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Phase 1 - Silicon Sands Campus

Descriptions

Blackpool Council is a unitary local authority providing public services to approximately 141,000 residents across 21 wards, making up the Borough of Blackpool.

 

Blackpool Council is procuring a third-party concessionaire to: (i) invest, develop and operate a 6MVA exemplar data centre (together with ancillary office accommodation); and (ii) to connect the heat generated from the data centre to a proposed local heat network within the Silicon Sands site at the Blackpool Airport Enterprise Zone.

 

Blackpool Council believes that by enabling the development of new digital infrastructure, major economic and social benefits can accrue, bringing significant skilled employment and educational opportunities for the local population and encouraging inward investment and growth in high-tech companies, including start-ups operating in AI systems, making Blackpool competitive in the digital economy.

 

Blackpool Council is procuring a concessions contract for the purposes of section 3(4) and section 8 of the Procurement Act 2023.

The term of the concessions contract will be 3 years (from June 2026), and the land will be made available on a 250 yearlong lease.

Timeline

Published Date :

21st Nov 2025 3 days ago

Deadline :

19th Dec 2025 in a 25 days

Contract Start :

14th Jun 2026

Contract End :

14th Jun 2099

Tender Regions

Keywords

district heating

centralised heating

urban heat network

communal heating

commercial building construction

retail facility build

business premises erection

commercial complex construction

corporate real-estate build

office‑retail development

FSBO structures

shopfront buildings

business unit development

commercial property build

heating pipeline installation

building heating system pipework

HVAC conduit build

radiators feed line construction

heating network erection

hot water distribution piping

comfort heat conduit installation

building heating main pipeline

thermal comfort line construction

heating services pipelaying

HVAC installation

heating system fit-out

ventilation duct setup

air-conditioning system installation

enterprise information platform

server infrastructure management

data center orchestration tool

server virtualization manager

client-server middleware

high-availability system platform

server lifecycle manager

service monitoring dashboard

server provisioning engine

system deployment suite

energy services

utility services

energy systems support

power services

utility management

energy efficiency

sustainable energy solutions

power systems services

energy infrastructure support

energy consultancy

infrastructure lifecycle control

IT performance supervision

helpdesk coordination

managed support frameworks

service desk implementation

hardware lifecycle tracking

network service routing

computer asset management

centralized IT monitoring

digital workflow control

network configuration

LAN/WAN setup

data transmission support

network architecture

secure communication infrastructure

connectivity solutions

IP routing services

wireless network deployment

network traffic control

enterprise network integration

Tender Lot Details

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Workflows

Status :

Open

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N/A

Suitable for SME :

Yes

Nationwide :

No

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Details

Notice Type :

Tender

Tender Identifier :

IT-378-246-T: 2024 - 001

Tenderbase ID :

310724019

Low Value :

£100K

High Value :

£1000K

Buyer Information

Address :

Liverpool Merseyside , Merseyside , L13 0BQ

Website :

N/A

Procurement contact

Name :

Tina Smith

Phone :

0151 252 3243

Email :

tina.smith@shared-ed.ac.uk

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