Official UK procurement notice
Coventry Heat Network - Development Agreement
Authority: Ministry of Justice (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionUnder this project, the supplier will carry out design development up to RIBA Stage 3 to extend the Coventry “Heatline” district heating network to the Ministry of Justice’s Magistrates and Combined Courts. The scope includes planning buried district heating mains along St John’s Street, integrating new branches into the Authority’s plantrooms, and designing substation skids with plate heat exchangers, valves, metering, and controls. It also covers hydraulic calculations, mechanical and electrical schematics, control panel specifications, and coordination of interfaces to ensure a buildable, efficient, and reliable solution for low-carbon heat supply.
There is an option for RIBA Stage 4 to be delivered in the contract, however where this option is taken, the value of the contract is a maximum of the published contract value of £156,000 (inc. VAT) and there is no further option for a scope increase beyond this.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedProcedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Direct award
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- 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
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 10 Dec 2025, 10:00 GMT
- Last source update
- 15 Apr 2026, 10:00 BST
- Authority reference
prj_14907- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-034031- Latest notice
- Contract termination notice (UK11)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05f276Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Single Suppliers Technical Reasons
- Published justification
Ministry of Justice is seeking to connect its Coventry Magistrates and Combined Courts to the Coventry “Heatline” heat network. Coventry District Energy Company Limited is the network operator. Extending this network to the two Coventry court buildings requires integration with proprietary infrastructure, existing technical standards, and operational systems controlled exclusively by Coventry District Energy Company Limited. The scope of the design activities includes hydraulic modelling, substation skid design, and electrical/control integration, all of which depend on access to data in which Coventry District Energy Company Limited is the holder. No other supplier can technically deliver these design services without access to this data network and its intellectual property. Alternative solutions such as installing a separate heating system would involve entirely different infrastructure (rather than integration with the existing heat network system) and higher costs.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
19 Dec 2025 → 15 Apr 2026 · 2 dates- Standstill ends311 days ago19 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Notice published194 days ago15 Apr 2026, 10:00 BST
Notice history
5 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 10 Dec 2025- Transparency notice published10 Dec 2025, 10:00 GMTUK5
- Contract award notice published10 Dec 2025, 10:03 GMTUK6
- Contract signature expected22 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMTscheduled
- Contract details notice published20 Jan 2026, 16:34 GMTUK7
- Contract termination notice published15 Apr 2026, 10:00 BSTUK11
Routine re-releases (4)
- 2025-12: 1 release · 10 Dec 2025
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coventry District Energy Company LtdSME22 Dec 2025 – 27 Feb 2026Options: There is an option to extend the scope of the contract for RIBA Stage 4 to be delivered. However, where this option is taken, the value of the contract is a maximum of the published contract value of £156,000 (incl VAT) and there is no further option for a scope increase beyond this. | £130,000 | 26 Nov 2025 | Awarded |
Contracts
Coventry Heat Network – Development Agreement · Coventry District Energy Company LtdSME
- Signed
- 20 Jan 2026
- Value
- £130,000
- Period
- 21 Jan 2026 – 27 Feb 2026
- Status
- terminated
- Options
- There is an option to extend the scope of the contract for RIBA Stage 4 to be delivered. However, where this option is taken, the value of the contract is a maximum of the published contract value of £156,000 (incl VAT) and there is no further option for a scope increase beyond this.
- Final value
- £130,000
- Termination
- contractCompleted
No agreed KPIs: Procurement value is under £5 million
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Coventry District Energy Company LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract termination notice Contract termination notice on Find a Tender
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender