Source: https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13c2f-3db4-70a5-a2fa-b722d9811f56/market-opportunity-information-notice-central-heating-fund-decc-funded awarded GB open procedure Suitable for SMEs # MARKET OPPORTUNITY INFORMATION NOTICE Central Heating Fund (DECC funded) [Cornwall Council](https://tendernation.io/buyers/cornwall-council) Estimated value £500,000 to £1,300,000 Published 5 Oct 2015 Deadline Closed 16 Oct 2015 ## Who can bid - Buyer says suitable for SMEs The buyer ticked “suitable for SMEs” on the notice. Anyone can still bid. - Buyer says suitable for VCSEs The buyer ticked “suitable for voluntary, community and social enterprises” on the notice. - Open procedure Anyone can submit a full tender; there is no shortlisting stage. [More contracts for small businesses and VCSEs](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/for-small-businesses) ## About this tender Cornwall Council, as lead applicant for the Cornwall Consortium, submitted a bid on 5 June, 2015, to the Department of Energy and Climate Change (“DECC”) for £1.3m of the £25m Central Heating Fund. “The primary purpose of the Central Heating Fund is to incentivise the installation of first time central heating systems in fuel poor households who do not use mains gas as their primary heating fuel….Rural provision - …some of the most severely fuel poor households are those without a mains gas connection in rural locations” DECC Central Heating Fund guidance. The homes (social housing) eligible for the bid are as follows: a recipient who is in or at risk of being in “Fuel Poverty” residing in property “G” rated; a domestic premises (dwelling) which is not currently using gas as the primary heating fuel; and where a “Central Heating System” would be installed for the “first time” in the property. DECC confirmed the allocation of £1.3m to Cornwall Consortium, matched by £1m from the bid partners on 2 September 2015, to be invested by 30 June 2016. Additional information: This opportunity is aimed Registered Providers currently managing Social Housing within Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. If you are a Registered Social Landlord, operating within Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, that has eligible homes and are interested in exploring the potential eligibility for the above funding, please complete the initial expression of interest form, that can be downloaded via the attachment above, and send it electoronically only to Public Health, by the required deadline of close of business on 16th October, 2015. Read full description ## CPV classification Residential property renting or leasing services Source Contracts Finder (UK) [View official notice](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/notice/d99ddb79-adc8-11e6-9901-0019b9f3037b) Never miss a tender like this again Get AI summaries, deadline alerts and a bid pipeline for tenders matched to your business. Free to start. 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