Official UK procurement notice
Framework Agreement for Energy Infrastructure Improvement projects supporting the delivery of Net Zero targets
Authority: Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Countess of Chester Hospital Commercial Procurement Services (CPS) seek to procure and manage a framework of capable contractors to provide initial and ongoing net zero energy related resilience and service improvements to the public sector in the UK.
The proposed framework will cover onsite comprehensive initial and ongoing low carbon energy efficient infrastructure services, improvement, and upgrades to existing or new facilities (LOT1) coupled with one of the main routes to net zero which are available in the UK, namely geothermal energy (LOT2), green district heating energy (LOT3), hydrogen or biogas delivery (LOT4), combined lot when awarded onto 2 or more of Lots 1-4 (LOT5). The proposed lot structure is subject to change following the pre-market engagement.
This notice is for pre-engagement only and seeks market feedback concerning the proposed public sector building net zero framework agreement in energy management for capable suppliers to propose, design, and contract to take public buildings to net zero.
This will be subject to Cabinet Office approval.
Please email info@coch-cps.co.uk to express interest in taking part in this early engagement exercise.
Note that this is NOT a call for competition. If we decide to go ahead with the framework, we will publish a separate notice. The purpose of this Early Engagement notice is to conduct preliminary market consultation, with a view to preparing a procurement. Suppliers participating in this market consultation are not guaranteed to receive either an invitation to tender (if invitations to tender are issued), or a place on any framework agreement which may be awarded following an invitation to tender.
CPV: Building installation work · Cooling and ventilation equipment · Electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting · Electricity, heating, solar and nuclear energy · Engineering services · Financial and insurance services · Hydrogen · Installation services of electrical and mechanical equipment · Methane · Other sources of energy supplies and distribution · Repair and maintenance services of building installations · Well-drilling and production services · +1 more
How this framework works
From the published notice- Framework period
- 8 yrs from 1 Mar 2026
The lotProcurement structure
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How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
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How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
- “Framework Agreement for Energy Infrastructure Improvement projects…” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Past planning notice
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 25 Sept 2025, 16:27 BST
- Last source update
- 25 Sept 2025, 16:27 BST
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-059853- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05a279Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
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Timeline
25 Sept 2025 → 1 Mar 2026 · 3 dates- Planning notice published397 days ago25 Sept 2025, 16:27 BST
- Market engagement366 days ago25 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST
Please email info@coch-cps.co.uk to express interest in taking part in this early engagement exercise.
Note that this is NOT a call for competition. If we decide to go ahead with the framework, we will publish a separate notice.
The purpose of this Early Engagement notice is to conduct preliminary market consultation, with a view to preparing a procurement.
Suppliers participating in this market consultation are not guaranteed to receive either an invitation to tender (if invitations to tender are issued), or a place on any framework agreement which may be awarded following an invitation to tender.
- Contract starts240 days ago1 Mar 2026
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published25 Sept 2025, 16:27 BSTUK2
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 (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender