Official UK procurement notice
Stoke-on-Trent Sustainability Park Energy Recovery Facility - Design, Build and Operate
Authority: Stoke on Trent City Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionStoke-on-Trent City Council (the Authority) seeks to procure a replacement Energy Recovery Facility (ERF) in Hanford, Stoke-on-Trent.
The Authority intends to procure a new ERF with a capacity of 230,000-290,000 tonnes per annum on an 80% Council / 20% private sector ownership basis. The procurement encompasses Design and Build (D&B) and a 25-year Operations and Maintenance (O&M) contract. The Authority will submit a planning application in due course for the future Facility.
Key requirements:
- Design and build of a new ERF with moving grate combustion technology (or equivalent) and advanced flue-gas treatment systems
- Integration of Combined Heat and Power (CHP) technology to deliver low-carbon heat to the city's District Heat Network to supply Local Sector anchor loads.
- Heat to be delivered to the ERF site boundary for onward distribution by the Heat Network Provider
- The facility must be Carbon Capture Ready and aligned with the Authority's Net Zero 2050 strategy
- Full 25-year operations and maintenance service post-commissioning, including planned and reactive maintenance, lifecycle asset replacement, environmental monitoring and community education services
- How the procedure runs: This is Stage 1 of a multiple stage Competitive flexible procedure. Interested suppliers are invited to complete a Procurement Specific Questionnaire (PSQ) to demonstrate that they meet the conditions of participation set out in the Tender Notice and PSQ Information Pack. The Council will assess submissions against mandatory exclusion grounds (Schedule 6, Procurement Act 2023), discretionary exclusion grounds (Schedule 7), and technical and financial selection criteria. Short listed supplier will be invited to the next stage to submit a technical and commercial response. For full information and access to the documents please use the following link: https://procontract.due-north.com/Procurer/Advert/View?advertId=a90985bf-4b19-f111-813c-005056b64545&fromAdvertEvent=True
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The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£1,100,000,000
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The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
- Economic and Financial Standing Evaluation
- Technical Questions (Scored)
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
- Closed
- 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
- 6 Mar 2026, 14:11 GMT
- Last source update
- 6 Mar 2026, 15:19 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 2 Sept 2027
- Authority reference
CRN/2026/50- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-020531- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-066448Find a Tender
- How it runs
This is Stage 1 of a multiple stage Competitive flexible procedure. Interested suppliers are invited to complete a Procurement Specific Questionnaire (PSQ) to demonstrate that they meet the conditions of participation set out in the Tender Notice and PSQ Information Pack.
The Council will assess submissions against mandatory exclusion grounds (Schedule 6, Procurement Act 2023), discretionary exclusion grounds (Schedule 7), and technical and financial selection criteria. Short listed supplier will be invited to the next stage to submit a technical and commercial response.
For full information and access to the documents please use the following link: procontract.due-north.com/Procurer/Advert/View ↗
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 15 Apr 2026, 23:59 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
6 Mar 2026 → 2 Sept 2027 · 5 dates- Planning notice published236 days ago6 Mar 2026, 14:11 GMT
- Tender notice published236 days ago6 Mar 2026, 15:19 GMT
- Submission deadline196 days ago15 Apr 2026, 23:59 BST
- Today29 Oct 2026
- Contract startsin 307 days2 Sept 2027, 00:00 BST
- Award decision expected byin 308 days2 Sept 2027, 23:59 BST
Notice history
5 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 6 Mar 2026- Preliminary market engagement notice published6 Mar 2026, 14:11 GMTUK2
- Tender notice published6 Mar 2026, 15:19 GMTUK4
- Status changed to active6 Mar 2026, 15:19 GMT
- Procurement method changed6 Mar 2026, 15:19 GMT
- Deadline published: 15 Apr 2026, 23:59 BST6 Mar 2026, 15:19 GMT
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender