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title: "CA16917 - Airsource Heat Pumps and Solar PV Project"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-06e4c1"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "Activate Learning"
published: "2026-08-14"
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# CA16917 - Airsource Heat Pumps and Solar PV Project

Buyer: Activate Learning  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06e4c1

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## Summary

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.

## Notice

Airsource Heat Pumps and Solar PV Project at Reading College

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/077733-2026 |
| 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 |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 14 Aug 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 9 Jul 2026 |
| Contract period | 9 Jul 2026 - 25 Mar 2027 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £3,150,343 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Complete |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | Activate Learning |
| Locality | OXFORD |
| Postcode area | Oxford |
| Postcode | OX1 1SA |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLJ South East (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLJ1 Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire |
| ITL 3 | TLJ14 Oxfordshire CC |
| Local authority | Oxford |
| Electoral ward | Osney & St Thomas |
| Westminster constituency | Oxford West and Abingdon |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | CORRIGENDA LIMITED |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 09 - Petroleum products, fuel, electricity and other sources of energy
- 42 - Industrial machinery
- 45 - Construction work

### Codes

- 09331000 - Solar panels
- 42511110 - Heat pumps
- 45331000 - Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning installation work

## Release History

- 14 Aug 2026 at 14:29 - Award - UK7 - Contract Details Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/077733-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/077733-2026
  14th August 2026 - Contract details notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- http://www.activatelearning.ac.uk
- http://www.corrigenda.co.uk
- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents

## Provenance

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