Awarded without open competition
Awarded without open competition. The buyer went directly to one or a few suppliers instead of advertising the contract. Procurement rules allow this only in specific cases, such as extreme urgency, when only one supplier can do the work, or for call-offs from an existing framework.
Key facts
- Buyer
- Coventry University · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Coventry District Energy Company Limited SME
- Value
- £9,804,107.47
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Public utilities · Other sources of energy supplies and distribution (CPV 65400000)
- Region
- West Midlands
- Official notice
- 073693-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date19 Sep 2025
- Published13 Nov 2025Published 55 days after the contract date
Description
Coventry University has successfully secured funding from the Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme (PSDS round 3c) to connect several of its major buildings to a local existing low-carbon district energy network and install ancillary energy efficiency improvements. The university has made the strategic decision to engage Bring Energy, trading as Coventry District Energy Company (CDEC), for the comprehensive design, supply, and installation of this innovative decarbonisation project. The project will connect five groups of university buildings to the existing district energy network for the supply of hot water for space heating and the provision of domestic hot water, with the potential for the subsequent future connection of nearby university buildings. The university has chosen to award the project to CDEC due to the following compelling reasons: • Unique expertise and existing infrastructure: Bring Energy (CDEC), formerly known as Equans, holds an exclusive 25-year concession agreem…
About the supplier
Coventry District Energy Company Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 08090838).