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# Shawfair Energy Centre & District Heating Network

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/shawfair-energy-centre-district-heating-network-ocds-h6vhtk-02ef30). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Midlothian Energy Limited (MEL): "Shawfair Energy Centre & District Heating Network". Published status: active. Published Value: £20,000,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 29 Nov 2021, 15:00 GMT. Published submission portal: heat.vattenfall.co.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Midlothian Energy Limited (MEL)](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/midlothian-energy-limited-mel-GB-FTS-25988)
- **Published Value:** £20,000,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 29 November 2021 at 15:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
- **Main Category:** works
- **Classifications (CPV):** Civil engineering consultancy services, Construction work, Construction works for power plants and heating plants, Distance-heating pipes, District heating (+8 more)
- **Delivery Location:** UKM73
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0025
- **Official Documents:** 1 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/shawfair-energy-centre-district-heating-network-ocds-h6vhtk-02ef30#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-02ef30`

## 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/shawfair-energy-centre-district-heating-network-ocds-h6vhtk-02ef30#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [heat.vattenfall.co.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fheat.vattenfall.co.uk%2Fshawfair-design-and-build-prequalification)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/shawfair-energy-centre-district-heating-network-ocds-h6vhtk-02ef30#participate

## Description
MEL is seeking to procure a suitably experienced company to lead the successful design and construction of a heat network for the Shawfair area in Midlothian, Scotland. The heat network development will consist of a connection to a local Energy from Waste Plant, the construction of an Energy Centre complete with back-up boiler plant, District Heating Networks (DHN) and heat substations.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 09300000, 09323000, 38551000, 42515000, 44163120, 45000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKM

- **Estimated Value:** £20,000,000
- **Description:** Shawfair is a new mix use residential and commercial development in Midlothian, Scotland. A local Energy from Waste plant (EfW) has  heat of up to 95°C available as a by-product of its operations for the development area.
This project aims to connect...

- **Options published:** yes

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F027142-2021)
- **Last Source Update:** 2021-10-29T08:04:02.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-21T12:04:19.678Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-02ef30