--- title: "GL RFCA Kensington ARC Boiler Replacement" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-077690" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-077690" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-077690.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-077690.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Tender" buyer: "Reserve Forces and Cadets Association for Greater London" published: "2026-09-21" --- # GL RFCA Kensington ARC Boiler Replacement Buyer: Reserve Forces and Cadets Association for Greater London Current stage: Tender OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-077690 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-077690) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-077690.json) ## Summary 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. ## Notice 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. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/089208-2026 | | 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 | | All stages | Tender | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 21 Sep 2026 | | Submission deadline | 7 Oct 2026 | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | 2 Nov 2026 - 15 Jan 2027 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £170,000 | | Lots value | £170,000 | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Active | | Lots status | Active | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | Reserve Forces and Cadets Association for Greater London | | Locality | LONDON | | Postcode area | South West London | | Postcode | SW6 3JS | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLI London | | ITL 2 | TLI3 Inner London - West | | ITL 3 | TLI33 Kensington & Chelsea and Hammersmith & Fulham | | Local authority | Hammersmith and Fulham | | Electoral ward | Palace & Hurlingham | | Westminster constituency | Chelsea and Fulham | | Delivery location | TLI London | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 42 - Industrial machinery - 44 - Construction structures and materials; auxiliary products to construction (except electric apparatus) - 45 - Construction work ### Codes - 42160000 - Boiler installations - 44621200 - Boilers - 45331110 - Boiler installation work ## Release History - 21 Sep 2026 at 14:20 - Tender - UK4 - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/089208-2026 ## Documents - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/089208-2026 21st September 2026 - Tender notice on Find a Tender ## Notice URLs - https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/6VU8EWNXU9 - https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-London:-Boiler-installations./6VU8EWNXU9 - https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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