Notice Information
Notice Title
District Heating System Operation & Maintenance
Notice Description
River Clyde Homes is seeking to appoint a highly competent and experienced contractor to undertake the operation and maintenance of the biomass boilers, pumps, and associated pipework at the Broomhill, Cartsdyke, and Eastern View Energy Centres in Inverclyde.
Lot Information
Lot 1
River Clyde Homes is seeking to appoint a highly competent and experienced contractor to undertake the operation and maintenance of the biomass boilers, pumps, and associated pipework at the Broomhill, Cartsdyke, and Eastern View Energy Centres in Inverclyde. The successful bidder will also be responsible for the additional services at four other sites. Broadstone Gardens, John Gault House, Kilblain Court and Riverside Gardens. The works will include the monitoring of each system, conducting regular inspections of the plant, reactive and planned maintenance and biomass fuel supply. A detailed specification for the works required is provided at Appendix E. The bidders shall be deemed to have satisfied themselves before tendering as to the plant to be serviced and the conditions under which the work is to be carried out. Additional information: Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.
Options: The contract will run for an initial three-year duration. RCH may wish at its sole discretion to extend any resultant agreement for up to a further two, twelve-month periods subject to the agreement of the successful bidder.
Renewal: The contract will run for an initial three-year duration. RCH may wish at its sole discretion to extend any resultant agreement for up to a further two, twelve-month periods subject to the agreement of the successful bidder.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-05842e
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/000802-2026
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
09 - Petroleum products, fuel, electricity and other sources of energy
39 - Furniture (incl. office furniture), furnishings, domestic appliances (excl. lighting) and cleaning products
42 - Industrial machinery
44 - Construction structures and materials; auxiliary products to construction (except electric apparatus)
45 - Construction work
50 - Repair and maintenance services
71 - Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services
-
- CPV Codes
09323000 - District heating
39715210 - Central-heating equipment
42515000 - District heating boiler
44621220 - Central-heating boilers
45232141 - Heating works
45251250 - District-heating plant construction work
50531100 - Repair and maintenance services of boilers
50720000 - Repair and maintenance services of central heating
71314310 - Heating engineering services for buildings
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £3,579,711 £1M-£10M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 6 Jan 20261 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 8 Sep 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 30 Oct 20253 months ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- August 2030
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- RIVER CLYDE HOMES
- Contact Name
- Brian Murphy
- Contact Email
- procurement@riverclydehomes.org.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 8000132196
Buyer Location
- Locality
- GREENOCK
- Postcode
- PA15 2UZ
- Post Town
- Paisley
- Country
- Scotland
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLM Scotland
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLM3 West Central Scotland
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLM33 Inverclyde, East Renfrewshire, and Renfrewshire
- Delivery Location
- TLM83 Inverclyde, East Renfrewshire, and Renfrewshire
-
- Local Authority
- Inverclyde
- Electoral Ward
- Inverclyde East Central
- Westminster Constituency
- Inverclyde and Renfrewshire West
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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