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Published 8 Aug 2025, 13:40 BST

Official UK procurement notice

District Heating System Operation & Maintenance

Official notice

Authority: River Clyde Homes

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Awarded value£3,579,711published contract · exc. VAT
Submissions closed 11 Sept 2025awarded 31 Oct 2025
Awarded to AMP Clean Energy Services Ltd2 awards

What is being bought

Published requirement description

River Clyde Homes is seeking to appoint a highly competent and experienced contractor to undertake the operation and maintenance of the biomass boilers, pumps, and associated pipework at the Broomhill, Cartsdyke, and Eastern View Energy Centres in Inverclyde.

  • Recurrence: August 2030

CPV: Central-heating boilers · Central-heating equipment · District heating · District heating boiler · District-heating plant construction work · Heating engineering services for buildings · Heating works · Repair and maintenance services of boilers · Repair and maintenance services of central heating

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1AwardedRenewal
Delivery: Scotland · Inverclyde
Extensions: The contract will run for an initial three-year duration. RCH may wish at its sole discretion to extend any resultant agreement for up to a further two, twelve-month periods subject to the agreement of the successful bidder. · The contract will run for an initial three-year duration. RCH may wish at its sole discretion to extend any resultant agreement for up to a further two, twelve-month periods subject to the agreement of the successful bidder.Variant bids: not allowed

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
How bids were scored
Quality: 40%Price: 60%
Published sub-criteria (5)
  • Contract Management: 25%
  • Risk Mitigation: 5%
  • Community Benefits: 5%
  • Fair Work First: 5%
  • price: 60%
Published award criteria (6)
  • Contract Management: 25.00%
  • Risk Mitigation: 5.00%
  • Community Benefits: 5.00%
  • Fair Work First: 5.00%
  • Data Protection: Pass/Fail
  • Price: 60%
Conditions of participation1
  • Suitability

    It is a requirement of this contract that Bidders and any relevant sub-contractors hold current registration with Gas Safe and are accredited by SELECT / NICEIC or equivalent

Staff
Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 60 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 6 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
Yes · August 2030
First published
8 Aug 2025, 13:40 BST
Last source update
6 Jan 2026, 16:06 GMT
Award evaluation window
8 Sept 2025 – …
Authority reference
RCH642
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-074537
Classification (CPV)
Central-heating boilersCentral-heating equipmentDistrict heatingDistrict heating boilerDistrict-heating plant construction workHeating engineering services for buildingsHeating worksRepair and maintenance services of boilersRepair and maintenance services of central heating
Delivery area
Scotland (UKM83)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05842e Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
Performance terms

KPI's for the contract are detailed within the attached tender documents.

Publisher note: (SC Ref:819789)

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Public Contracts Scotland · Who buys & how to bid on PCS
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free single registration for Scotland; PCS-Tender (Jaggaer) for full bidding
Submission deadline
11 Sept 2025, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission"}
Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
90 days from the deadline
Bids opened
8 Sept 2025, 12:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

8 Sept 2025 → 6 Jan 2026 · 3 dates
  1. Bids opened
    8 Sept 2025, 12:00 BST
  2. Submission deadline
    11 Sept 2025, 12:00 BST
  3. Notice published288 days ago
    6 Jan 2026, 16:06 GMT

Notice history

2 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 5 Sept 2025
  1. Deadline moved to 11 Sept 2025, 12:00 BST
    5 Sept 2025, 15:58 BST
    +3 days · was 8 Sept 2025, 12:00 BST
  2. Status changed to complete
    17 Nov 2025, 16:43 GMT
Published amendments (1 · 1 deadline change)
WhenWhatBeforeAfterShift
—DeadlineTime limit · IV.2.28 Sept 202511 Sept 2025+3 d
—Bid openingConditions for opening of tenders · IV.2.78 Sept 202511 Sept 2025+3 d

As questions were only answered today

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 2
Awarded value £3,579,7111 contract exc. VAT · 1 repeated publication of the same award counted once
Bids received 21 from SMEs
Contracts signed 2latest 31 Oct 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
AMP Clean Energy Services LtdSME£3,579,711 †same award published again · counted once—Awarded
AMP Clean Energy Services LtdSME£3,579,711 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
2bids · 0 electronic1——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

River Clyde Homes

Contracting authorityBody governed by public lawHousing and community amenities Clyde View, 22 Pottery Street, Greenock, Scotland, PA15 2UZContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Greenock Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace CourtReview body GreenockContact phone

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria