Published date: 13 May 2024

Last edited date: 25 March 2025

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 4 April 2024, 11am

Contract summary

Industry

  • Research and development consultancy services - 73200000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£2,076,720

Procurement reference

tender_411947/1350326

Published date

13 May 2024

Closing date

4 April 2024

Closing time

11am

Contract start date

26 April 2024

Contract end date

31 October 2025

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Call-off from a dynamic purchasing system

A mini-competition or direct purchase from a pre-established dynamic purchasing system.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

**Please note this is an award notice, not a competition. This contract has been awarded via the Crown Commercial Services - RM6313 - Demand Management and Renewables DPS **

The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero has a requirement to appoint a supplier to support the design and operation of the Heat Network
Technical Assurance Scheme (HNTAS) pilot programme.


The Energy Act 2023 provides for Ofgem to be appointed as regulator of the heat networks sector and grants Ofgem the power to authorise individuals to operate heat
networks and undertake supply activity. Ofgem will grant authorisation to a heat network operator, provided that the operator's network meets certain authorisation conditions. The
Energy Act provides for compliance with minimum technical standards to be included as one of these conditions. This lays the foundation for technical standards secondary
legislation which is expected to come into force in 2025 to introduce mandated minimum technical standards for heat networks (e.g. mandating requirements on water flow
temperatures, pipe insulation, etc). All heat networks (existing and new) across a range of different characteristics (large city sized district heating to single block communal
networks) will be in scope of this requirement.

To promote compliance with these minimum technical standards, we are developing a Heat Network Technical Assurance Scheme (HNTAS). The technical specification
which sets out the minimum technical standards that heat network suppliers will need to adhere to, and that will be subject to assurance, is being written and is expected to be
completed in early 2024. Work is also underway to develop the assurance processes themselves, i.e. the procedures to assess compliance. Together, the technical
specification and assurance processes represent normative documents, i.e. a set of documents describing what heat suppliers must do. Once legislation is in place, it is intended
to designate these normative documents as a Code, adherence to which will be required in regulation.

More information

Attachments

Award information

Awarded date

26 April 2024

Contract start date

26 April 2024

Contract end date

31 October 2025

Total value of contract

£2,076,720

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Gemserv Limited

Address

2nd Floor 77 Gracechurch Street London EC3V 0AS

Reference

Companies House number: 04419878

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Contact name

Buildings and Energy

Address

Polaris House, North Star Avenue
SWINDON
SN2 1FF
England

Telephone

01793867005

Email

fmprocurement@uksbs.co.uk

Website

www.uksbs.co.uk