Community Energy School Solar Programme Tender - 138613454

Procurement Summary

Country: United Kingdom

Summary: Community Energy School Solar Programme

Deadline: 17 Apr 2026

Posting Date: 28 Mar 2026

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Notice Type: Tender

TOT Ref.No.: 138613454

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Competition: ICB

Financier: Self Financed

Purchaser Ownership: Public

Tender Value: Refer Document

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09330000 - Solar energy

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Tender Details

Essex County Council (ECC) is exploring a countywide programme to support the deployment of rooftop solar PV and other sustainability initiatives across the 556 schools in Essex, in collaboration with the local community energy sector. This programme would be successful if we were able to engage half of the total schools and develop delivery models appropriate to a variety of contexts and status for individual schools. Intended outcomes of the programme will be to significantly increase renewable generation across Essex through using the roof space on the school estate, lower schools' energy costs, provide opportunities for community ownership of renewable generation, and promote engagement and education on sustainability initiatives within schools. One clear priority of the programme is to engage and collaborate with the growing community energy sector in Essex and enable community investment and ownership of solar PV on schools. While our initial focus is on scaling renewable energy generation on the school estate, our ambition is to develop a more holistic programme that provides solutions across multiple decarbonisation and sustainability interventions. DfE and central government are placing greater emphasis on the role schools and education facilities can play in net zero and climate goals, so there is an opportunity to deliver additional benefit. ECC intends to procure a delivery partner (or consortium) with the expertise and capacity to work collaboratively with us, ...

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