MARKET OPPORTUNITY INFORMATION NOTICE Central Heating Fund (DECC funded)

Contract summary

Industry

• Residential property renting or leasing services - 70210000

Location of contract

South West

Value of contract

£500,000 to £1,300,000

Procurement reference

AB1

Published date

3 September 2018

Closing date

16 October 2015

Contract start date

1 November 2015

Contract end date

30 June 2016

Contract type

Not applicable

Procedure type

Not specified

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

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Description

Cornwall Council, as lead applicant for the Cornwall Consortium, submitted a bid on 5 June, 2015, to the Department of Energy and Climate Change ("DECC") for £1.3m of the £25m Central Heating Fund.
"The primary purpose of the Central Heating Fund is to incentivise the installation of first time central heating systems in fuel poor households who do not use mains gas as their primary heating fuel....Rural provision - ...some of the most severely fuel poor households are those without a mains gas connection in rural locations" DECC Central Heating Fund guidance.
The homes (social housing) eligible for the bid are as follows:
a recipient who is in or at risk of being in "Fuel Poverty" residing in property "G" rated;
a domestic premises (dwelling) which is not currently using gas as the primary heating fuel; and
where a "Central Heating System" would be installed for the "first time" in the property.
DECC confirmed the allocation of £1.3m to Cornwall Consortium, matched by £1m from the bid partners on 2 September 2015, to be invested by 30 June 2016.

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More information

Previous notice about this procurement

MARKET OPPORTUNITY INFORMATION NOTICE Central Heating Fund (DECC funded)

• Opportunity
• Published 5 October 2015

Attachments

• Cornwall Consortium Central Heating Fund Expression of Interest Form.docx
• Expression of Interest Form

Additional text

This opportunity is aimed Registered Providers currently managing Social Housing within Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.
If you are a Registered Social Landlord, operating within Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, that has eligible homes and are interested in exploring the potential eligibility for the above funding, please complete the initial expression of interest form, that can be downloaded via the attachment above, and send it electoronically only to Public Health, by the required deadline of close of business on 16th October, 2015.

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Award information

Awarded date

15 October 2015

Contract start date

1 November 2015

Contract end date

30 June 2016

Total value of contract

£1,300,000

This contract was awarded to 6 suppliers.

Coastline Housing Limited

Devon and Cornwall Housing Limited

Guinness Partnership

Cornwall Housing Limited

Community Energy Plus

SSE Enterprise

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About the buyer

Contact name

Anthony Ball

Address

Public Health Cornwall Council / Council of the Isles of Scilly
E1, New County Hall, Treyew Road
Truro
TR1 3AY
England

Email

phdesk@cornwall.gov.uk