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# Exeter District Heating Network Prior Information Notice

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/exeter-district-heating-network-prior-information-notice-ocds-h6vhtk-03f881). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** University of Exeter: "Exeter District Heating Network Prior Information Notice". Published status: planned. Planned Pipeline Value: £250,000,000. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNED (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [University of Exeter](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/university-of-exeter-urn-133817)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** £250,000,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** works
- **Classifications (CPV):** Commissioning of heating installations, District heating boiler, District-heating mains construction work, District-heating plant construction work
- **Delivery Location:** UKK43
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-03f881`

## 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/exeter-district-heating-network-prior-information-notice-ocds-h6vhtk-03f881#tl-md)

## Description
The public sector anchor institutions of Exeter (Exeter City Council, University of Exeter, Exeter College, Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS FT) wish to work collaboratively to find a city-wide low carbon energy solution that is cost effective and resilient.
Our organisations have made commitments through a Civic Partnership Agreement to deliver a net zero solution for the city by 2030, commitments which are aligned to national government driven decarbonisation targets.  All low carbon technologies are in-scope In this exercise although we are particularly interested in district heating solutions.
The current combined energy consumption of the partners in-scope is estimated to be around 60 GWH per annual.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planned
- **CPV codes:** 42515000, 45232140, 45251250, 50721000
- **Delivery regions:** UKK

- **Description:** The stakeholder group are interested in hearing from existing or new energy companies working in the sustainable energy sector how a system approach to delivering low carbon heat could be applied to Exeter.
The current combined energy consumption of ...

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F025631-2023)
- **Last Source Update:** 2023-08-31T13:21:31.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T23:41:29.998Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-03f881