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CA16917 - Airsource Heat Pumps and Solar PV Project

Activate Learning

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14 Aug 2026 at 14:29

UK7 - Contract Details Notice
Summary of the contracting process

Activate Learning commissioned works for an air-source heat pump and solar photovoltaic installation project at Reading College. The requirement covers the supply and installation of solar panels, heat pumps, and associated heating, ventilation and air-conditioning installation works. This is an energy and building-services project, combining renewable-energy generation with low-carbon heating infrastructure. Activate Learning is the buying organisation, based at Oxpens Campus in Oxford, while the delivery site is Reading College. The procurement is therefore relevant to contractors, mechanical and electrical building-services firms, renewable-energy installers, heat-pump specialists, solar photovoltaic contractors, and businesses able to manage a combined heating and renewable-generation project at a college site.

The procurement has been completed and awarded under a single lot. Activate Learning used a below-threshold limited competition. The contract was signed on 9 July 2026 and runs from 9 July 2026 to 25 March 2027. CORRIGENDA LIMITED was selected as the supplier. The contract value is £3,150,343.92 excluding VAT, or £3,780,412.70 including VAT. The awarded works cover the Reading College air-source heat pump and solar photovoltaic project, including heating, ventilation and air-conditioning installation. The published outcome records the award as active and the contract as active, so this is an awarded requirement rather than an opportunity to submit a tender. The procurement was below the applicable threshold.

This award demonstrates demand from Activate Learning for substantial, integrated low-carbon building works at a further-education college. Competitors seeking similar work should be able to combine solar photovoltaic installation with air-source heat pump deployment and associated heating, ventilation and air-conditioning works, rather than offering only one specialist trade. Credibility would come from demonstrable delivery of technically coordinated renewable-energy and mechanical-services projects, with the workforce, project management and site capability to work in an operational education environment. Firms with strong installation, commissioning and integration experience across solar generation, heat pumps and HVAC systems would be well placed to compete when this type of requirement returns to the market. The completed award also shows that the buyer has used a limited-competition route for this scale of works.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

CA16917 - Airsource Heat Pumps and Solar PV Project

Notice Description

Airsource Heat Pumps and Solar PV Project at Reading College

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-06e4c1
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/077733-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK7 - Contract Details Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Works
Procurement Method
Limited
Procurement Method Details
Below threshold - limited competition
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Large

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

09 - Petroleum products, fuel, electricity and other sources of energy

42 - Industrial machinery

45 - Construction work

CPV Codes

09331000 - Solar panels

42511110 - Heat pumps

45331000 - Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning installation work

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£3,150,343 £1M-£10M

Notice Dates

Publication Date
14 Aug 20261 weeks ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
9 Jul 20261 months ago
Contract Period
9 Jul 2026 - 25 Mar 2027 6-12 months
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Complete
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Active

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
Activate Learning
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
OXFORD
Postcode
OX1 1SA
Postcode Area
Oxford
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLJ South East (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLJ1 Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLJ14 Oxfordshire CC
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
Oxford
Electoral Ward
Osney & St Thomas
Westminster Constituency
Oxford West and Abingdon

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

CORRIGENDA LIMITED

Further Information

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