In its pre-tender document, Lincolnshire says that the use of lots has not been determined as a definite requirement, but may be considered at a later stage.
A pre-tender document issued by the council says the estimated value of the deal is between £100m and £150m over five years.
A spokesperson told GC News that as it is currently reviewing its spending, the pre-tender will now have to go through additional processes to get approval from the board, which will "most likely" decide in September.
This is likely to be an area of growth in the future for suppliers, though it is interesting to note the pre-tender information breaks with past tradition and looks to award separate lots".
It has published a pre-tender notice in the Official Journal of the European Union asking for supplier feedback on the possibilities in a range of technology areas, taking in hardware, software, communications equipment, networks and installation services.
Lincolnshire's chief information officer, Judith Hetherington Smith, said the pre-tender document would drive a series of preliminary discussions, with options on the table including the possibility of some services being delivered in-house.
The process includes pre-qualification, technical and financial evaluation, key issues in the Terms of Reference, pre-tender meeting, tender's design-supervision consultant, and critical contract clauses.
Pre-tender Consultation with RUTF Manufacturers in Copenhagen on Wednesday 1 July and Thursday 2 July 2015 UNICEF Supply Division hosted a LNS Industry Consultation and Pre-bid Conference with RUTF Manufacturers in Copenhagen on 1 and 2 July 2015.
It found that companies which completed tender pre-qualification questionnaires had a one-in-36 chance of securing new work.
This reduces the cost for business case proposals, pre-dimensioning and tender specifications of small-scale power generation systems for low temperature heat sources.
An early report of the research highlighted, in fact, a precise structure of contents both for pre-design (until tender) and for execution-phase design based on a systematic approach.
