Official UK procurement notice
Supply of Biomass Fuel to City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council
Authority: City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionCity of Bradford Metropolitan District Council currently has four buildings that use biomass fuel. This contract is for the supply of biomass fuel – woodchip and wood pellets – for 3 years to these four buildings and any other new biomass boilers that are installed or acquired as part of a building purchase. The number of buildings may decrease as part of the City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council estate rationalisation programme. The contract is to supply biomass fuel mainly woodchip to four BMDC buildings;
- Bradford Industrial Museum
- Wedgewood House
- Margaret McMillan Tower – Sir Henry Mitchell House (shared plantroom) In 2023/24 these total amount of biomass pellets used was 33 tonnes and the amount of woodchip used was 241 tonnes. The values for 2024/25 were lower due to mechanical issues and one biomass system being decommissioned. The figures for 23/24 are the maximum level anticipated for this contract with actual amounts likely to be lower. Please bear this in mind when quoting prices. The biomass fuel must reach minimum standards for use in biomass boilers and which are approved by UK government for Renewable Heat Incentive claims. Please state delivery times from receipt of order. Pricing Pricing should be a delivered price including transportation and depositing the biomass fuel into the biomass storage tanks at each site. Seprate pricing is required for both Woodchip and Biomass Pellets We require pricing separately for the remainder of 2025/26 and the following years of 2026/27, 2027/28 and 2028/29.
CPV: Fuel wood · Fuels · Solid fuels · Wood fuels
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Published value£150,000
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)
- Price: 60%
- Social Value: 10%
- Environmental Benefits: 30%
Published award criteria (3)
- Environmental Benefits
- Social Value
- Price
- Price carries 60 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 6 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - open competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Below threshold
- 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
- 20 Nov 2025, 18:00 GMT
- Last source update
- 20 Nov 2025, 18:00 GMT
- Authority reference
PTR-CBMC-224-2025-26- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-075854- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
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How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 8 Dec 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 4 Dec 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
Timeline
20 Nov 2025 → 19 Dec 2025 · 4 dates- Tender notice published342 days ago20 Nov 2025, 18:00 GMT
- Clarification questions by329 days ago4 Dec 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Submission deadline325 days ago8 Dec 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Contract starts314 days ago19 Dec 2025
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published20 Nov 2025, 18:00 GMTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender