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title: "Provision of ESCo Services at Preston Barracks (Makerfield) Scheme, Brighton"
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# Provision of ESCo Services at Preston Barracks (Makerfield) Scheme, Brighton

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/provision-of-esco-services-at-preston-barracks-makerfield-scheme-brighton-ocds-h6vhtk-03201f). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Optivo: "Provision of ESCo Services at Preston Barracks (Makerfield) Scheme, Brighton". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Optivo](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/optivo-rsh-4851)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Award procedure with prior publication of a call for competition
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** District heating, Energy and related services, Energy-management services
- **Delivery Location:** UKJ21
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0023
- **Awarded Value:** £2,514,540 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-03201f`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/provision-of-esco-services-at-preston-barracks-makerfield-scheme-brighton-ocds-h6vhtk-03201f#tl-md)

## Description
Optivo is looking to appoint a Energy Service Company (ESCo) for the provision of ESCo Services to our Preston Barracks (Makerfield) Scheme in Brighton, which is currently under development.
Optivo’s residential parcel at Preston Barracks is made up of 369 homes and 87 commercial units.  A communal heating and associated Combined Heat and Power (CHP) plant will generate heating and hot water to all dwellings and to the 7 commercial units.
An ESCo provision is required to fully manage, maintain, operate, meter, bill, resident support, bad debt responsibility and plant replacement over a 25 year contract period.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 09323000, 71314200
- **Delivery regions:** UKJ

- **Description:** The works are to include, but not be limited to an ESCo provision for the following:
1. Operation and maintenance
2. Plant replacement
3. Metering and billing
4. Bad debt responsibility
5. Efficiency monitoring and action
6. Tariff setting
7. Afforda...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 006533-2022-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Switch2 Energy Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-175024`
  - Value: £2,514,540 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 006533-2022-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £2,514,540
  - Signed Date: 27/01/2022

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F006533-2022)
- **Last Source Update:** 2022-03-10T08:55:55.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-23T04:08:24.186Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-03201f