HEAT NETWORK DEVELOPMENT PARTNER - BIDDERS DAY

Description

Plymouth City Council will shortly be seeking a Development Partner to develop and deliver a heat network in Plymouth. The Development Partner will have capital and technical capabilities to support the city's heat network strategy. The Development Partner will be required to develop, invest in, deliver, own, operate, maintain and expand a heat network, using a Golden Share Delivery Model. During the first development stage, the Development Partner will be responsible for design and commercialisation of the proposed heat network. It is envisaged that this will be followed by a delivery stage where the Development Partner would deliver the low carbon heating and cooling network to the City Centre and Millbay areas. The proposed heat network will utilise a significant waste heat source (South West Water Central Plant) and supplies the following clusters of buildings: University of Plymouth, Arts University Plymouth, Devon & Cornwall Police, Plymouth City Council buildings, National Marine Aquarium, Theatre Royal and Plymouth Community Homes flats. In addition, two preliminary heat network zones have been identified by Department of Energy Security and Net Zero, which offer significant future opportunities for expansion, beyond the initial phase, subject to zone regulations. The Council would like to draw the attention of interested suppliers to the fact that all activities delivered after the development stage shall be under an Evergreen form of contract. Therefore the contract period dates and associated contract values below have been included for estimated and system purposes only based on the Council's best current estimate. Plymouth City Council are applying for the government Green Heat Network Fund to contribute towards the new heat network costs, including commercialisation and construction costs. The remaining development and delivery funding will be provided by the appointed Heat Network Development Partner.