Notice Information
Notice Title
Heat Network Opportunity at Granton Waterfront, Edinburgh
Notice Description
The City of Edinburgh Council (the Council) is seeking to procure the delivery of a low carbon heat network to serve the Granton Waterfront development and existing buildings in the surrounding area under a concession model. The Council wishes to identify a concessionaire with the most economically advantageous tender to design, build, finance, operate and maintain the low carbon heat network using a two-stage process. The successful tenderer will initially be appointed to work with the Council over a c.8 month period under a Pre-Development contract before a final business case for the project is made. This approach has been devised as part of the Council's procurement strategy to reduce the burden of tendering as much as possible on tenderers and to encourage collaboration, innovation, risk apportionment, and partnership between the Council and the concessionaire. This procurement includes the opportunity to supply heat from the low carbon heat network to: the Council; the other bodies identified in this contract notice; and any Registered Social Landlords with properties in the Granton Waterfront development or surrounding area. Further details are outlined within the procurement documents.
Lot Information
Lot 1
The City of Edinburgh Council (the Council) is seeking to procure the delivery of a low carbon heat network to serve the Granton Waterfront development and existing buildings in the surrounding area under a concession model. The Council wishes to identify a concessionaire with the most economically advantageous tender to design, build, finance, operate and maintain the low carbon heat network using a two-stage process. The Granton Waterfront development is anticipated to deliver around 3,500 homes (over 1,000 of them affordable), a primary school, a medical centre and over 9,000m2 of commercial space. Around 800 homes and 3,000m2 of commercial space are expected to be delivered as part of the first phase of the development. As part of the development and to work towards meeting the target of Edinburgh achieving net zero carbon by 2030, the council wishes to progress the delivery of a heat network that will supply cost-competitive low carbon heat to new and existing households and non-domestic properties throughout Granton Waterfront and the surrounding areas, where deemed viable. The current preferred solution identified for the low carbon heat network, following feasibility work and outline business case work is to source heat for the network from a wastewater source heat pump utilising heat from sewers. The network would utilise a sewage heat recovery system, with a ground-mounted solar PV array helping meet the system's electricity requirements. The heat would be distributed via a network of approximately 7km (depending on network routing and phasing of connections). The indicative network identified as the preferred option in the outline business case is the maximum potential scheme serving the core Granton Waterfront development plus additional customers to the south, west and east. This preferred option represents an annual heat demand of c.25,055 MWh. The successful bidder will initially be appointed to work with the Council over a c.8 month period under a Pre-Development contract culminating in a final business case for the project. This approach has been devised as part of the Council's procurement strategy to reduce the burden of tendering as much as possible on tenderers and to encourage collaboration, innovation, risk apportionment, and partnership between the Council and the concessionaire. Subject to final business case approval, the Council intends to enter into a concession agreement with the successful tenderer to design, build, finance, operate, maintain and supply heat from the heat network. The concession duration is subject to negotiation but is anticipated to be around 40 years. The concession agreement will require heat to be supplied to properties in the Granton Waterfront development with the first properties currently anticipated to be ready for occupation in September 2025. The concessionaire may also be required to incorporate a special purpose vehicle to deliver the heat network in which the Council is allotted a 'golden share' with voting rights attached. This procurement includes the opportunity to supply heat from the low carbon heat network to: the Council; the other bodies identified in this contract notice; and any Registered Social Landlords with properties in the Granton Waterfront development or surrounding area. Further details are outlined within the procurement documents.
Options: The Council anticipates that it will be possible to expand the network to connect more customers in the Granton Waterfront and surrounding areas. Expansion will be the responsibility of the concessionaire. It should be noted that the procurement process is being undertaken specifically for a heat network provider for the Granton Waterfront Development and surrounding areas, however, the Council reserves the right to extend the Agreement to other areas of the City at its sole discretion. This may include pre-development services or expansion of the network and will be discussed with the successful Tenderer only on completion of the pre-development services.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-03985a
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/009129-2024
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Planning, Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Planning Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Selective
- Procurement Method Details
- Competitive procedure with negotiation
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
09 - Petroleum products, fuel, electricity and other sources of energy
45 - Construction work
71 - Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services
-
- CPV Codes
09323000 - District heating
45232140 - District-heating mains construction work
45232141 - Heating works
45251250 - District-heating plant construction work
71314000 - Energy and related services
71314310 - Heating engineering services for buildings
71321200 - Heating-system design services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £200,000,000 £100M-£1B
- Lots Value
- £200,000,000 £100M-£1B
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £885,040 £500K-£1M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 21 Mar 20241 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- 19 Jun 2023Expired
- Future Notice Date
- 30 Apr 2023Expired
- Award Date
- 23 Jan 20242 years ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- CITY OF EDINBURGH COUNCIL
- Additional Buyers
- Contact Name
- Kelly Faulds
- Contact Email
- amadeirarezende@nationalgalleries.org, j.harper@nms.ac.uk, jane.hopton@nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk, kelly.faulds@edinburgh.gov.uk, procurement@edinburghcollege.ac.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 1315293415, +44 1315354764, +44 1316246374, +44 3001236789, +44 7710854517, +44 8454242424
Buyer Location
- Locality
- EDINBURGH
- Postcode
- EH8 8BG
- Post Town
- Edinburgh
- Country
- Scotland
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLM Scotland
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLM1 East Central Scotland
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLM13 City of Edinburgh
- Delivery Location
- TLM75 City of Edinburgh
-
- Local Authority
- City of Edinburgh
- Electoral Ward
- City Centre
- Westminster Constituency
- Edinburgh East and Musselburgh
Further Information
Notice URLs
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