Find a TenderPast planning noticePreliminary market engagement notice
Published 16 May 2025, 12:47 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Huddersfield District Energy Network (HDEN)

Official notice

Authority: Kirklees Council (Local council)

WorksAbove threshold
Planned pipeline valueValue not publishedpipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected Date not publishedfrom the planned procurement notice
Contract term 2 yrs 5 moends 11 Aug 2028 · starts 13 Mar 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Kirklees Council is looking into a potential procurement option to put in place future contractual arrangements for suitably qualified and experienced organisations to deliver the Huddersfield District Energy Network (HDEN).

Kirklees Council declared a Climate Emergency in 2019. This recognised the challenges of a changing climate facing the area. In response, the Council has adopted an over-arching target for achieving 'net-zero' carbon emissions for the district by 2038 and intends to develop the HDEN. The network will help to significantly reduce the carbon emissions associated with the district's largest town in line with local, regional and national targets and contribute to achieving the Council's own strategic goals. An agreement with the Green Heat Network Fund is in place following a successful application for commercialisation and construction funding.

Whilst the precise scope is still being developed by the Council as part of the current commercialisation phase, further information around the key deliverables for this requirement are identified in the Preliminary Market Engagement document. This can be accessed via the Council's tendering portal - yortender.eu-supply.com ↗

To provide a response to this Preliminary Market Engagement, an organisation must sign up to the YORTender portal (this can be done free of charge) to access the Preliminary Market Engagement document. Responses must be submitted via the YORTender portal.

CPV: Electricity, heating, solar and nuclear energy · Energy and related services · Engineering design services for the construction of civil engineering works · Mechanical and electrical engineering services · Works for complete or part construction and civil engineering work

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Works
Notice status
Past planning notice
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
16 May 2025, 12:47 BST
Last source update
16 May 2025, 13:13 BST
Authority reference
KMCSP-027
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-022211
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Electricity, heating, solar and nuclear energyEnergy and related servicesEngineering design services for the construction of civil engineering worksMechanical and electrical engineering servicesWorks for complete or part construction and civil engineering work
Delivery area
Yorkshire & Humber (UKE44)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0515c3 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

16 May 2025 → 13 Mar 2026 · 3 dates
  1. Planning notice published
    16 May 2025, 12:47 BST
  2. Market engagement
    6 Jun 2025, 23:59 BST

    Responses to this Preliminary Market Engagement are required by 12noon on Friday 6th June 2025.

    Kirklees Council are seeking market feedback on the upcoming Huddersfield District Energy Network opportunity. The Council wish to engage with the market via a market feedback questionnaire.

    Organisations are required to access and respond to the Preliminary Market Engagement document. This can be accessed via the Council's tendering portal - yortender.eu-supply.com ↗

    To provide a response to this Preliminary Market Engagement, an organisation must sign up to the YORTender portal (this can be done free of charge) to access the Preliminary Market Engagement document. Responses must be submitted via the YORTender portal.

  3. Contract starts229 days ago
    13 Mar 2026

Notice history

2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 16 May 2025
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    16 May 2025, 12:47 BST
    UK2
  2. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    16 May 2025, 13:13 BST
    UK2
Published amendments (1)

Wording added to Engagement section of the notice to confirm the submission deadline of the Preliminary Market Engagement response of 12noon Friday 6th June 2025.

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

The Council of the Borough of Kirklees

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PXHZ-9111-QHMJ The Town Hall, Ramsden Street, Huddersfield, Yorkshire & Humber, HD1 2TAContact email

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure