Heat Pump Tenders and Contracts

A heat pump tender covers the supply, installation or design of an air source (ASHP) or ground source (GSHP) heat pump, whether as a standalone replacement for an existing heating system or as one measure inside a wider retrofit or decarbonisation project.

Stotles brings together heat pump tenders and contracts from 100+ portals into one search, so you do not have to check each portal separately, and you can set alerts for new opportunities across the UK and Ireland.

If you want to search the government portals directly, Find a Tender carries higher-value contracts across the UK and Contracts Finder carries lower-value contracts in England. Public Contracts Scotland, Sell2Wales and eTendersNI cover Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, Ireland's eTenders covers Irish public bodies, and many councils, NHS bodies and housing associations publish on their own e-tendering portals such as ProContract. Heat pump work is often called off from decarbonisation and retrofit frameworks, and single-site replacements appear on Contracts Finder and council portals.

Heat pump tenders are scored on system design, carbon savings, installation programme, commissioning and aftercare, and whole-life cost. Many schemes are grant funded, so meeting the funding timetable matters.

Installers are usually expected to be MCS certified, and work involving refrigerants needs F-Gas certified engineers. Tenders usually set minimum insurance cover, check financial standing and ask for evidence of similar installations at selection stage. Under the Procurement Act 2023, suppliers can be excluded for certain criminal convictions, insolvency or failure to pay tax.

Most often as part of something wider. A heat pump swap frequently sits inside a bigger decarbonisation or fabric-first retrofit project covering insulation, controls and ancillary equipment at the same time, rather than going out as its own isolated tender.

An air source heat pump (ASHP) draws heat from outside air and is the more common retrofit choice for an existing building. A ground source heat pump (GSHP) needs ground loops or boreholes, so it shows up more often in new-build or larger estate projects where that groundwork is already planned.

Housing associations, combined authorities, NHS trusts and fire and rescue services are frequent buyers, usually replacing a gas-fired heating system at a single site as part of a low-carbon retrofit. Councils also run larger multi-site retrofit programmes covering housing stock or public buildings.

Read decarbonisation plans, heat decarbonisation funding awards, estate condition surveys and boiler replacement schedules, which show heat pump work coming due ahead of a notice. On Stotles you can track those signals and the buyers behind them, then follow a notice from pre-tender through to award.

Heat pump notices carry 42511110 (Heat pumps) and 45331000 (Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning installation work).