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Awarded · ResultStage · contract

Greater Manchester Combined Authority

GMCA 1265.3 Consultancy Services relating to Energy Storage

R&DCPV 73000000
Value£99k
Awarded30 Jul 2025
Published19 Mar 2026
RegionLondon
Outcome — awarded

This is a contract result notice, not an open opportunity. Details from the official award data.

Contract value in context
£99ktotal contract value
median £66k
this tender£0£561k

This sits in the upper-middle of the Research & Development band — a substantial contract for the sector. Based on 20,405 valued Research & Development tenders in our corpus.

The brief

Consultancy services to undertake a study into the potential for battery storage in the GM region.

Specifically, what is likely to be needed from a system perspective, and what role the region (and the public sector) may play in delivering this capacity.

Contract duration of six months.

Market engagement took place in late 2024 / early 2025.

Procurement (mini competition) took place through Local Net Zero Accelerator (Finance Support Service) Dynamic Purchasing System.

Hosted on CPCA Procontract Portal via Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority.

Lot: Consultancy Service | Portfolio-Level Techno-Economic Analysis 34.

Requirements

What the notice asks for

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Procurement (mini competition) took place through Local

Procurement (mini competition) took place through Local Net Zero Accelerator (Finance Support Service) Dynamic Purchasing System.

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The gates

What this notice demands of you

2 named, none in explicit obligation language. Each one is quoted from the notice.

Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS)Frameworks & routes to market
Procurement (mini competition) took place through Local Net Zero Accelerator (Finance Support Service) Dynamic Purchasing System.
Net zero commitmentPolicies & commitments
Procurement (mini competition) took place through Local Net Zero Accelerator (Finance Support Service) Dynamic Purchasing System.

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Source & provenance
OCID
46971dc1-19c6-40a2-9759-a0bdceb39e7b
Stage
contract · Contract
Source
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Buyer ref
GMCA001-DN810524-96794863
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