Land North East of Thornycroft Roundabout, Basingstoke. Expressions of Interest Sought for a Battery Storage Facility

Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council "the Council" is considering future use options for a site within its ownership, situated north east of the Thornycroft Roundabout in Basingstoke. The site is coloured blue on the site plan provided.

The council wishes to assess whether the site is suitable for a battery storage facility, which could take surplus electricity from the network and then release the electricity, when there is a shortage of supply.

The council is therefore seeking expressions of interest from parties interested in providing and managing such a facility, and the likely terms and arrangements upon which parties would deliver the project. This would be on the basis that the operator would enter into a lease arrangement with the council, on detailed terms to be agreed.

A description of the site and basis of any lease is set out within the project documentation. Interested parties must register their interest in this opportunity via the South East Business Portal (ProContract) to view this additional information.

Once registered, interested parties wishing to submit their formal expression of interest in this project should respond by completing the Expression of Interest form.

Parties should note that, in line with the Councils Disposal of Land Standing Orders the council will not be obliged to consider any submitted expression of interest further, nor will it be required to undertake any marketing exercise following consideration of any expression of interest received. These documents do not form part of any offer or contract.

Additional information: The Council is utilising an electronic tendering tool to manage this expression of interest stage and communicate with interested parties. Accordingly, there will be no hard copy documents issued to parties and all communications with the Council, including the submission of Expression of Interest Forms, will be conducted via the ProContract system, which can be accessed using the following link: http://sebp.due-north.com

For the information of interested parties, advice on accessing the system is available using the following link: https://supplierhelp.due-north.com

If you need further assistance using the ProContract system please contact the PROACTIS support team quoting project ID: DN318109

Email ProContractSuppliers@proactis.com OR log a support call directly using the following link: http://proactis.kayako.com/procontractv3/Core/Default/Index