# Design, Installation, Operation & Maintenance of a District Heat Network within Hull City Centre

> Tender notice from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Hull City Council](/buyers/hull-city-council/contract-awards)
- Tender value: £125,000,000
- Published: 26 September 2024
- Planned start: 1 March 2025
- Planned end: 28 February 2034
- Stage: open_tender
- Procurement category: works
- Notice ID: eb7beef0-dda5-40c3-a469-ff2b00a2f1fc-788947
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-5c1c6ba9-8b7d-4afd-bac9-8eab4024060b

## Description

The Authority intends to appoint a Contractor to design and build \(and to subsequently Operate and Maintain\) a low carbon heat network and associated energy centre in the city of Hull \(the Project\)\. The heat network is intended to be expanded in future Phases\. The Project requirements relate to Phase 1 of the Heat Network and the Energy Centre\. Within the Phase 1 design, there are four key components of the Project infrastructure: • A waste heat exchange facility and associated infrastructure • The Energy Centre, a new building housing blended heat generation plant, pumping and thermal storage plant located within the city at the Trippett Street Car Park\. • The Heat Network, a buried pre-insulated two-pipe low temperature flow and return distribution network consisting of mains, branches and building connections\. • Building heat interface connections, plate heat exchangers / heat interface units \(HIU\) plant and equipment located within customer plant rooms serving customer secondary heating and hot water systems\. Kingston upon Hull City Council \(the Authority\) is conducting the procurement using the Negotiated Procedure with prior call for competition in accordance with the requirements of Regulation 47 of the Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016 \(SI 2016 \. 274\) \) \(UCR 2016\) for the purpose of procuring the works and services described in the Specification documents \(Works and Services\)\. The Authority reserves the right to proceed with the award of the contract following the initial tender submission should it determine, at its sole discretion, that the bids received can be accepted without proceeding with the negotiated stage\. It is intended to appoint a principal contractor for these requirements in late 2024, with works to start in early 2025, and for Phase 1 of the network fully completed by March 2028\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/eb7beef0-dda5-40c3-a469-ff2b00a2f1fc-788947)