How to win: Framework for the Design, Supply, and Installation of Solar PV in Operational Commercial Properties in Sunderland

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Sunderland City Council are seeking to appoint suitable and appropriately qualified and experienced Suppliers onto a Framework for the "Design, Supply and Installation of Solar PV Systems on Commercial Properties in Sunderland. (the Framework). The Framework will consist of 2 lots a) Lot 1: The Design, Supply and Installation of Solar PV in Commercial Properties in Sunderland up to 50Kwp. b) Lot 2: The Design, Supply and Installation of Solar PV in Commercial Properties in Sunderland Greater then 50Kwp. Suppliers may bid and be placed on one or both lots of the framework. Whilst the scope of the framework is structured predominantly for installations in operational commercial properties, the Authority may from time to time require an installation in a domestic property. In such instances the call off will be clearly identified as a domestic property installation and will be issued through the relevant framework lot. Depending on each of the individual call off requirements there may be a need for the inclusion of battery storage, and this will be incorporated into the Employers Requirements for each call off. Schemes called off from the Framework will be located within th

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• ✓Answer against the marking scheme, not the question text — Sunderland City Council scores each response, so map your evidence to the published criteria and weightings.
• ✓At £3,000,000, expect quality and social value to carry a large share of the score — price alone rarely wins works work.
• ✓Show recent, comparable delivery: name similar works contracts you've delivered for public bodies, with measurable outcomes.
• ✓Start early: it closes 8 June 2026 and a strong bid takes iteration.

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