BSH/ENR/Construction of Buried Heat Network Infrastructure (BEDD and others)

The council wishes to appoint a provider for installing a buried District Heating Network ("DHN") in the Bedminster area of Bristol. The contract will be for the build of approximately 1600 - 2000 linear meters of DHN in the Bedminster Area of Bristol. The council will instruct works under an NEC4 Option C contract. The council is using X22 "Early Contractor Involvement X Option, which allows for a 2-stage process. Stage 1 - Contractor reviews the latest Client's Design with target depths and GPR overlay to update programme/budgets in accordance with the rates provided in the tender return. Contractor also issues a quality plan for review/acceptance. Stage 2 - Following review and subject to acceptance of the Contractor's Stage 1 submissions by the client, a notice to proceed is issued by the Project Manager for the Contractor to construct and commission works. The Scope sets out greater detail and outputs associated within these stages.