---
title: "Heat Network Review"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-079074"
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source: "Find A Tender Service"
current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "VIVID Housing Ltd"
published: "2026-10-26"
---

# Heat Network Review

Buyer: VIVID Housing Ltd  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-079074

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## Summary

VIVID Housing Ltd commissioned Fair Heat to review its communal and district heating assets. The work is a heat network regulatory gap analysis and portfolio review, intended to identify where the assets have gaps against regulatory requirements. This is energy-efficiency consultancy, rather than installation, maintenance or operation of heating systems. Delivery locations are recorded in the South East and South West of England. The review relates to VIVID’s own housing portfolio and heat networks, so it is most relevant to consultancies able to assess communal and district heating portfolios and interpret regulatory requirements for heat networks.

The procurement is complete and the contract was awarded to Fair Heat Limited. VIVID used a direct award without a prior competition through the Crown Commercial Service Demand Management and Renewables framework, Lot 4.1; the stated rationale was that technical reasons meant the services could be provided only by a particular supplier. Price was the sole stated award criterion. One bid was recorded. The contract value is £83,000. The contract was signed on 26 October 2026; no contract period or award date is recorded. The procurement was arranged as one lot, although that lot is marked cancelled while the award and contract are active.

For suppliers assessing future work of this kind from VIVID, the requirement demonstrates demand for specialist consultancy that can review communal and district heating portfolios, identify heat network regulatory gaps and provide a practical gap analysis. Credible competitors would need relevant heat network regulatory knowledge, experience assessing multiple assets across a housing portfolio, and the ability to turn findings into a clear portfolio review for a housing provider. The selected supplier was a small enterprise, showing that this consultancy requirement was delivered by an SME. The route used a CCS framework and a direct award justified on technical grounds, so framework access and a defensible specialist capability may be commercially important when pursuing comparable requirements from this buyer.

## Notice

Fair Heat are undertaking a gap analysis and portfolio review to support VIVID in reviewing and identifying heat network regulatory gaps across communal and district heating assets. Compliant direct award via CCS framework.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

Fair Heat are undertaking a gap analysis and portfolio review to support VIVID in reviewing and identifying heat network regulatory gaps across communal and district heating assets. Compliant direct award via CCS framework.

### Procurement Information

Contract awarded compliantly via CCS framework, Demand Management and Renewables, Lot 4.1.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/101169-2026 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Limited |
| Procurement method details | Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 26 Oct 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £83,000 |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | VIVID Housing Ltd |
| Locality | PORTSMOUTH |
| Postcode area | Portsmouth |
| Postcode | PO2 8HB |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLJ South East (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLJ3 Hampshire and Isle of Wight |
| ITL 3 | TLJ31 Portsmouth |
| Local authority | Portsmouth |
| Electoral ward | Nelson |
| Westminster constituency | Portsmouth North |
| Delivery location | TLJ South East (England), TLK South West (England) |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | Fair Heat Limited |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 71 - Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services

### Codes

- 71314300 - Energy-efficiency consultancy services

## Release History

- 26 Oct 2026 at 15:47 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/101169-2026

## Notice URLs

- http://www.vividhomes.co.uk

## Provenance

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