Published date: 13 February 2017

This notice was replaced on 22 March 2018

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Awarded contract (published 22 March 2018, last edited 29 March 2021)

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Contract summary

Industry

  • Research and development consultancy services - 73200000

  • Market and economic research; polling and statistics - 79300000

Location of contract

London

Value of contract

£1,400,000

Procurement reference

UKSBS OJEU-CR16118BEIS

Published date

13 February 2017

Closing date

21 March 2017

Contract start date

3 May 2017

Contract end date

31 March 2020

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

This contract is for the study of construction of
LoCoLoCO2 buildings in order to understand:
- The drivers, barriers, attitudes and challenges
through the various stages of construction, from
specification and design, through construction and
supply chain, to hand-over and occupancy.
- The costs and cost drivers associated with
construction.
- The actual energy performance of these homes
when occupied and the reasons behind this
performance.
The evidence will be used to support the case for
policy to support low-carbon building construction and
an understanding of the art of the possible to inform
future emissions reductions plans. Also allow BEIS to
gain an understanding of how to apply, to retrofit
projects, an integrated approach to design, processes,
measures and technologies, as opposed to the
sequential approach taken to typically retrofit existing
housing stock.

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About the buyer

Address

Polaris House
North Star Avenue
Swindon
SN2 1FL
England

Email

research@uksbs.co.uk