Official UK procurement notice
Bolton Heat Network & Advanced Zonal Program
Authority: Bolton Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionBolton Council wish to appoint an investor / developer of heat networks to commercialise Bolton's heat network Advanced Zonal Program, including the town centre reference scheme from its current status through to a stage that will allow the investor / developer to commit to delivering the AZP and town centre projects. This procurement will appoint a development partner via a Development Agreement.
- How the procedure runs: Invitation to Tender Stage Clarification Stage Award Stage
CPV: Other sources of energy supplies and distribution
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedPublished value£57,500,000
- Economic & financial standing
A pass / fail will be implemented for our evaluations of each bidding team to asses a bidders financial capability to fund their development activities and to deliver the investment / development program for the circa £400m AZP scheme.
- Technical & professional ability
A pass / fail will be implemented for our evaluation to assess each bidding teams capability to deliver the technical aspects of the scheme. This will be carried out by assessing the three case studies each bidder puts forward. Each case study will be marked out of 8 and bidders not obtaining at least 12 marks in total will be failed unless they can provide supporting information of why three case studies could not be submitted, for example, the consortium team is a new entrant into the UK market.
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (3)
- Technical: 70%
- Commercial (Quantitative): 10%
- Social Value: 20%
Published award criteria (3)
- Technical
- Social Value
- Commercial (Quantitative)
- Economic & financial standing
A pass / fail will be implemented for our evaluations of each bidding team to asses a bidders financial capability to fund their development activities and to deliver the investment / development program for the circa £400m AZP scheme.
- Technical & professional ability
A pass / fail will be implemented for our evaluation to assess each bidding teams capability to deliver the technical aspects of the scheme. This will be carried out by assessing the three case studies each bidder puts forward. Each case study will be marked out of 8 and bidders not obtaining at least 12 marks in total will be failed unless they can provide supporting information of why three case studies could not be submitted, for example, the consortium team is a new entrant into the UK market.
- Price carries 10 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 1 point. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Cancelled
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 18 Jun 2025, 17:01 BST
- Last source update
- 18 Feb 2026, 15:37 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 8 Jan 2026
- Authority reference
Q094- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-055972- Latest notice
- Procurement termination notice (UK12)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-054f65Find a Tender
- How it runs
Invitation to Tender Stage
Clarification Stage
Award Stage
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 31 Oct 2025, 16:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 24 Oct 2025, 16:00 BST
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
18 Jun 2025 → 18 Feb 2026 · 8 dates- Planning notice published18 Jun 2025, 17:01 BST
- Next notice expected29 Jul 2025, 23:59 BST
- Tender notice published11 Sept 2025, 16:56 BST
- Clarification questions by367 days ago24 Oct 2025, 16:00 BST
- Submission deadline360 days ago31 Oct 2025, 16:00 GMT
- Award decision expected by291 days ago8 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract starts266 days ago3 Feb 2026
- Latest notice published250 days ago18 Feb 2026, 15:37 GMT
Notice history
7 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 18 Jun 2025- Planned procurement notice published18 Jun 2025, 17:01 BSTUK3
- Tender notice published11 Sept 2025, 16:56 BSTUK4
- Published value published: £57,500,00011 Sept 2025, 16:56 BST
- Status changed to active11 Sept 2025, 16:56 BST
- Deadline moved to 31 Oct 2025, 16:00 GMT11 Sept 2025, 16:56 BST+46 days · was 15 Sept 2025, 17:00 BST
- Procurement termination notice published18 Feb 2026, 15:37 GMTUK12
- Status changed to complete18 Feb 2026, 15:37 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| supplier not published | — | 31 Oct 2025 | CancelledNo compliant bids were received. |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
Notices published for this procedure
- Procurement termination notice Procurement termination notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Planned procurement notice Planned procurement notice on Find a Tender