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'Technical Friend' for Heat Networks

Buyer: ORBIT GROUP LIMITED →

BuyerORBIT GROUP LIMITED
StatusAwarded
DeadlineNot published
ValueValue not published
Published29 Apr 2026

What is being bought

Orbit Group Limited have the ambition to bring all their existing Heat Networks in line with the requirements of the Heat Network Technical Assurance Scheme (HNTAS) . To achieve this, Orbit Group Limited has appointed Fair Heat Ltd via the CCS Framework RM6314 - Demand Management & Renewables to act as a 'Technical Friend' for Heat Networks, supporting a number of workstreams to improve heating provision across a number of Orbit Group Limited properties.

Delivery location

UK

Categories

Design consultancy services 79415200Heating-system design services 71321200

Lot details

Lot 1

Services required: * Support for HNES Funding / Capital Bid Funding, * Heating Network Design Reviews, * Technical oversight of Site Commissioning & Installations, * HNTAS Reviews, * Consumer Standards / Ts & Cs Technical Support

Statuscancelled

Award criteria
price

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Design consultancy servicesNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 79. The category anchor is Design consultancy services (79415200); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 795,1493 median · 32.2 average (1,567 of 5,149 with a bid count)2.9 average (1,756 of 5,149 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer41 median · 1 average (1 of 4 with a bid count)1 average (1 of 4 with named award suppliers)Not published
Delivery region: UK1,4544 median · 57.6 average (431 of 1,454 with a bid count)4.7 average (509 of 1,454 with named award suppliers)Not published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleUtilisation of CCS Framework RM6314 - Demand Management & Renewables due to limited time to award. Window 12 of HNES Applications opened at end of March and close 22nd May, insufficient time to tender.
Rationale classificationsThe procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
Special regimeNot published
Covered byGPA
Submission policyNot published
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents0
Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Awards

Contracts

039303-2026-C002548-1

Statusactive
Value£264,000

Documents & submission route

No documents are published in the current source record.

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-068e33
Latest release ID039303-2026
Latest release timestampWed Apr 29 2026 14:08:58 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLNot published
Tender statuscomplete
Procurement methodlimited
Procurement method detailsAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basis32014L0024
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: endNot published
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadlineNot published
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailsNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender valueNot published
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source0
Awards in latest release1
Contracts in latest release1
Parties in latest release3

Notice history

DateEventReference
29 Apr 2026award, contract039303-2026

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

Complete current OCDS release JSON
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Complete JSON history (1 releases)
29 Apr 2026 · 039303-2026 · award, contract
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