Official UK procurement notice
Geothermal Heating system operation performance contract
Authority: Oxford Brookes University (Education)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Erda Geo-exchange System is a proprietary system and hence there are no alternative operation and maintenance arrangements available in the market and therefore no means of providing competition for this contract. In order to implement the system, a technology licence has been signed which confirms the protection of the rights related to the Erda Smart Energy system. The construction of the Geo-exchange infrastructure and its commissioning has been undertaken by Black Mountain as a licensed installer for Erda Energy. The university will be unable to operate, maintain or ensure the optimisation of the Geo-exchange heating and cooling system, or may require a substantial reinstallation of the controls and integration systems to enable a third party to operate it. If the latter, equivalent system performance would not be assured.
CPV: Heating engineering services for buildings · Heating-plant repair and maintenance work · Repair and maintenance services of electrical and mechanical building installations
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedProcedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- 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
- Services
- 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
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 13 Sept 2022, 12:07 BST
- Last source update
- 13 Sept 2022, 12:07 BST
- FTS notice number
2022/S 000-025635- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-036802Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
The Erda Geo-exchange System is a proprietary system and hence there are no alternative operation and maintenance arrangements available in the market and therefore no means of providing competition for this contract. In order to implement the system, a technology licence has been signed which confirms the protection of the rights related to the Erda Smart Energy system. The construction of the Geo-exchange infrastructure and its commissioning has been undertaken by Black Mountain as a licensed installer for Erda Energy. The university will be unable to operate, maintain or ensure the optimisation of the Geo-exchange heating and cooling system, or may require a substantial reinstallation of the controls and integration systems to enable a third party to operate it. If the latter, equivalent system performance would not be assured.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Erda Energy Ltd | £750,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Geothermal Heating system operation performance contract · Erda Energy Ltd
- Signed
- 12 Sept 2022
- Value
- £750,000
- Status
- active
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Erda Energy LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.