Official UK procurement notice
Heat Network Development Partner for the Sheffield AZP Opportunity Area
Authority: Sheffield City Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionSheffield City Council is seeking to appoint a suitably qualified and experienced Development Partner to develop a large-scale, low‑carbon heat network project within the Sheffield Advanced Zoning Programme (AZP) Opportunity Area to a point where it is fully developed and capable of proceeding to delivery.
CPV: District heating · District-heating mains construction work · Energy and related services · Heat pumps · Heat-recovery systems · Heat-transfer station construction work · Heating works · Urban development construction work
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Published value£1,000,000
- Economic & financial standing
As within tender documents
- Technical & professional ability
As within tender documents
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)
- Technical: 50%
- Commercial: 40%
- Social Value: 10%
Published award criteria (3)
- Technical
- Commercial
- Social Value
- Economic & financial standing
As within tender documents
- Technical & professional ability
As within tender documents
- Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 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
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- 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
- 19 Feb 2026, 10:00 GMT
- Last source update
- 11 May 2026, 15:19 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 3 Aug 2026
- Authority reference
CT07 - Construction- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-027856- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0657bfFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 19 Jun 2026, 17:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 5 Jun 2026, 17:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
19 Feb 2026 → 18 Aug 2026 · 9 dates- Planning notice published249 days ago19 Feb 2026, 10:00 GMT
- Market engagement230 days ago9 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Next notice expected220 days ago19 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Tender notice published214 days ago26 Mar 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Latest notice published167 days ago11 May 2026, 15:19 BST
- Clarification questions by142 days ago5 Jun 2026, 17:00 BST
- Submission deadline128 days ago19 Jun 2026, 17:00 BST
- Award decision expected by83 days ago3 Aug 2026, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts69 days ago18 Aug 2026
Notice history
7 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 19 Feb 2026- Preliminary market engagement notice published19 Feb 2026, 10:00 GMTUK2
- Tender notice published26 Mar 2026, 12:00 GMTUK4
- Status changed to active26 Mar 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Procurement method changed26 Mar 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Deadline published: 29 May 2026, 17:00 BST26 Mar 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Tender notice published11 May 2026, 15:19 BSTUK4
- Deadline moved to 19 Jun 2026, 17:00 BST11 May 2026, 15:19 BST+21 days · was 29 May 2026, 17:00 BST
Published amendments (1)
The Council is currently in a position where, due to internal procedures within DESNZ, it does not have access to external legal or consultant support for the Sheffield Heat Network Partner tender. Whilst a procurement exercise is underway to re-establish these services, there will be a short interim period where such support is unavailable. As a result, there have been delays in responding to Cla…
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender