Oldham Green New Deal Partnership (LIVE TENDER)

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Posted: 27th March 2026
Company Name: Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council
Contact Name: Emma Tweedie
Contact Email: emma.tweedie@oldham.gov.uk
Telephone:
Expires: 28th May 2026

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This notice relates to Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council’s (“the Council”) intention to award a public contract through a competitive flexible procedure in accordance with the Procurement Act 2023.

The Council is seeking to develop a long-term energy partnership with a Development Partner. The Development Partner will work in collaboration with the Council, key stakeholders and organisations to bring about the transformation and decarbonisation of Oldham’s energy infrastructure. The Development Partner is expected to leverage its expertise, experience, capacity and capabilities to innovate and generate holistic and deliverable energy solutions, and to exploit its unique apex position within Oldham’s energy system to develop and implement an innovative business model which maximises the benefit of technological and commercial synergies between different low carbon Asset Classes.

The Strategic Energy Partnership’s (SEP) key anchor project is the Heat Network Reference Scheme including the existing St Mary’s scheme, which may serve as the foundation for a potential Zonal Heat Network.

The Council has secured an £8.78 million grant from the Green Heat Network Fund (GHNF) to support this initiative, with plans for future expansion under the Advanced Zoning Programme (AZP). A portion of the GHNF grant funding that the Council has obtained from the DESNZ will be used to commission early works which will then be adopted by the Development Partner under the SEP Agreement.

The initial term of the Partnership is 15 years with options to extend thereafter in 5 year increments up to a maximum term of 25 years in total.

Regarding the Council’s market capacity building objectives; to support potential Suppliers to network with other organisations who may be interested in collaboration opportunities, forming sub-contract relationships, partnerships, consortium arrangements or otherwise; interested parties may email/contact info@greeneconomy.co.uk to register interest in its sign-posting service if its offering is of interest:

Green Economy are collating and sharing data (within agreed parameters and with consent) between organisations which are capable of bidding directly for this contract opportunity and organisations which are capable of being, or have potential to be; sub-suppliers or sub-contractors to such larger organisations bidding directly.

Organisations may contact Green Economy to determine whether engagement for this purpose is appropriate, but they are under no obligation to do so. You can read more about Green Economy on their website: https://www.greeneconomy.co.uk/

FOR A MORE DETAILED OVERVIEW OF THE PROJECT AND PROCUREMENT (INCLUDING DEADLINES) PLEASE READ OUR FIND A TENDER SERVICE UK4 NOTICE:
www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/028781-2026 (Notice identifier: 2026/S 000-028781)

How to obtain and submit documents:
The Council’s uses The Chest e-tendering system https://www.the-chest.org.uk/

Tender documentation must be obtained via The Chest. Project Reference: DN748209.

Tender responses must be returned, and any CLARIFICATIONS/QUESTIONS raised, through this same system. Please avoid using the commercial.procurementunit@oldham.gov.uk email address.

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