# UKRI-2255 Direct Wire Solar Power Purchase Agreement for STFC

> Tender notice from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [UK Research & Innovation](/buyers/uk-research-innovation/contract-awards)
- Tender value: £50,000,000
- Published: 22 June 2022
- Planned start: 1 December 2022
- Planned end: 30 November 2047
- Stage: open_tender
- Procurement category: goods
- Notice ID: 12a556e8-86d8-4fd9-b652-a5e89b286f16-548501
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-c72f1f23-5024-45d8-ad30-ce466b786883

## Description

UK Research and Innovation \('UKRI'\) is planning to launch a procurement for a contract to supply electricity via direct wire solar Power Purchase Agreement \(PPA\) for the Science and Technology Facilities Council \('STFC'\)\. A contract of up to 25 years to supply electricity is being sought via direct wire due to grid capacity limitations at STFC's Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in Harwell, Oxfordshire\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/12a556e8-86d8-4fd9-b652-a5e89b286f16-548501)