Official UK procurement notice
Bradford Heat Network - Magistrates Court - Supply Agreement
Authority: Ministry of Justice (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionCommercial supply agreement for the provision of heating and hot water to Bradford Magistrates Court via the Bradford Heat Network
CPV: District heating
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
Direct award contract for the provision of district heating and hot water to Bradford Magistrates Court, with a duration of 20 years. This is to be supplied following connection to the Bradford Heat Network.
This agreement covers ongoing supply of district heating and hot water only. A separate contract was signed for works related to connection to the heat network.
Purchasing heat from district heat operators is a key plank in decarbonising the MOJ and HMCTS estates and contributes to achieving the Greening Government Commitments (GGC) and the MOJ’s ambition to achieve net zero carbon by 2050 or earlier.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 12 Jan 2024, 15:54 GMT
- Last source update
- 12 Jan 2024, 15:54 GMT
- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-001144- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-042cd3Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator due to absence of competition for technical reasons
- Published justification
The contract is being direct awarded on grounds that competition is absent for technical reasons. There is only one district heating network available in Bradford. This is in accordance with Regulation 32(2)(b)(ii) of the PCR 2015.
Publisher note: TRANSPARENCY HM Government requires that tender documentation issued by Government departments for contracts with a value exceeding £10,000 over the life of the contract are published online [https://www.contractfinder.businesslink,gov.uk] for the general public. The resulting contract shall also be published. The Ministry of Justice may use its discretion to redact information to protect key commercial interests or on prescribed grounds. Therefore, bidders who wish information not to be published if successful should secure agreement with the Ministry of Justice prior to submission. Only documentation relating to awarded contracts will be published. Key commercial interests would be trade secrets and commercial interests which would be prejudiced by publication, following the tests in section 43 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000. http://www.justice.gov.uk/downloads/information-access-rights/foi/foi-s43-exemptions.pdf The prescribed grounds for redaction are: (a) national security (b) personal data (c) information protected by intellectual property law; (d) information which it is not in the public interest to disclose (following the tests under the Freedom of Information Act 2000) (e) third party confidential information (f) IT security; or (g) prevention of fraud
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| bradford energy Limited | £3,100,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 001144-2024-1 · bradford energy Limited
- Signed
- 14 Dec 2023
- Value
- £3,100,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- The High Court of England and WalesReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Bradford Energy LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.