Published date: 27 February 2024
This notice was replaced on 20 March 2024
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Awarded contract (published 14 August 2024)
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Contract summary
Industry
Research and development services and related consultancy services - 73000000
Business and management consultancy and related services - 79400000
Location of contract
Any region
Value of contract
£1,800,000
Procurement reference
tender_408032/1310462
Published date
27 February 2024
Approach to market date
27 February 2024
Contract start date
10 June 2024
Contract end date
30 November 2026
Contract is suitable for SMEs?
Yes
Contract is suitable for VCSEs?
No
Description
***** THIS IS AN PIN NOTICE, NOT A CALL FOR COMPETITION *****
Background
UKSBS on behalf of the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) will shortly be going out to market to procure the Energy and Net Zero Behavioural Science Framework. This Framework will replace the current Energy and Climate Change Behavioural Science Framework.
The current Framework agreement acts as a mechanism for colleagues working across the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) to commission small-scale behavioural science research in the energy and net zero space at pace. It has proved very useful thus far; since launching in August 2022, we have already commissioned 12 projects through it for a range of teams across DESNZ and we anticipate this high level of interest to continue.
Due to popular demand, the current framework is set to shortly meet its maximum spend and so we are reprocuring to avoid a period without this mechanism in place.
We are currently estimating that the procurement for the new Framework will launch end February / Start March 2024.
When this is launched it will be advertised through the Find a Tender and Contracts Finder websites and the Jaggaer eSouring portal will be utilised as the tendering platform for bidders to register and submit their bid response.
The new Framework is expected to run from June 2024 until 31st December 2026 at the earliest. However, DESNZ will require a break clause within the contract, placed at the end of June 2025 and June 2026.
The Framework will have a maximum value cap of £1,800,000 across the duration of the term. However, there is no commitment from DESNZ that it will spend this or any amount of money through the contract.
Within the attachments section of this notice we have provided further details of the intended scope of the Energy and Net Zero Behavioural Science Framework, along with a section for feedback should interested parties wish to help inform the scope / format of the future agreement.
All enquiries or feedback in relation to this procurement should be sent to professionalservices@uksbs.co.uk
About the buyer
Contact name
Kerry Hart
Address
Polaris House
Swindon
SN2 1FF
England
professionalservices@uksbs.co.uk
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