Official UK procurement notice
Exeter District Heating Network Prior Information Notice
Authority: University of Exeter (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe public sector anchor institutions of Exeter (Exeter City Council, University of Exeter, Exeter College, Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS FT) wish to work collaboratively to find a city-wide low carbon energy solution that is cost effective and resilient.
Our organisations have made commitments through a Civic Partnership Agreement to deliver a net zero solution for the city by 2030, commitments which are aligned to national government driven decarbonisation targets. All low carbon technologies are in-scope In this exercise although we are particularly interested in district heating solutions.
The current combined energy consumption of the partners in-scope is estimated to be around 60 GWH per annual.
CPV: Commissioning of heating installations · District heating boiler · District-heating mains construction work · District-heating plant construction work
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1The stakeholder group are interested in hearing from existing or new energy companies…Planned
The stakeholder group are interested in hearing from existing or new energy companies working in the sustainable energy sector how a system approach to delivering low carbon heat could be applied to Exeter.
The current combined energy consumption of the partners in-scope is estimated to be around 60 GWH per annual.
The group would welcome a short document of no more than 4 pages of A4 identifying:
- The potential for a city-wide low carbon energy solution,
- A statement supporting why the technology is likely to represent good value for money to the tax-payer
- Estimated timescales for delivery of your approach
- The operational longevity of your approach and ability to retrofit emerging technologies to it
- The typical financial models you use to deliver schemes
- Your organisations experience and skill in developing and implementing a solution to this challenge.
Interested parties should submit their document via the University of Exeter CTM portal as a response to project ref: DHN - 001. Additional information: This Prior Information Notice is published on behalf of the below key stakeholders
Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust: Barrack Rd, Exeter
Exeter College: Hele Rd, Exeter
Exeter City Council: Paris St, Exeter
Devon County Council: Topsham Rd, Exeter
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Works
- Notice status
- Past planning notice
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 31 Aug 2023, 14:21 BST
- Last source update
- 31 Aug 2023, 14:21 BST
- Authority reference
DHN - 001- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-025631- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03f881Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
31 Aug 2023 → 3 Jul 2024 · 2 dates- Notice published31 Aug 2023, 14:21 BST
- Tender notice expected3 Jul 2024, 00:00 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.