Published date: 3 February 2022

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: 24 February 2022, 11:59pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Research and development services and related consultancy services - 73000000

Location of contract

London

Value of contract

£33,000 to £42,000

Procurement reference

MS/0222

Published date

3 February 2022

Closing date

24 February 2022

Closing time

11:59pm

Contract start date

7 March 2022

Contract end date

25 April 2022

Contract type

Supply contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (below threshold)

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

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

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

The transition to Net Zero requires changes that go beyond the deployment-related metrics we have tended to track in our progress monitoring to date. We are seeking to broaden our assessment of real-world progress, including underlying enablers of policy delivery such as supply chain and skills developments, public attitudes, corporate commitments, funding and finance and governance.

The Government's Heat and Buildings Strategy and the Net Zero Strategy outline a policy framework that aims to substantially reduce emissions from buildings over the next 15 years:
• The Government has adopted a clear direction for heat decarbonisation which confronts the key challenge of this decade: to grow demand for low carbon heat (both heat pumps and district heating) and scale up supply chains while developing hydrogen as an option. This will be done alongside nationwide programmes to improve the energy efficiency of buildings.
• The Government's intention is to use a market-based approach to drive the adoption of low carbon heat. This requires obligations on suppliers, manufacturers and property owners, backed up with funding in key areas. These ambitions are supported by a suite of new policies that aim to enable the transition, providing detail on skills, finance, innovation, and standards.
Under the Government's market-based approach, heat pump installations should scale up by 2028, but wouldn't be expected to take off before the new mechanism comes in, in 2024. Continuing to focus our progress monitoring on tracking heat pump deployment wouldn't tell us how the market is developing ahead of scale up. 'Forward' indicators of preparedness, or enablers of delivery, need to be tracked to provide a more complete picture of underlying progress.

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About the buyer

Contact name

Marcus Shepheard

Address

1 Victoria Street
LONDON
SW1H 0ET
England

Telephone

07471 514895

Email

marcus.shepheard@theccc.org.uk