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District Heating

ASTON UNIVERSITY · Transparency notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 30 Sept 2026, 14:18.

Opportunity overview

Aston University intends to award a contract for the operation and management of its new Energy Centre, which will supply heat to the campus via the existing District Heating Network. The new Energy Centre is part of the University's decarbonisation strategy and is funded through Salix PSDS. The contract will replace the existing Energy Supply Agreement with Birmingham District Energy Company (BDEC), ensuring continuity of service and technical compatibility across the network. The new agreement will support Aston's goal to achieve net-zero carbon emissions for Scope 1 and 2 by 2028, two years ahead of its strategic target.

Awarded to

Amounts belong to published awards or contracts. Where several suppliers share one value, it is labelled as shared and is not a supplier-specific allocation.

Classification

No classification was supplied.

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
1193
Status
complete
Procurement Method
direct
Procurement Method Details
Direct award
Why this procedure was chosen
Grounds for direct award under the Procurement Act 2023 are: -Schedule 5: The following conditions are met in relation to the public contract- (a) due to a particular supplier having intellectual property rights or other exclusive rights, only that supplier can supply the goods, services or works required, and (b) there are no reasonable alternatives to those goods, services or works. This is demonstrated by the current contract with BRING and the technical incompatibility of multiple suppliers operating on the same Heat Network at differing specifications. -Schedule 7: The public contract concerns the supply of goods, services or works by the existing supplier which are intended as an extension to, or partial replacement of, existing goods, services or works in circumstances where- (a) a change in supplier would result in the contracting authority receiving goods, services or works that are different from, or incompatible with, the existing goods, services or works, and (b) the difference or incompatibility would result in disproportionate technical difficulties in operation or maintenance This is demonstrated by technical incompatibility of operating two independent Energy Centre's operating at incompatible specifications on the same Heat Network.

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Procedure reasons

Entry 1
Id
singleSuppliersIntellectualPropertyExclusiveRights
Entry 2
Id
singleSuppliersTechnicalReasons

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
complete

Published documents

Entry 1
Id
conflictOfInterest
Description
Not published
Document Type
conflictOfInterest

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Id
GB-COH-RC000904
Name
ASTON UNIVERSITY

Roles

buyer

Address

Region
UKG31
Country
GB
Locality
Birmingham
Postal Code
B4 7ET
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
Aston Triangle

Details

Classifications

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

Identifier

Id
RC000904
Scheme
GB-COH

Contact

Additional Identifiers

Entry 1
Id
PTLB-7496-TPTR
Scheme
GB-PPON
Organisation 2
Id
GB-COH-05988953
Name
BIRMINGHAM DISTRICT ENERGY COMPANY LIMITED

Roles

supplier

Address

Region
UKI32
Country
GB
Locality
London
Postal Code
SW1V 1PX
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
Thomas House

Details

Vcse
No
Scale
large

Identifier

Id
05988953
Scheme
GB-COH

Contact

Additional Identifiers

Entry 1
Id
PMGX-6253-TDDH
Scheme
GB-PPON

Award information

Award 1
Id
1
Title
District Heating
Status
pending
Above Threshold
Yes
Main Procurement Category
goods

Items

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKG31
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Id
09323000
Scheme
CPV
Description
District heating

Value

Amount
37,500,000
Currency
GBP
Including VAT
45,000,000

Documents

Entry 1
Id
082946-2025
Format
text/html
Notice Type
UK5
Description
Transparency notice on Find a Tender
Document Type
awardNotice
Published
15 Dec 2025, 14:21

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-COH-05988953
Name
BIRMINGHAM DISTRICT ENERGY COMPANY LIMITED

Milestones

Entry 1
Id
1
Type
futureSignatureDate
Status
scheduled
Due
31 Dec 2025, 23:59

Related lots

1

Contract period

Ends
31 Dec 2051, 23:59
Starts
1 Jan 2026, 00:00

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Birmingham · UKG31 · B4 7ET · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
  1. ocds-h6vhtk-05f5d6-2025-12-15T14:21:08ZTransparency notice on Find a Tender ·