# Evaluation of the Heat Networks Investment Project

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy \(BEIS\)
- Contract winner: [RiskSol Consulting Ltd](/contract-winners/risksol-consulting/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £850,000
- Tender value: £850,000
- Award date: 22 December 2016
- Published: 26 January 2017
- Contract start: 4 January 2017
- Contract end: 15 December 2021
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 6b2f09af-eae4-45d3-bb78-865a6741b4a2-127284
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-57d1ab37-c8ee-430a-a7ca-77d19a0859de

## Description

The Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy \(BEIS\) awarded a contract for an external evaluation of the Heat Networks Investment Project\. This will involve the development of the underlying theory of change for the project, and undertaking a multi-phase evaluation of the initial pilot and main scheme structured around this theory of change\. The evaluation consists of process, impact and economic elements\. Heat Networks are series of pipes which share heat in the form of hot water or steam across multiple buildings, and HNIP makes significant capital funding available to support their expansion\. HNIP is a Major Government Project which aims to deliver carbon savings and help to create a sustainable market\. For background information, the full specification and further information on this project please see the ITT\. A guide price for this opportunity is betwenn £700,000 to £880,000 ex VAT \(GBP\)\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/6b2f09af-eae4-45d3-bb78-865a6741b4a2-127284)