Contract for the capital funding, installation and maintenance of an IT data centre as part of a renewable energy project at RUH

CPV: Electricity, heating, solar and nuclear energy

Procedure method

Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition

Legal basis

CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)

Procurement category

Goods

Notice status

Awarded without competition

Procurement threshold

Unspecified in notice

Regulatory regime

Standard

Commercial structure

Stand-alone contract (no framework)

Competition type

Direct award (no call for competition)

GPA / WTO covered

Unspecified in notice

Recurring procurement

Unspecified in notice

First published

20 Feb 2025, 16:32 GMT

Last source update

20 Feb 2025, 16:32 GMT

Authority reference

R/15215/COMM/BB/0225

FTS notice number

2025/S 000-006401

Classification (CPV)

Electricity, heating, solar and nuclear energy

Delivery area

South West (UKK12)

Official registry OCID

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Why no open competition

The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive

Published justification

Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust (referred to as RUH) intends to award a contract under regulation 32(2)(b)(ii), to Deep Green Energy (referred to as Deep Green) for the installation of a data centre with a peak IT load of 800kw. The objective for the RUH is to harness heat generated by the data centre and return it to the RUH ecosystem, making substantial savings in terms of cost and energy. <br/><br/>Deep Green is supported by Octopus Energy Generation and has been backed by £200 million of capital funding to develop data centres in suitable facilities.<br/><br/>Deep Green propose to install a modern data centre where IT infrastructure has a high cooling demand and thus generates ‘waste heat’. This heat would be captured and piped directly into the RUH heat network.<br/><br/>In return for a twenty-year lease arrangement Green Heat would fund, install, maintain and manage the delivery of the data centre, resulting in the described heat generation. This would also include the funding of an electrical connection from the Distribution Network Operator (DNO).<br/><br/>The award of this contract would result in the following benefits:<br/><br/>1) The installation of a modern data centre which generates heat that can be pumped back into the RUH heat system.<br/>2) The achievement of key RUH targets relating to sustainability, including an annual carbon saving of 548tCO2e.<br/>3) A significant saving in annual energy costs. <br/>4) Provide the RUH with the ability to introduce a modern technology using renewable energy initiatives, without capital or revenue outlay by the Trust. Not awarding this contract would result in a loss of funding to the Trust and a missed opportunity for fully funded heat decarbonisation. <br/><br/>RUH has reviewed the benefits outlined above and Deep Green’s niche position in this market and have assessed that awarding this contract enables the Trust to satisfy an optimal combination of commercial, sustainability and social value targets.<br/><br/>RUH will observe a 10-day standstill from the date of this notice before entering into a contract with Deep Green Energy.

• Deep Green EnergyAwarded supplier14118946 24a Sydenham Road, London, England,, London, South West, SE26 5QW

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