Bradford Heat Network - Combined Court - Supply Agreement

Concepts

• district heating
• bradford combined court
• district heat operators
• bradford heat network - combined court - supply agreement
• purchasing heat
• the bradford heat network
• heating
• the bradford heat network direct award contract
• commercial supply agreement
• ongoing supply

Location

Bradford Combined Court

Description

Commercial supply agreement for the provision of heating and hot water to Bradford Combined Court via the Bradford Heat Network

Total Quantity or Scope

Direct award contract for the provision of district heating and hot water to Bradford Combined Court, with a duration of 20 years. This is to be supplied following connection to the Bradford Heat Network. This agreement covers ongoing supply of district heating and hot water only. A separate contract was signed for works related to connection to the heat network. Purchasing heat from district heat operators is a key plank in decarbonising the MOJ and HMCTS estates and contributes to achieving the Greening Government Commitments (GGC) and the MOJ’s ambition to achieve net zero carbon by 2050 or earlier.

Award Detail

Award Criteria

CPV Codes

• 09323000 - District heating

Indicators

• Award on basis of price.

Legal Justification

The contract is being direct awarded on grounds that competition is absent for technical reasons. There is only one district heating network available in Bradford. This is in accordance with Regulation 32(2)(b)(ii) of the PCR 2015.

Other Information

TRANSPARENCY HM Government requires that tender documentation issued by Government departments for contracts with a value exceeding £10,000 over the life of the contract are published online [https://www.contractfinder.businesslink,gov.uk] for the general public. The resulting contract shall also be published. The Ministry of Justice may use its discretion to redact information to protect key commercial interests or on prescribed grounds. Therefore, bidders who wish information not to be published if successful should secure agreement with the Ministry of Justice prior to submission. Only documentation relating to awarded contracts will be published. Key commercial interests would be trade secrets and commercial interests which would be prejudiced by publication, following the tests in section 43 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000. http://www.justice.gov.uk/downloads/information-access-rights/foi/foi-s43-exempt... The prescribed grounds for redaction are: (a) national security (b) personal data (c) information protected by intellectual property law; (d) information which it is not in the public interest to disclose (following the tests under the Freedom of Information Act 2000) (e) third party confidential information (f) IT security; or (g) prevention of fraud