, however this is dependent on funding options. The Council has formed a questionnaire asking for high level information from interested suppliers. The Council may contact individual companies that respond to this Market Engagement Questionnaire to have further in-depth discussions via Microsoft Teams. The Council will only invite suppliers for further individual market engagement if they have indicated in the questionnaire below that they would be able to deliver a full solution that meets the Council's overarching requirements. The reason for this is that at this stage, the Council's aim is to understand the viability of a supplier delivering a solution that meets the Council's full requirements, in order to inform the options appraisal in the Outline Business Case. Following the market engagement activity, the Council will publish responses to questions and notes from any individual market engagement meetings via Intend for access by the suppliers who expressed an interest. If you are interested in participating in this pre-market engagement, please register online against the project via the Council's In-tend e-tendering portal https://in-tendhost.co.uk/birminghamcc A questionnaire is attached to those parties who express an interest in response to the UK2 Preliminary Market Engagement Notice (reference: P3340 - Solar Farm Development). Registration and access to the In-tend electronic tendering tool is free and all correspondence for this pre-market engagement must be made via this on-line process. Interested parties must download a market testing questionnaire from the e-portal and submit completed questionnaires by 5pm on 19th November 2025. Report any problems in accessing or using the In-tend e-portal to the Corporate Procurement Team via email at cps@birmingham.gov.uk PLEASE NOTE: This pre-market engagement exercise and the phases outlined above should not be treated as a formal call for competition. The intention of this pre-market engagement is purely used to gather information from the market assess and consider responses to this questionnaire in order to assist the council in developing the most viable and efficient future delivery service for this area. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/072138-2025 | | Notice type | UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Goods | | 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 Nov 2025 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 19 Nov 2025 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | 1 Jan 2027 - 31 Dec 2036 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | Not specified | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Planning | | Lots status | Planning | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | BIRMINGHAM CITY COUNCIL | | Locality | BIRMINGHAM | | Post town | Birmingham | | Postcode | B1 1BB | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLG West Midlands (England) | | ITL 2 | TLG3 West Midlands | | ITL 3 | TLG31 Birmingham | | Local authority | Birmingham | | Electoral ward | Ladywood | | Westminster constituency | Birmingham Ladywood | | Delivery location | TLG West Midlands (England) | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 09 - Petroleum products, fuel, electricity and other sources of energy ### Codes - 09330000 - Solar energy ## Release History - 7 Nov 2025 at 15:35 - Planning - UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/072138-2025 ## Documents - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/072138-2025 7th November 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender ## Notice URLs - http://www.in-tendhost.co.uk/birminghamcc - https://in-tendhost.co.uk/birminghamcc - https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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