Official UK procurement notice
Heat Pump Ready (Round 2) – Acceleration Support Provider
Authority: Department for Energy Security & Net Zero (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) intends to procure an external provider to deliver Acceleration Support services alongside the Heat Pump Ready (HPR) – Round 2: Innovation Funding Competition (a grant funding programme). This notice is published to inform the market of DESNZ’s intentions and to support preliminary market engagement; it does not constitute a commitment to proceed with a procurement.
The Innovation Funding Competition is an innovation programme providing grant funding to support research and development projects that address key barriers to the deployment of heat pumps, with the aim of supporting innovations to progress towards market entry by 2030.
Acceleration Support will be delivered in parallel with grant‑funded activity by an external provider and is intended to help projects address barriers to market entry that may not be overcome through grant funding alone. The support is expected to cover areas including commercialisation, collaboration, dissemination and social value.
To manage conflicts of interest and ensure fair competition, the appointed Acceleration Support provider, and any organisations involved in delivering these services will not be eligible to apply for, or participate in, the Heat Pump Ready Innovation Funding Competition or future independent evaluation contract
CPV: Services furnished by business, professional and specialist organisations
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£1,840,000
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 (2)
- TECHNICAL: 50%
- COMMERCIAL: 50%
Published award criteria (2)
- COMMERCIAL: AS DEFINED IN ITT
- TECHNICAL: AS DEFINED IN ITT
- Price carries 50 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 5 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- 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
- 21 Apr 2026, 16:34 BST
- Last source update
- 27 Jul 2026, 11:19 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 19 Oct 2026
- Authority reference
PRJ_6985- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-070360- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0687d2Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 9 Sept 2026
- Clarification deadline
- 7 Aug 2026
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
21 Apr 2026 → 1 Dec 2026 · 9 dates- Planning notice published187 days ago21 Apr 2026, 16:34 BST
- Market engagement136 days ago11 Jun 2026, 23:59 BST
DESNZ intends to undertake preliminary market engagement in advance of any future procurement of Acceleration Support services for the Heat Pump Ready programme.
The engagement is expected to include a supplier engagement event (for example, a virtual session), provisionally planned for 04/06/2026, to provide further information on the proposed scope, delivery expectations and procurement approach, and to give potential suppliers the opportunity to ask clarification questions.
Registration of interest for attendance at the online engagement event can be completed via the following form.
Webinar Registration - Heat Pump Ready Round 2 Proposed Acceleration Support Contract
forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx ↗
Participation in any engagement activity is voluntary and will not confer any advantage in any subsequent procurement. This engagement does not form part of a formal procurement process and does not commit DESNZ to proceed with a procurement or to any specific timescales or delivery model.
- Next notice expected110 days ago7 Jul 2026, 23:59 BST
- Tender notice published93 days ago24 Jul 2026, 14:36 BST
- Latest notice published90 days ago27 Jul 2026, 11:19 BST
- Clarification questions by80 days ago7 Aug 2026
- Submission deadline47 days ago9 Sept 2026
- Award decision expected by6 days ago19 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
- Today25 Oct 2026
- Contract startsin 36 days1 Dec 2026
Notice history
7 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 21 Apr 2026- Preliminary market engagement notice published21 Apr 2026, 16:34 BSTUK2
- Preliminary market engagement notice published23 Apr 2026, 09:58 BSTUK2
- Tender notice published24 Jul 2026, 14:36 BSTUK4
- Status changed to active24 Jul 2026, 14:36 BST
- Procurement method changed24 Jul 2026, 14:36 BST
- Deadline published: 9 Sept 2026, 01:00 BST24 Jul 2026, 14:36 BST
- Tender notice published27 Jul 2026, 11:19 BSTUK4
Published amendments (2)
New registration link input
Updated Contract timelines
Routine re-releases (4)
- 2026-04: 1 release · 21 Apr 2026
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (4)
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
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender