Boiler Grant. Shopping around? Not eligible but getting a deal anyway?

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Can I apply to more than one energy supplier, running Boiler Grant, at the same time?
If I have already applied and have a quote, where I have been asked to pay £###, for specific boiler. Can I :
- call another energy supplier and ask for a boiler grant, so maybe I can get better price
- or different boiler

I believe that applications are made to energy suppliers to make it easier for folks to apply, but then it is subcontracted anyway. SO is there any way to find and safely quote - directly, companies dealing with boiler [insulation] grants?

What is the official website to search for boiler deals?
Is boilergrants.co.uk ?


Thank you for any help, I'm between jobs and have a narrow window to replace my leaking boiler

PS. After submitting application to boilergrants.co.uk - advisor on the phone say, my boiler is not covered by government grant as my boiler is too effective [over 86%]. Although subcontractor to energy company (first application I sent was trough 'big six company', is saying I can get boiler installed for couple of hundreds £ contribution - reduced from the full installation cost of about £2k.
I'm not on energy contract with this energy company.

What's going on??? Are the companies taking people on a ride selling bad quality boilers for reduced price under an umbrella of boiler grant?

When I asked what boiler exactly it is or energy output, I was said it is not clear yet, as it is being assessed...

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So now I know I was misinformed on all occasions- apart from one. I was eligible all the time, but some companies don't deal with some type of situations.

It took several calls to multiple energy companies, some of them few times, also it took about 3 calls to Energy Saving Trust [that I think is first point of contact in this situation - 0300 123 123 4 - and I think they are tax sponsored].

Finally latter told me that most Big energy companies deal with boilers if their efficiency falls below B GRADE and only some if it falls inside B GRADE. It happened that in the process, some companies were telling me that my boiler is X efficient, and other Z efficient. All of them [apart from one] were saying I'm not eligible, including money grabbers that always come at the top of search engine when you look for grant. And they should know the best.

All this time I was suspicious why only one company decided to go trough with my application. For obvious reasons I wouldn't ask them 'Why?', as that could be conflict of interest.

Gov website [gov energy-grants-calculator] is at least cryptic. It asks you questions, but it doesn't clarify anywhere why and what. It doesn't provide basic information for less skilled in information research and I can only suppose how many people were turned down by one company but would be eligible in other.

Shame.

So now I can confirm that the only company that would deal with boiler that is too efficient for almost all companies is SSE, only they would accept B graded boiler for replacement if it's broken and you are also eligible.