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Lancaster City Council is seeking to appoint a supplier to deliver an integrated Electric Vehicle (EV) Charge Point Hub at Auction Mart Car Park, Thurnham Street, Lancaster, LA1 1XU. The installation will include: -EV charge points -Solar canopies -Battery storage

Lancaster City Council (LCC) declared a Climate Emergency on 30th January 2019. The council’s climate change declaration commits the council to Net Zero by 2030. The LCC Decarbonisation Project will deliver heat decarbonisation and energy efficiency measures across three sites in Lancaster – Williamson Park (Ashton Memorial and Butterfly House), The Storey and City Lab. The project will consist of two work packages, Work Package 1 (WP1) will contain design from RIBA Stage 4, planning and contractor procurement. Work Package 2 (WP2) will include delivery, installation, commissioning and handover. The appointed contractor will be expected to provide the following construction works at RIBA Stage 5 and 6 (Work Package 2): · Deliver the goods and or provide services/deliver the works at Williamson Park, Quernmore Road, Lancaster LA1 1UX; The Storey, 2 Meeting House Lane, Town Centre, Lancaster, LA1 1TH; City Lab 406 Dalton Square, Lancaster, LA1 1PP. · Work Package 2 will involve the full construction and installation of the decarbonisation and energy efficiency measures, covering RIBA Stage 5 (Construction) and RIBA Stage 6 (Handover and Close Out). This includes the installation of Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs), new radiators, pipework modifications, and LED lighting upgrades. · The contractor will be expected to deliver the works in accordance with the specifications set out in RIBA Stage 4, with a focus on quality, efficiency, and adherence to the agreed timeline. The main contract is subject to obtaining all necessary planning consents. The responsibility for securing these consents will primarily rest with the Council. The contractor must be aware that no construction works, particularly any equipment ordering or significant on-site activities, can commence until all planning permissions are secured. The timeline for the project may be extended if planning approvals are delayed. Coordination with external parties, may also impact the timing of planning approvals and should be factored into the project delivery plan. If planning consent is not obtained within a reasonable time, the Council reserves the right to activate the break clause and re-tender the works if necessary. The project is partially funded through the Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme (PSDS), and the key funding condition is that the project must be fully delivered, reach Practical Completion (PC), and be signed off by the end of January 2026. This is the final deadline for the project, and all works must be completed, tested, commissioned, and handed over before this date to ensure compliance with funding requirements. Failure to meet the end of January 2026 deadline will result in the loss of funding, and the contractor must plan their work accordingly to avoid any delays that could jeopardise the project’s completion within the required timeframe. It is essential that any bids received are compliant with the Council’s time constraints. Ridge & Partners LLP has been appointed by Lancaster City Council as the MEP consultants for the decarbonisation and energy efficiency upgrades at Williamson Park, The Storey, and City Lab. R&Ps role encompasses design, contract administration, and overall project management, ensuring that the project is delivered to the highest standards in terms of sustainability, energy efficiency, and quality. Full details including expected timelines are attached to the advert.

Following confirmation of Eden's £50M Levelling Up Funding bid, expressions of interest are sought for a regeneration development opportunity on Morecambe's seafront. The previous EOI received good interest. However, most responses were housing led with an ancillary hotel and leisure component. With Eden now confirmed, the council is keen to understand the potential for a greater focus on leisure.

Expressions of interest are sought from all sectors of the market for this exciting development opportunity in one of the most prominent prime seafront locations in Morecambe. Located 250 metres west of the iconic Midland Hotel and the site of the proposed Eden Project North, offering 3 hectares of land with 200 metres of frontage overlooking Morecambe Bay and across to the Lake District fells. Full documentation is available via the link to the Chest system.

Leveraging the development of Eden Project Morecambe, Lancaster City Council and Lancashire County Council (the councils) have high aspirations for Morecambe. The councils are working with a multi-disciplinary professional services team to establish the basis to drive positive change within Central Morecambe over the next decade. The aim is to enhance its role as a local service centre and boost its commercial, cultural and leisure offer. The councils have issued a Pre Market Engagement Notice and Request for Information to seek to understand market appetite for bringing forward development, the opportunities and challenges faced and how these may be overcome.

Leveraging the development of Eden Project Morecambe, Lancaster City Council and Lancashire County Council (the councils) have high aspirations for Morecambe. The councils are working with a multi-disciplinary professional services team to establish the basis to drive positive change within Central Morecambe over the next decade. The aim is to enhance its role as a local service centre and boost its commercial, cultural and leisure offer. The councils seek to understand market appetite for bringing forward development, the opportunities and challenges faced and how these may be overcome.

Leveraging the development of Eden Project Morecambe, Lancaster City Council and Lancashire County Council (the councils) have high aspirations for Morecambe. The councils are working with a multi-disciplinary professional services team to establish the basis to drive positive change within Central Morecambe over the next decade. The aim is to enhance its role as a local service centre and boost its commercial, cultural and leisure offer. The councils seek to understand market appetite for bringing forward development, the opportunities and challenges faced and how these may be overcome.

Lancaster City Council has issued a pre-market engagement notice and a Request for Information (RFI) to understand the market interest and capacity of interested parties in taking forward the 0.9ha Coopers Fields site within Lancaster’s Canal Quarter regeneration area to deliver a mix of affordable and social housing in line with its adopted objectives. The council is particularly keen to hear from Registered Providers (RPs), developers with registered provider status in their business group, those with demonstrable capacity to partner with RPs, or those who are interested and may not fit in the above categories but would still be capable of delivering the same outcomes. The regeneration of the Canal Quarter area is critical to enhancing Lancaster’s role as a sub-regional centre and boosting its housing, commercial, cultural and leisure offer. Our ambitious vision is for a vibrant, sustainable and active Canal Quarter, integrated with the Lancaster Canal and served by areas of new public open space. A Quarter where contemporary development and hidden heritage can combine to create a diverse residential, commercial, cultural and recreational neighbourhood. Feedback is required to assist in identifying the site’s potential opportunities, risks and constraints, with the intention of informing a future procurement and / or disposal strategy to secure the best delivery model for a successful outcome.

Lancaster City Council is launching this Preliminary Market Engagement (PME) to seek responses from developers and investors on potential partnership and investment structures to help shape and lead the delivery of two mayor housing schemes. The Council seeks partnership approaches that bring forward investment, delivery expertise, and innovative funding and risk-sharing solutions and bridge viability challenges in the early years of operation. This PME is designed to explore opportunities for partnership that will enable immediate delivery and bring forward the Council’s long-term regeneration respectively for: Skerton School is a planning-approved scheme for around 135 affordable and social homes. It is ready to proceed either as a stand-alone development or as the enabling first phase of the Mainway regeneration. The Council is seeking a partner to lead delivery of this scheme, providing the additionality and decant capacity needed to support a rolling programme of renewal at Mainway and to establish early delivery momentum. Mainway Estate Regeneration is a long-term regeneration and investment opportunity. The emerging masterplan envisions up to 400 new dwellings across a mixed tenure development, delivered through phased regeneration with the opportunities to incorporate our Council Housing building ambitions within wider partner-led regeneration and redevelopment of the estate. Together, Skerton and Mainway present an opportunity for partners lead delivery of a planning-ready scheme and the long-term investment in a transformational regeneration programme