--- title: "Repair and Maintenance of Peterborough City Council's Solar Estate" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-06f780" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-06f780" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-06f780.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-06f780.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "Peterborough City Council" published: "2026-09-11" --- # Repair and Maintenance of Peterborough City Council's Solar Estate Buyer: Peterborough City Council Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06f780 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-06f780) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-06f780.json) ## Summary Peterborough City Council is planning a framework of suppliers to repair and maintain its domestic and corporate solar photovoltaic estate. The work covers fault response and ongoing maintenance of solar PV systems, with issues usually identified through the Council’s remote alerts system or reported by residents. The estate includes solar assets of different sizes installed on homes and corporate premises, supporting the Council’s net zero target and income from feed-in tariffs. The systems are located across England, so suppliers will need to operate nationally. The procurement is for works in the solar energy and solar panel roof-covering sectors. The Council is reviewing its existing arrangements and is consulting solar maintenance contractors to help shape the future specification. The opportunity is identified as suitable for small and medium-sized enterprises. This procurement is at the planning stage and is not yet an invitation to tender. Peterborough City Council is running a soft market test to understand supplier capability and develop the specification for a framework agreement. Suppliers are expected to respond through the Council’s electronic procurement portal by 25 September 2026. The Council expects to issue the tender to the open market on 26 October 2026. The planned contract period is from 1 April 2027 to 31 March 2035. The estimated value is £1.5 million excluding VAT, or £1.8 million including VAT. There is one planned lot covering the solar estate repair and maintenance services. The procurement is classified as works and is above the relevant threshold. The Council has not yet set out final tender evaluation criteria. This will suit solar PV maintenance contractors able to provide responsive fault investigation, repair and planned maintenance across England. Relevant suppliers are likely to have experience maintaining domestic and commercial photovoltaic installations of varied capacities, working with remote monitoring and alert systems, and coordinating access through residents or corporate site representatives. Capability across roof-mounted systems and associated solar equipment will be important, as will the capacity to manage geographically dispersed assets and respond when faults are identified. Contractors with established field engineering teams, suitable health and safety arrangements, and experience delivering maintenance under a framework should prepare for the tender. The Council is using the soft market test to understand these capabilities and to shape its requirements, giving specialist suppliers an opportunity to inform the future specification before competition begins. ## Notice Peterborough City Council (PCC) owns 7653 domestic solar PV assets of differing sizes (between 0.75 and 4 kWp [9.75, 9.8 and 20.3 kWp in Boston]) and a further 64 corporate solar PV assets of differing sizes (between 6 and 200 kWp), all contributing to the Council's net zero target and to its ongoing maintenance needs via FiT. The solar PV systems are located across England and are remotely monitored and managed by the Council. With the support of the Provider, we aim to maintain the solar PV assets when an issue arises, usually identified by our alerts system, sometimes identified by the resident. The Council is reviewing its current repair and maintenance arrangements with a view to creating a framework of suppliers to deliver these services, and is inviting solar maintenance contractors to review the Soft Market Test and respond. ### Planning Information Peterborough City Council are inviting suppliers to respond to a Soft Market test for the development of a framework of suppliers to deliver repairs and maintenance services to the Council's solar panel estate. The estate is located across a number of locations nationally. The purpose of the SMT is to enable us to understand the market and develop the specification. It is expected that the tender will be issued 26th October to the open market. The SMT documents can be located through our electronic procurement portal, ProContract, https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert?advertId=0bb0e751-19ad-f111-813c-005056b64545&fromProjectDashboard=True All clarifications should be raised using the messaging facility on the portal. Completed SMT's should be submitted through the portal. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/086168-2026 | | Notice type | UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice | | Procurement type | Framework | | Procurement category | Works | | Procurement method | Not Specified | | Procurement method details | Not specified | | Tender suitability | SME | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Planning | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 11 Sep 2026 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 27 Oct 2026 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | 1 Apr 2027 - 31 Mar 2035 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £1,500,000 | | 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 | Peterborough City Council | | Locality | PETERBOROUGH | | Postcode area | Peterborough | | Postcode | PE2 8TY | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLH East (England) | | ITL 2 | TLH4 Cambridgeshire and Peterborough | | ITL 3 | TLH41 Peterborough | | Local authority | Peterborough | | Electoral ward | Fletton and Stanground | | Westminster constituency | North West Cambridgeshire | | Delivery location | Not specified | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 09 - Petroleum products, fuel, electricity and other sources of energy - 45 - Construction work ### Codes - 09330000 - Solar energy - 45261215 - Solar panel roof-covering work ## Release History - 11 Sep 2026 at 07:07 - Planning - UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/086168-2026 ## Documents - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/086168-2026 11th September 2026 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender ## Notice URLs - http://www.peterborough.gov.uk - https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert?advertId=0bb0e751-19ad-f111-813c-005056b64545&fromProjectDashboard=True - 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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