Notice Information
Notice Title
Sheffield Heat Network Development Partner
Notice Description
This notice relates to the proposed market engagement activity for the heat network development opportunity for which Sheffield City Council intends to shortly procure a Development Partner. Sheffield City Council has been selected as part of the Department of Energy Security & Net Zero's Advanced Zoning Programme to develop one of the country's first zonal scale heat networks. To deliver this, Sheffield City Council is seeking a Development Partner to develop (and present for their approval) a zonal scale heat network in the Sheffield area. Sheffield City Council has undertaken work to identify a reference scheme in an area of Sheffield city, which will be included in the procurement exercise but used for tender assessment purposes only. The area which will be the subject of the procurement (and which the Development Partner will be invited to deliver development proposals in respect of) is wider and has an estimated annual heat demand of up to. 1300GWh. Sheffield City Council intends to conduct a procurement using the open procedure in accordance with the Procurement Act 2023 to select the Development Partner for this opportunity. If successful, the parties would enter an agreement for development services only (known as the Development Agreement Only model) under which the Development Partner would put forward proposals for a zonal scale heat network in the area. These proposals would need to meet minimum criteria and would be subject to review and approval by Sheffield City Council. Delivery of such a network in the area would be on a non-exclusive basis (subject to any future regulation). The preliminary market engagement related to this project will take the form of an online market engagement session which will be held on MS Teams at 09:00 - 10:00 on Tuesday 3 March 2026. Further details and link to booking a place on the Market Engagement Session can be found within the attached document via the link to YORtender.
Planning Information
https://uk.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=103001&TID=100108208&B=
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-0657bf
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/015077-2026
- Current Stage
- Planning
- All Stages
- Planning
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Not Specified
- Procurement Method Details
- Not specified
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
09 - Petroleum products, fuel, electricity and other sources of energy
42 - Industrial machinery
44 - Construction structures and materials; auxiliary products to construction (except electric apparatus)
45 - Construction work
71 - Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services
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- CPV Codes
09323000 - District heating
42511110 - Heat pumps
44622000 - Heat-recovery systems
45211360 - Urban development construction work
45232140 - District-heating mains construction work
45232141 - Heating works
45232142 - Heat-transfer station construction work
71314000 - Energy and related services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £1,000,000 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 19 Feb 20263 days ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- 19 Mar 20264 weeks to go
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 3 Aug 2026 - 2 Aug 2028 2-3 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Planning
- Lots Status
- Planning
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- SHEFFIELD CITY COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Tom
- Contact Email
- tom.hurd@sheffield.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 01142053928
Buyer Location
- Locality
- SHEFFIELD
- Postcode
- S1 2HH
- Post Town
- Sheffield
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLE Yorkshire and The Humber
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLE3 South Yorkshire
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLE32 Sheffield
- Delivery Location
- TLE32 Sheffield
-
- Local Authority
- Sheffield
- Electoral Ward
- City
- Westminster Constituency
- Sheffield Central
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/015077-2026
19th February 2026 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
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