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New cold plant centre – insulation of installations 2026 Tender

Original: 01.517 Nuova centrale del freddo - Isolazioni impianti

Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale - Area Infrastrutture e Operations

In context

This is a contract notice published by a government body covering the supply of goods. Delivery covers Switzerland (Europe). It is classified under Energy Efficiency, Heating and Cooling and Engineering and Infrastructure against the sustainability taxonomy rather than matched on keywords.

Summary

This tender procures pipe insulation materials and duct insulation for a new refrigeration plant at a cantonal hospital, covering heating, cooling, sanitary, and ventilation systems across multiple DN sizes. Bidders should be specialized insulation suppliers or HVAC contractors with experience in industrial/institutional cooling and heating system installations.

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About this tender

The Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale (EOC), Area Infrastrutture e Operations, is procuring thermal insulation works (CPV 45320000, BKP 255) for the new cold-generation plant ("Nuova centrale del freddo") at the Ospedale Regionale di Lugano, sede Civico, in Switzerland. The tender is published as an open procedure for construction work under reference #46316. The scope covers insulation of heating, cooling, domestic water (sanitario) and ventilation systems. Main approximate quantities are: heating pipes of DN 12-20 (about 105 m), DN 25-40 (about 75 m), DN 50-80 (about 30 m), DN 100-150 (about 50 m) and DN 200-300 (about 75 m); cooling pipes of DN 12-20 (about 150 m), DN 25-40 (about 205 m), DN 50-80 (about 125 m), DN 100-150 (about 70 m) and DN 200-300 (about 205 m); domestic water pipes of DN 12-20 (about 35 m), DN 25-40 (about 110 m), DN 50-80 (about 30 m) and DN 100-150 (about 10 m); and about 140 m² of ventilation duct insulation. Indicative execution dates are construction start in January 2027 and completion in June 2028. The contract duration is 365 days from contract signature and cannot be extended. Partial tenders and variants are not permitted, and no site visit is planned. Questions must be submitted in writing by 9 November 2026 at 17:00 to [email protected], and written answers will be sent to all participants by 13 November 2026. Tenders must be submitted in a sealed envelope, in Italian, by 3 December 2026 at 14:00; email submissions are not accepted. Tenders remain valid for 180 days after the submission deadline.

Bidder eligibility

Criteria are specified in the tender documentation, which is provided electronically on request from [email protected]. Bidding consortia and subcontractors are not permitted, and multiple tenders from consortia or subcontractors are not permitted. Participation conditions are set out in the documentation. The reference criterion requires experience with analogous works in the last 6 years.

How bids are scored

Award is based on the following weighting: price (Economicità - Prezzo) 50%, references for analogous works in the last 6 years 45%, and quality certification 5%.

Key requirements

  • ✓Pipe insulation for heating, cooling, and sanitary systems across DN 12–300 (ca. 735 ml total)
  • ✓Duct insulation for ventilation systems (ca. 140 m²)
  • ✓Installation and material supply for new central refrigeration plant

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How this compares

  • Compared with 128 similar tenders (efficiency in Switzerland) listed in the last 12 months.
  • It allows 42 days to respond, longer than the typical 41 days across 118 similar tenders.
  • This is the only similar tender from this organisation listed here in the last 12 months.

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About this sector

Energy efficiency funding covers building retrofits, industrial process upgrades, heat recovery, efficient equipment and demand reduction. It arrives as grants for audits and capital works, as support schemes run by agencies and utilities or as public tenders for retrofit and energy services. Applicants usually need a baseline of current energy use and a measured saving.