Collective purchasing scheme for domestic low-carbon technologies – Preliminary Market Engagement

Procurement reference

26-010ANW

Procurement description

The North Wales Corporate Joint Committee, known as Ambition North Wales, leading on behalf of the six North Wales local authorities, are exploring opportunities to secure a delivery partner to establish and operate a regional collective purchasing scheme for domestic low-carbon technologies.

Project HARP (Home Adoption of Renewables Programme) aims to help homeowners and other eligible residents, as well as SMEs and local community centres, purchase high-quality installations at cheaper competitive prices through a supported group-purchasing model. The scheme will support delivery of Local Area Energy Plans and wider regional and national decarbonisation objectives.

The anticipated technology scope comprises:

• Solar photovoltaic systems

• Battery energy storage systems

• Electric vehicle charging infrastructure

• Associated equipment, warranties, customer support and aftercare

The North Wales area covers the local authority areas of Conwy, Denbighshire, Flintshire, Gwynedd, Isle of Anglesey and Wrexham.

Main category

Services

Delivery regions

• UKL11 - Isle of Anglesey
• UKL12 - Gwynedd
• UKL13 - Conwy and Denbighshire
• UKL23 - Flintshire and Wrexham

Total value (estimated)

1494725.00 GBP Excluding VAT

1793670.00 GBP Including VAT

Contract dates (estimated)

15 February 2027, 00:00AM to 14 February 2030, 23:59PM

Extension end date (if all the extensions are used): 14 February 2032

Ambition North Wales

Is this procurement under a special regime?

Concession

Is the total value above threshold?

Below threshold

CPV classifications

• 71314000 - Energy and related services
• 09330000 - Solar energy
• 79342000 - Marketing services
• 31440000 - Batteries
• 31158000 - Chargers
• 79421000 - Project-management services other than for construction work
• 31712331 - Photovoltaic cells

Delivery regions

• UKL11 - Isle of Anglesey
• UKL12 - Gwynedd
• UKL13 - Conwy and Denbighshire
• UKL23 - Flintshire and Wrexham

Sustainability

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)

Voluntary, community and social enterprises (VCSE)

Contract start date (estimated)

15 February 2027, 00:00AM

Contract end date (estimated)

14 February 2030, 23:59PM

Extension end date (estimated)

14 February 2032, 23:59PM

Can the contract be extended?

Yes

Engagement process description

Ambition North Wales is investigating the potential of engaging a delivery partner with technical and marketing expertise to run collective purchasing schemes for domestic low-carbon technologies as part of a joint exercise with 6 Local Authorities.

The aim of such an initiative would be to enable homeowners in owner-occupier properties to install high-quality in scope renewable energy products at a reduced price from trusted installers.

The delivery partner will be expected to:

• work with the 6 local authorities to maximise customer access to the scheme

• Design and deliver targeted and bilingual resident marketing, including direct mail and wider promotional activity.

• Provide a secure registration platform and manage the customer journey from registration to installation and aftercare.

• Recruit, qualify and manage appropriately accredited installers with the capacity to deliver across North Wales.

• Operate a reverse auction or equivalent group-purchasing process to secure competitive offers.

• Manage technical quality, customer service, complaints, warranties, defect rectification and installer contingencies.

• Provide performance, risk, customer satisfaction, carbon and local economic benefit reporting.

Ambition North Wales sees this opportunity operating as a services concession arrangement.

This Preliminary Market Engagement Notice does not guarantee any future procurement activity. Responses will inform our procurement strategy, which may or may not include a future competitive tender process.

Ambition North Wales would like to hear from interested organisations with their views on the opportunity.

A questionnaire has been created to understand the market’s interest in the opportunity. The questionnaire for completion can be found at the following url. Please copy and paste into your browser:

https://forms.cloud.microsoft/e/NN8WL18ajA

If you have any trouble accessing the questionnaire, please contact us at the email address given and we can send you a word version to complete.

Please provide your response to the questionnaire by the 07/10/2026

Due date

07 October 2026, 23:59PM

Has the engagement period already ended?

No

Publication date of tender notice (estimated)

03 December 2026