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title: "Highland Hydrogen"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-078757"
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buyer: "The Highland Council"
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# Highland Hydrogen

Buyer: The Highland Council  
Current stage: Tender  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-078757

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## Summary

The Highland Council is seeking a strategic partner to supply green hydrogen produced to ISO 14687:25, together with the equipment, technical expertise and competent staff needed to develop its use across the Highland Council area. The work is intended to support the Council’s hydrogen and net-zero plans, starting with pilot supply and developing proposals for wider use in transport and fleet operations, heating and other suitable applications. The supplier will help assess demand and supply capacity, pricing and delivery, and the storage and refuelling infrastructure needed for deployment. The partnership is structured as a hydrogen supply framework through which the Council can call off supplies for related projects.

The Council invited offers through an open competitive tender to appoint one hydrogen provider to a framework. The tender deadline was 18 November 2026 at 12:00 UTC; bids were to be submitted electronically in English. The stated framework period is five years. The estimated procurement value is £30 million. The requirement is a single lot covering hydrogen supply and the associated development, support and equipment. The tender disallows variant bids. Supplier selection criteria are to be set out in the procurement documents; the tender also requires bidders to provide the names and qualifications of staff assigned to the work. No separate technical or price weighting is stated in the published procurement details.

This opportunity is suited to a hydrogen producer or supplier able to act as a long-term strategic partner, rather than a supplier offering fuel alone. The provider must be able to produce green hydrogen to the specified standard and demonstrate its renewable origin, lifecycle emissions, security of supply and ability to scale. Relevant capabilities include planning phased supply, identifying viable uses and likely demand, developing commercially attractive pricing and delivery arrangements, and advising on storage and refuelling infrastructure. The work also calls for equipment, technical expertise and appropriately competent resources, including staff whose names and qualifications must be supplied. Suppliers with experience supporting transport or heating decarbonisation and developing solutions alongside emerging technologies will be well placed. Community benefits and subcontracting are part of the requirement.

## Notice

Green Hydrogen produced to specification ISO 14687:25 and supplied for use in different applications with associated equipment throughout the Highland Council region.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

Procurement Purpose Highland Council (the "Council") is seeking to procure an experienced, dynamic and innovative strategic partner to deliver a long-term framework contract with the Council, to develop and secure a substantial low carbon journey capability in support of the Councils Hydrogen and Net Zero Vision. As part of its role in this journey, the strategic partner will be expected to provide not only green hydrogen but also equipment and competent resources including consultation in the move from fossil fuels, support and technical expertise. This journey will be in phases and covering different end applications themselves designed and delivered with robust solutions that will be dependent upon commercially attractive pricing for hydrogen. Pilot volumes will commence the development of cost-effective supply of green hydrogen moving on to a steady state based also upon a commercial basis to support both existing and proposed transport projects. Moving on from small intermittent volumes first this will if successful lead to envisaging supply to larger volume utilisation through transitioned e.g. hydrogen vehicles, new solutions for district heating etc The supply partner will enter into a Hydrogen Supply Framework Agreement with the Council for a period of 5 years. This agreement will set out the basic terms upon which related projects move through development commencing with the supply of hydrogen to the Council during pilot development and develop proposals for delivery of hydrogen to the Council during later stages in conjunction with suitable support and equipment included. The Framework Agreement will also set out the terms upon which the Highland Council will be permitted to call-off hydrogen supplies under the framework agreement. The Council proposes to undertake a competitive tender to appoint a hydrogen provider to establish a viable supply of green hydrogen for potential use in heating and fleet operations across Highland. The appointment will develop a phased supply proposition, identifying suitable applications, potential demand, supply capacity, pricing, delivery arrangements and the storage and refuelling infrastructure required to support deployment. Additional information: The provider will be required to demonstrate the hydrogen's renewable origin and lifecycle emissions, security of supply, scalability and arrangements for safe distribution and use. Deployment will be informed by the suitability of individual applications and comparison with other available decarbonisation options.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/096915-2026 |
| Notice type | Tender Notice |
| Procurement type | Framework |
| Procurement category | Goods |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Not specified |
| All stages | Tender |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 14 Oct 2026 |
| Submission deadline | 18 Nov 2026 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £30,000,000 |
| Lots value | £30,000,000 |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | The Highland Council |
| Locality | INVERNESS |
| Postcode area | Inverness |
| Postcode | IV3 5NX |
| Country | Scotland |
| ITL 1 | TLM Scotland |
| ITL 2 | TLM2 Highlands and Islands |
| ITL 3 | TLM20 Highlands and Islands |
| Local authority | Highland |
| Electoral ward | Inverness West |
| Westminster constituency | Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire |
| Delivery location | TLM6 Highlands and Islands |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 24 - Chemical products

### Codes

- 24111600 - Hydrogen

## Release History

- 14 Oct 2026 at 11:37 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/096915-2026

## Notice URLs

- http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk
- http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2363
- https://api.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/v1/Notice?id=ocds-r6ebe6-0000845680
- https://www.gov.scot/policies/public-sector-procurement/community-benefits-in-procurement/
- https://www.highland.gov.uk/
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/ESPD/ESPD_Download.aspx?id=845680
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?1D=649932.A
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=657968
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