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East Devon District Council

ED0389-25 Delivery of District Heating to the Cranbrook Expansion Areas by an ESCo

ConstructionCPV 71314000
Value£130.0m
Deadline3 Jul 2026
Published8 May 2026
RegionNationwide
Contract value in context
£130.0mtotal contract value
median £95k
this tender£0£140.4m

This is a large award for Engineering & Architecture — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 33,646 valued Engineering & Architecture tenders in our corpus.

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The brief

East Devon District Council (EDDC) is seeking to engage the market in advance of procuring a long-term Energy Services Company (ESCo) to deliver a new District Heating Network to serve the expansion areas of Cranbrook.

The scheme will serve the growth of Cranbrook new town, supplying low-carbon heat to approximately 4,500 new homes and 24,500m2; of commercial space, including three new schools.

The project has successfully secured a £5.95 million capital contribution grant from the Green Heat Network Fund (GHNF), administered by Triple Point on behalf of the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero.

This funding is intended to support the delivery of low-carbon heat infrastructure and will be made available to the appointed ESCo as a contribution towards eligible capital works.

The scheme will be required to meet Future Homes and Future Building standards as set out in the updated bui…

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

East Devon District Council (EDDC) is seeking

East Devon District Council (EDDC) is seeking to engage the market in advance of procuring a long-term Energy Services Company (ESCo) to deliver a new District Heating Network to serve the expansion areas of Cranbrook.

02

This funding is intended to support

This funding is intended to support the delivery of low-carbon heat infrastructure and will be made available to the appointed ESCo as a contribution towards eligible capital works.

03

The scheme will be required to meet

The scheme will be required to meet Future Homes and Future Building standards as set out in the updated building regulations.

04

The successful bidder will need to develop

The successful bidder will need to develop the design to construction stage.

05

The successful bidder will then operate

The successful bidder will then operate and maintain the network for the duration of the contract in line with industry best practices and the Heat Trust Scheme Standards with a subsequent move to market regulations where applicable.

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Stage
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