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City of London Heat Network Delivery in the Square Mile

The Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens of the City of London · Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 29 Sept 2026, 23:24.

Opportunity overview

A Soft Market testing exercise was conducted in September 2024 (under PCR 2015) in consideration as too whether to commence a formal open tender process, at the time the City Corporation (CoLC) wished to establish the level of market interest in a zonal scale heat network development within the Square Mile and potential partnerships to deliver wider energy system decarbonisation measures to address the priority areas identified in within the documents provided. The following organisations were directly invited by the CoLC to complete the PME / SMT activity in September 2024 are listed below, those particpating suppliers will also be asked to participate in this PME / SMT (April 2025) exercise. • 1Energy • E.ON • EQUANS • Hemiko (Pinnacle Power) • Noventa • SSE • Vattenfall • Veolia • Vital Energi Prior to considering whether to commence a formal tender process, the CoLC wishes to establish the level of market interest in a zonal scale Heat Network development within the Square Mile and potential partnerships to deliver wider energy system decarbonisation measures to address the priority areas identified in the CAS and LAEP. This activity does not, however, commit the CoLC to running a tender process in the future.

Classification

  • CPV65000000 — Public utilities
  • CPV76000000 — Services related to the oil and gas industry

Lots

  • Lot 1Value not stated

Documents and notices

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
prj_118
Status
planning
Above Threshold
Yes
Main Procurement Category
services

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Communication

Future Notice Date
1 Oct 2025, 23:59

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
planning

Suitability

Sme
Yes

Contract period

Ends
30 Sept 2028, 23:59
Starts
1 Oct 2026, 00:00

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKI31
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Id
65000000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Public utilities
Entry 2
Id
76000000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Services related to the oil and gas industry

Planning and budget

Documents

Entry 1
Id
012480-2025
Format
text/html
Notice Type
UK2
Description
Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
Document Type
marketEngagementNotice
Published
2 Apr 2025, 12:12

Milestones

Entry 1
Id
engagement
Type
engagement
Status
scheduled
Due
16 May 2025, 23:59
Description
Engagement will consist of a SMT Questionnaire that participating suppliers will be required to submit their responses via the following tender portal (https://cityoflondon.ukp.app.jaggaer.com/). Participating suppliers will have the opportunity to visit two City of London sites to further understand the project. Participating suppliers that wish to attend the City of London site visits will be requirred to sign a Mutual NDA in respect to the site visits including the building plans that will be provided during the vist, as well as further information.

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Id
GB-PPON-PYQD-1693-MYXR
Name
The Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens of the City of London

Roles

buyer

Address

Region
UKI43
Country
GB
Locality
City of London
Postal Code
EC2P 2EJ
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
PO Box 270

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Id
publicAuthoritySubCentralGovernment
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Description
Public authority - sub-central government

Identifier

Id
PYQD-1693-MYXR
Scheme
GB-PPON

Contact

Name
robert pine

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · City of London · UKI43 · EC2P 2EJ · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKI31 · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

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  1. ocds-h6vhtk-04fbdd-2025-04-02T12:12:25+01:00Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender ·