# Soft Market Test: Power Purchase Agreement \(PPA\) for Quorn Solar Farm

> Pre-procurement notice from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Leicestershire County Council](/buyers/leicestershire-county-council/contract-awards)
- Tender value: £10,000,000
- Published: 7 November 2022
- Planned start: 1 June 2023
- Planned end: 31 May 2028
- Stage: pre_procurement
- Notice ID: 10d0d29d-120b-4058-a999-c49bee8780a3-587574
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-05c88284-d3a9-43c3-8aa7-0d963cf7af6d

## Description

Leicestershire County Council "the Council" is undertaking a Soft Market Testing \(SMT\) exercise to understand how to maximise the benefit from its investment into a solar farm currently planned to be completed by Autumn 2023\. The site is expected to generate approximately 10,000 MWh of electricity which would be fed directly into the energy grid\. The grid connection with Western Power Distribution has been previously secured\. The Council has set out several questions that it is seeking information on from the industry to help the Council determine how it should approach procuring a PPA and to maximise the return on its investment in constructing a solar farm\. At this stage it is soft market test only and NOT A CALL FOR COMPETITION Solar farm location: Poole Farm, Barrow Road, Quorn, LE12 8EN Estimated value and market approach date given in this notice are indicative and subject to change\. Value will be dependent on the approach, contract duration and various other factors, some of which are considered by this market test\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/10d0d29d-120b-4058-a999-c49bee8780a3-587574)