Official UK procurement notice
National Framework for Heat Network Connection & Supply
Authority: Government Commercial Agency (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionOpen Framework Agreement enabling public sector buildings to develop connections to existing Heat Networks and ongoing supply contracts.
This framework will directly support the Government's Heat Network Zoning regulations, however is open to any public sector building.
CPV: Distance-heating pipes · District heating · Electricity, heating, solar and nuclear energy · Energy and related services · Heating pipes · Long-distance heating · Petroleum products, fuel, electricity and other sources of energy
How this framework works
From the published notice- Framework period
- 8 yrs from 30 Jun 2027
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedWhat it takes to wini
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
- “National Framework for Heat Network Connection & Supply” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
How Government Commercial Agency buys Pipeline, piping, pipes, casing, tubing and related items (CPV 4416), and who usually turns up
Government Commercial Agency’s published record next to the market for the same work. Compared with other frameworks and DPS only. Whole-market view: Pipeline, piping, pipes, casing, tubing and related items (CPV 4416) →
How the contest usually goes
Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.
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The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.
No small-firm winners recorded among this authority’s published awards in this sample.
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Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered.
No winner locations published for this authority. Local means a registered address in the region where that award was delivered.
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Half of these awards have an award date within 138 days of the bid deadline.
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The market share is a minimum: some awards have no bid count.
Missing bid counts may hide more single-bid awards. This share is a minimum.
How many bids did past lots attract?
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1 bid6% / 0%
2–354% / 50%
4–66% / 50%
7+35% / 0%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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On a framework or DPS, prices are agreed when work is called off.
Not comparable on a framework or DPS: the price is set later, on each call-off.
Assess each lot i
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Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list
Lot #1CPV 4416Published estimate£800m
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Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative. The bar shows 298 past lots.
1 bid6%
2–327%
4–628%
7+39%
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No comparable awards for this lot yet.
Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
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No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.
Who could compete for this lot? i
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Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.
About this data
- Estimates, labelled. The price range, possible competitors and earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards, not published facts, win chances or price advice. The buyer’s own record and the wider market are shown apart, never mixed.
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender and Contracts Finder), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0, updated through the day and rebuilt nightly. Not every figure uses both feeds, and each one shows how many records it rests on: see the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Planned procurement
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 28 Sept 2026, 17:42 BST
- Last source update
- 14 Oct 2026, 09:22 BST
- Authority reference
RM6422- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-096792- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-077be8Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
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Timeline
28 Sept 2026 → 30 Jun 2027 · 5 dates- Planning notice published46 days ago28 Sept 2026, 17:42 BST
- Latest notice published30 days ago14 Oct 2026, 09:22 BST
- Today13 Nov 2026
- Market engagementin 47 days30 Dec 2026, 23:59 GMT
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- Tender notice expectedin 73 days25 Jan 2027, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 228 days30 Jun 2027, 00:00 BST
Notice history
2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 28 Sept 2026- Pipeline notice published28 Sept 2026, 17:42 BSTUK1
- Preliminary market engagement notice published14 Oct 2026, 09:22 BSTUK2
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
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Pipeline notice Pipeline notice on Find a Tender