Kharkiv District Heating Project 9734-OTH-57450

In June 2026, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (the “Bank” or “EBRD”) and the City of Kharkiv, Ukraine (the “City” or the “Client”, or the “Purchaser”) signed Loan and Investment GrantAgreements to finance Kharkiv District Heating project (the “Project”).

The City of Kharkiv, located about 40 km to the Russian border, is Ukraine’s second largest city and the major administrative and economic centre in the north-eastern part of Ukraine. It has become a symbol of Ukrainian resistance against Russian full-fledge aggression since 2022. As of the end of 2025, Kharkiv was a home to estimated 1.3 million people (including ca. 200,000 of Internally Displaced Persons (“IDPs”)), reflecting return of the City’s population from a wartime low of around 300,000 people in 2022. Moreover, the City is one of the main evacuation routes from the occupied regions.

To support the resilience of the City’s district heating system and help restore heat supply, on the request of the City of Kharkiv, EBRD has arranged financial package, which includes a senior loan of up to EUR 15 million and an investment grant from the European Union of up to EUR 17 million. The loan and the investment grant proceeds will finance the acquisition of distributed and resilient heat and electricity generation assets.

Based on the above, the City of Kharkiv intends to procure gas-fired modular boiler houses with an aggregate thermal capacity of up to 304.5 MW along with auxiliary systems, as well as small gas-fired containerized cogeneration units with an aggregate electrical capacity of up to 5.33 MW.  At this stage, the procurement is envisaged to be conducted as a multi-lot tender process under a single Procurement Document. Participants may submit Proposals for one, several, or all lots.

The Procurement Document is expected to include the following five lots:

• Lot #1 - Supply of ten (10) gas-fired block-modular boiler houses with a flue gas exhaust and gas supply systems, with an aggregate capacity of up to 122 MWth (thermal), including Related Services;
• Lot #2: Supply of five (5) gas-fired block-modular boiler houses with a flue gas exhaust and gas supply systems, with an aggregate capacity of up to 128 MWth (thermal), including Related Services;
• Lot #3: Supply of seven (7) gas-fired block-modular boiler houses with a flue gas exhaust and gas supply systems, with an aggregate capacity of up to 54.5 MWth (thermal), including Related Services;
• Lot #4: Supply of containerized gas-fired cogeneration units with an aggregate capacity of up to 3.05 MWe (electrical), including Related Services; and
• Lot #5: Supply of containerized gas-fired cogeneration units with an aggregate capacity of up to 2.28 MWe (electrical), including Related Services.

The indicative commencement of the procurement process is Q3, 2026.

In close cooperation with the Bank, the Client is carrying out market consultations with prospective manufacturers and suppliers of the required equipment to develop an optimal procurement and implementation strategy for the Project. The main purpose of the event is to assess the immediate and prospective product availability and test the risk appetite of the market in the context of the current situation in Ukraine. The event will give the opportunity to interested companies to provide feedback and voice any concerns they may have.

All procurement for the Project shall be subject to the provisions of the EBRD Procurement Policies and Rules (Rev. May 2022, https://www.ebrd.com/procurement/project-procurement/policies-guidelines.html).

Please review the documents provided in Annex II-V and fill in and return the Questionary in Annex I. Also, you are invited to send us your questions or comments prior to the planned market consultation (if you wish to keep those questions and comments confidential) or please attend the event and share your thoughts on the upcoming call.

Also, be sure to indicate whether you consider any of the following conditions to be a barrier to your company's participation, or whether you require any changes to the terms of the tender to make it more attractive for your participation.

Questions may be submitted in writing to khtm.ebrd@gmail.com until 31 July 2026. Interested parties are also invited to participate in the online Early Market Engagement meeting, which will be held on 05  August 2026  at 13:h00 (Kyiv time). The meeting link will be provided to all potential participants who have expressed their interest in attending the Early Market Engagement meeting.

Representatives of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) may also take part in the meeting as observers. 

Annexes: FILE 

Annex I: Questionnaire

Annex II: Eligibility and Qualification Criteria (draft version)

Annex III: Scope of Supply (brief)

Annex IV: Delivery schedule of the Goods

Annex V: Technical Specifications

(i)          Technical Specifications for supply of gas-fired block-modular boiler house with a flue gas exhaust and gas supply system, (Lots 1-3);

(ii)         Technical Specifications for supply of containerized gas-fired cogeneration units (Lots 4-5)

Annex VI: Key contractual terms and conditions