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ClosedStage · tender

Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council

Bolton Heat Network & Advanced Zonal Program

UtilitiesCPV 65400000
Value£57.5m
Deadline31 Oct 2025
Published11 Sept 2025
RegionNationwide
Timeline
Published 11 Sept 2025ClosedCloses 31 Oct 2025
Who to contact
corporate.procurement@bolton.gov.uk

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

How to submit

www.the-chest.org.uk

The submission route named on the official notice.

Contract value in context
£57.5mtotal contract value
median £302k
this tender£0£62.1m

This is a large award for Public Utilities — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 826 valued Public Utilities tenders in our corpus.

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The brief

Bolton 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.

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Source & provenance
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-054f65
Stage
tender · Open
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
055972-2025
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