Published date: 5 February 2021

Last edited date: 10 February 2021

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 9 March 2021, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • District heating - 09323000

  • Metering instruments - 38410000

  • Heat-exchange units, air-conditioning and refrigerating equipment, and filtering machinery - 42510000

    • Heat-exchange units - 42511100

    • Heat pumps - 42511110

    • District heating boiler - 42515000

    • Construction work - 45000000

    • Site preparation work - 45100000

    • Building construction work - 45210000

    • Construction work for pipelines, communication and power lines, for highways, roads, airfields and railways; flatwork - 45230000

    • General construction work for pipelines - 45231100

    • Installation of pipe system - 45231112

    • District-heating mains construction work - 45232140

    • Construction works for plants, mining and manufacturing and for buildings relating to the oil and gas industry - 45250000

    • District-heating plant construction work - 45251250

    • Building installation work - 45300000

    • Billing system - 48444100

    • Electricity distribution and related services - 65300000

    • Operation of electrical installations - 65320000

    • Other sources of energy supplies and distribution - 65400000

    • Meter reading service - 65500000

    • Pipeline-design services - 71322200

    • Electrical power systems design services - 71323100

    • Plant engineering design services - 71323200

    • Other services - 98390000

Location of contract

B91 3QB

Value of contract

£0 to £80,000,000

Procurement reference

SOL - 10168

Published date

5 February 2021

Closing date

9 March 2021

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

2 January 2022

Contract end date

2 January 2037

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Competitive dialogue (above threshold)

Tenders are invited from pre-qualified suppliers after discussion of requirements and potential solutions.

This procedure can be used for procurements above the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

The Council wishes to procure a contractor to design, build, operate (including metering and billing) and maintain a low carbon energy network in Solihull town centre for the supply of heat and electricity to both the Council and a number of public and private sector customers. The scheme will be delivered in a number of phases. Phase 1 is for the town centre low carbon energy network, which has a delivered heat supply of 14 gigawatt hours and 6.1 gigawatt hours of electricity per annum . It is anticipated that Phase 2 and future new masterplan developments will have a total estimated heat supply of 50 gigawatt hours and 6.6 gigawatt hours of electricity per annum . Funding for Phase 1 of the project will be provided through a mixture of public sector funding sources. Other sources of funding including funding or investment by the appointed contractor may be utilised for further phases of the project at the discretion of the Council.

More information

Additional text

The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at

www.csw-jets.co.uk

Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address

Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted electronically via

www.csw-jets.co.uk

Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No

About the buyer

Contact name

Dan Haynes

Address

Manor Square
Solihull
Solihull
B91 3QB
United Kingdom

Telephone

0121 704 6583

Email

dan.haynes@solihull.gov.uk