Issue - meetings

There is an exempt appendix in the Exempt Appendices section below.

(a)      Notes the proposed route and estimated return on investment to construct, operate and maintain the district heating transmission pipeline in Appendix 1, Section 4 – Financial Case;

(b)      Authorises the Chief Officer - Commercial and Procurement to commission the necessary ancillary external resources to support the project delivery, to undertake a procurement exercise to invite tenders for a design and build framework contract, and, upon completion, to issue a call-off order for the detailed design of the district heating transmission pipeline to RIBA Stage 4 (to include a survey and assessment of the existing Aberdeen Heat and Power City Centre and Seaton heat network to ensure technical compatibility), and to request a fixed price from the contractor for the construction of the transmission pipeline.

With reference to article 6 of the meeting of the Finance and Resources Committee of 13 September 2023, the Committee had before it a report by the Executive Director for Corporate Services, which presented details of the proposed project to construct a district heating transmission pipeline to distribute low carbon heat from the Energy from Waste plant at East Tullos to heat networks in the city centre and to support further network expansion.

The report recommended:-

that the Committee –

(a)      note the proposed route and estimated return on investment to construct, operate and maintain the district heating transmission pipeline in Appendix 1, Section 4 – Financial Case; and

(b)      authorise the Chief Officer - Commercial and Procurement to commission the necessary ancillary external resources to support the project delivery, to undertake a procurement exercise to invite tenders for a design and build framework contract, and, upon completion, to issue a call-off order for the detailed design of the district heating transmission pipeline to RIBA Stage 4 (to include a survey and assessment of the existing Aberdeen Heat and Power City Centre and Seaton heat network to ensure technical compatibility), and to request a fixed price from the contractor for the construction of the transmission pipeline.

The Committee resolved:-

to approve the recommendations.