Official UK procurement notice
HARROGATE TOWN DISTRICT HEATING PROJECT - Feasibility Study
Authority: Harrogate Town Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionIt is the intention of Harrogate Town Council, as the Buyer, to appoint the services of a Supplier of district heating technical consultancy to undertake a Feasibility Study compliant with the GB Energy Community Energy Fund Feasibility Report Structure.
The Town Council was informed in December 2025 that its application to GB Energy Community Fund for this Stage 1 feasibility study was successful. The outcome of an ITT for technical services to deliver the feasibility study, undertaken in August-September 2025, resulted in Tomson Consulting Ltd being appointed in January 2026.
Tomson Consulting Ltd entered liquidation in March 2026, and the Town Council has subsequently agreed to go back to the market with a new ITT.
The remainder of the Feasibility Study is to be planned and delivered using a best-practice project management process with engagement of relevant local stakeholders and aligned with the requirements of the Buyer.
Please refer to the ITT documents, including project specification, for essential information prior to tendering.
The estimated total value of the contract is £33,721 (excluding VAT).
CPV: District heating · Feasibility study
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Published value£33,721
What it takes to wini
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 morei
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).
Published sub-criteria (3)
- Bidder Experience: 30%
- Technical Proposal: 50%
- Commercial Proposal: 20%
Published award criteria (3)
- Bidder Experience
- Technical Proposal
- Commercial Proposal
- Price carries 20 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - open competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Below threshold
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 10 Apr 2026, 10:50 BST
- Last source update
- 10 Apr 2026, 10:50 BST
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-032703- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-067fb8Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 8 May 2026, 23:59 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 24 Apr 2026, 23:59 BST
- Electronic submission
- Not allowed
Timeline
10 Apr 2026 → 14 May 2026 · 4 dates- Tender notice published200 days ago10 Apr 2026, 10:50 BST
- Clarification questions by185 days ago24 Apr 2026, 23:59 BST
- Submission deadline171 days ago8 May 2026, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts166 days ago14 May 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published10 Apr 2026, 10:50 BSTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender