Published date: 9 January 2025

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


Closing: 23 September 2024, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Energy and related services - 71314000

  • Legal advisory services - 79111000

  • Health services - 85100000

Location of contract

SE1 9RT

Value of contract

£34,000

Procurement reference

CF-2764400D0O000000rwimUAA

Published date

9 January 2025

Closing date

23 September 2024

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

16 December 2024

Contract end date

31 October 2025

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Competitive quotation (below threshold)

The buyer selects a group of potential suppliers to invite to tender.

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

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

The Trust aimed to decarbonise its energy supply at St Thomas' Hospital and potentially across its wider estate, including Guy's site, Brompton, and Harefield hospitals.

This involved transitioning from gas-based systems to air-source heat pumps, with the goal of sourcing heat from a private sector organisation under an Energy Service Company (ESCO) arrangement, similar to a District Heat Network.

The total estimated cost of the project was approximately £60 million. The Trust intended to invite private capital and enter into a long-term agreement to purchase heat from the selected ESCO while enabling them to operate on Trust premises.

GSTT sought legal services to support the procurement and implementation of an Energy as a Service (EaaS) solution.

The project progressed to the Outline Business Case stage internally within the Trust, and funding was secured from the Greater London Authority (GLA) and the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) for legal and procurement support through grant funding only. The Trust then prepared to enter the procurement phase.

Amberside Advisors were engaged for procurement and technical approach/strategy support, and additional legal and procurement oversight was required to ensure the process adhered to NHS regulations while seeking to secure the project's off-balance sheet status. Any option that did not allow for off-balance sheet treatment would not have been considered, and the Trust would have ceased the project immediately due to CDEL implications and its relation to the Trust's balance sheet.

Award information

Awarded date

16 December 2024

Contract start date

16 December 2024

Contract end date

31 October 2025

Total value of contract

£34,000

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Capsticks Solicitors LLP

Address

Wellington House, Wimbledon Hill Road SW19 7PA

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

About the buyer

Contact name

Kiah Bouwer

Address

Great Maze Pond
London
SE1 9RT
GB

Email

kbouwer@ecovategroup.com