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title: "'Technical Friend' for Heat Networks"
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# 'Technical Friend' for Heat Networks

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/technical-friend-for-heat-networks-ocds-h6vhtk-068e33). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Orbit Group Limited: "'Technical Friend' for Heat Networks". 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:** [Orbit Group Limited](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/orbit-group-limited-rsh-l4123)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Design consultancy services, Heating-system design services
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £264,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-068e33`

## 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/technical-friend-for-heat-networks-ocds-h6vhtk-068e33#tl-md)

## Description
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.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 79415200
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** 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

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 039303-2026-C002548-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Fair Heat Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-139368`
  - Value: £264,000 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 039303-2026-C002548-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £264,000
  - Signed Date: 22/04/2026

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F039303-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-04-29T14:08:58.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T19:09:36.023Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-068e33