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title: "CPU8391 Nottingham City Council District Energy Network Investment Opportunity"
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# CPU8391 Nottingham City Council District Energy Network Investment Opportunity

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/cpu8391-nottingham-city-council-district-energy-network-investment-opportunity-ocds-h6vhtk-06a317). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Nottingham City Council: "CPU8391 Nottingham City Council District Energy Network Investment Opportunity". Published status: planned. Planned Pipeline Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNED (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Nottingham City Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/nottingham-city-council-ons-e06000018)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Competitive flexible procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** District heating, Electricity, Electricity distribution, Energy and related services, Other sources of energy supplies and distribution
- **Delivery Location:** UKF14
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 4 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/cpu8391-nottingham-city-council-district-energy-network-investment-opportunity-ocds-h6vhtk-06a317#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-06a317`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/cpu8391-nottingham-city-council-district-energy-network-investment-opportunity-ocds-h6vhtk-06a317#tl-md)

## Description
Nottingham City Council is seeking to appoint a provider to take ownership or control (to be determined) of the Nottingham City District Energy Network.
As well as an asset transfer agreement (or alternative, depending on structure), it is anticipated that the successful bidder will be awarded a Services Agreement to continue supplying heat from the network to circa 5,000 domestic properties which are currently connected to the Network and in respect of which the Authority has certain responsibilities as landlord or as covenantor. It is anticipated that this supply obligation will be for a specified term of years (to be determined).
The successful bidder will also be awarded a Supply Agreement for the supply of heat and electricity to the Authority for a specified term of years (to be determined).
The estimated end date for the contract has not yet been determined and will be decided either in advance of or during the live procurement. For the time being, we have assumed a term of 40 years.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planned
- **CPV codes:** 09310000, 09323000, 65310000, 65400000, 71314000
- **Delivery regions:** UKF
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB

- **Contract Period:** 31/05/2027 to 31/05/2067

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F060632-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-06-29T09:32:22.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-23T00:46:30.912Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-06a317