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GL RFCA Kensington ARC Boiler Replacement

Reserve Forces and Cadets Association for Greater London

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21 Sep 2026 at 14:20

UK4 - Tender Notice
Summary of the contracting process

Reserve Forces' and Cadets' Association for Greater London is procuring works to replace the central heating boiler plant and associated equipment at Kensington Army Reserve Centre, 1A Iverna Gardens, Kensington, London. The centre is a drill hall and accommodation used by the 7th Battalion The Rifles and 217 Hospital Squadron. The work covers the basement plantroom serving heating and domestic hot water throughout the facilities. The existing installation includes two gas-fired commercial boilers, two gas-fired hot-water storage heaters, pumps, expansion vessels and controls, with flues routed through an existing chimney to roof level. The requirement is for new communal boilers and replacement pumps. This is a building-services and boiler-installation project, with delivery in London.

The procurement has reached tender: the buyer invited offers through a below-threshold open competition, but only suppliers specifically invited by the buyer will have their submissions evaluated. The enquiry deadline was 29 September 2026 at 4:00pm, and the tender submission deadline is 7 October 2026 at 2:00pm. The contract is scheduled to run from 2 November 2026 to 15 January 2027, with a possible extension to 12 March 2027. The estimated value is £170,000 excluding VAT, or £204,000 including VAT. There is one lot. Bids will be evaluated on quality at 60% and cost at 40%. Electronic submission is allowed, using the stated response portal.

This opportunity suits mechanical and building-services contractors able to replace communal gas-fired boiler plant and associated pumps in a basement plantroom. Suppliers will need to work with the existing heating, hot-water, storage, expansion, control and flue arrangements, and deliver equipment serving all facilities within the Army Reserve Centre. The buyer identifies the opportunity as suitable for small and medium-sized enterprises. Participation is restricted in practice to suppliers already onboarded to both the Central Digital Platform and the buyer’s Symphony finance system, because only invited suppliers will be asked to attend the site open day and submit evaluated bids. Businesses without that onboarding and invitation should not expect their submissions to be considered. The requirement is particularly relevant to firms with commercial boiler-installation capability and site-delivery capacity in London.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

GL RFCA Kensington ARC Boiler Replacement

Notice Description

Below threshold procurement - by invitation only. Due to the urgent on-site need for these works, we are only inviting bids from suppliers who are on-boarded to both the Central Digital Platform and our own finance system, Symphony. This is intended to avoid delaying the delivery of the works, as the on-boarding process can take some time. Only those invited suppliers will be asked to attend a site open day, and only submissions from those invited will be evaluated. All others will be disregarded, not opened or evaluated. This project consists of the replacement of the existing central heating boiler plant and equipment at Army Reserve Centre, 1A Iverna Gardens, Kensington, London W8 6TN. Kensington Army Reserve Centre is a drill hall and associated amenities currently used by Battalion Headquarters of the 7th Battalion The Rifles, and 217 Hospital Squadron in Iverna Gardens, Kensington. The building was designed and completed in 1903 as the headquarters for the 4th (Kensington) Middlesex Volunteer Rifle Corps. The existing boiler installation was undertaken in the early 2000's. There is a main plantroom room in the basement that provides domestic hot water and heating to all the facilities in Kensington Army Reserve Centre. Cold water storage tanks on the roof provide a cold water supply to the bathrooms and to the hot water calorifiers. The existing plant consists of 2 No. Ideal Commercial Concord CXA 70 gas fired boilers, 2 No gas fired hot water storage heaters, associated pumps, expansion vessels and controls. The boiler flue routes through an existing chimney to discharge at roof level. New communal boilers and replacement pumps are to be provided in the basement plantroom. For more information about this opportunity, please visit the eSourcing portal at: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-London:-Boiler-installations./6VU8EWNXU9 To respond to this opportunity, please click here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/6VU8EWNXU9

Lot Information

Lot 1

Renewal: In case further locations are identified as critical and the same scope of requirements is being utilised.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-077690
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/089208-2026
Current Stage
Tender
All Stages
Tender

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK4 - Tender Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Works
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Below threshold - open competition
Tender Suitability
SME
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

42 - Industrial machinery

44 - Construction structures and materials; auxiliary products to construction (except electric apparatus)

45 - Construction work

CPV Codes

42160000 - Boiler installations

44621200 - Boilers

45331110 - Boiler installation work

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£170,000 £100K-£500K
Lots Value
£170,000 £100K-£500K
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
21 Sep 2026Today
Submission Deadline
7 Oct 20263 weeks to go
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
2 Nov 2026 - 15 Jan 2027 1-6 months
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Active
Lots Status
Active
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
Reserve Forces and Cadets Association for Greater London
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
LONDON
Postcode
SW6 3JS
Postcode Area
South West London
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLI London
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLI3 Inner London - West
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLI33 Kensington & Chelsea and Hammersmith & Fulham
Delivery Location
TLI London
Local Authority
Hammersmith and Fulham
Electoral Ward
Palace & Hurlingham
Westminster Constituency
Chelsea and Fulham

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