Published date: 7 July 2023

Last edited date: 13 July 2023

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 28 August 2023, 11:59pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Environmental engineering consultancy services - 71313000

  • Research and development services and related consultancy services - 73000000

  • Experimental development services - 73120000

    • Design and execution of research and development - 73300000

    • Environmental services - 90700000

    • Environmental impact assessment other than for construction - 90711000

    • Environmental rehabilitation - 90722000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£2,000,000

Procurement reference

tender_362769/1232247

Published date

7 July 2023

Closing date

28 August 2023

Closing time

11:59pm

Contract start date

4 December 2023

Contract end date

3 December 2025

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (above threshold)

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

This procedure can be used for procurements above the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

The Department is looking to procure a single lead provider (or consortium) to facilitate regional networks of support and advice for sustainability and climate action planning in the education system. This will involve facilitating a 'regional network' in each education region, where sustainability leads can benefit from peer-to-peer learning and mentoring; recruiting volunteer and/or paid experts to engage directly with education settings - at individual or trust level - who will help those settings develop and implement climate action plans; and ensuring that this on-the-ground support is properly targeted to those settings that need the support the most.

The provider will identify appropriate experts to help enable individual education settings and trusts to develop their Climate Action Plans.

Climate action plans should include action over the following areas:
- Decarbonisation and energy efficiency,
- Climate adaptation and resilience,
- Biodiversity and green infrastructure,
- Climate education and green skills and careers.

As such, the network of experts must be drawn from a wide range of careers and occupations (education, academia, industry), to provide the technical expertise needed to help education settings own and implement these wide-ranging plans.

The formal Call for Competition will be conducted via the Department for Education's Jaggaer e-Tendering Portal. You can view the itt by cutting and pasting this link https://education.app.jaggaer.com/web/login.html then clicking view opportunities.

You must be registered on Jaggaer to ask clarification questions and submit a bid. The link above can also be used to register an account.

About the buyer

Contact name

Sustainability and Climate Change Unit

Address

Great Smith Street
London
SW1P 3BT
England

Email

DfE.SUSTAINABILITY@education.gov.uk