Published date: 30 October 2020

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: 2 December 2020, 5pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Research and development services and related consultancy services - 73000000

  • Test and evaluation - 73430000

  • Evaluation consultancy services - 79419000

Location of contract

SN2 2EH

Value of contract

£250,000

Procurement reference

P/REF HE 00001491

Published date

30 October 2020

Closing date

2 December 2020

Closing time

5pm

Contract start date

15 December 2020

Contract end date

30 September 2021

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?

No

Description

As part of the Government's support for the heritage sector, a £50m Heritage Stimulus Fund (HSF) has been made available for repairs projects to heritage assets that will stimulate demand in the heritage construction sector, which faces severe losses owing to the pandemic. This project is to research the impact of the Fund both in the short- and medium-term.

Two parallel approaches are envisaged. One is to track the success of the HSF in sustaining the heritage construction sector, which is linked to learning lessons from the grant-making and contract letting processes. The other is to seize the opportunity of the HSF to establish benchmarks or expectations of benefit arising from the repairs projects against which future heritage repairs projects can be measured. The two parts could be delivered separately or by one supplier. Both parts will run for 9 months so that the impacts both during and after the main funding phase can be assessed.

The learning from the HSF captured through this evaluation will support our corporate goals of achieving a strong heritage sector and of increasing the social and economic productivity of heritage assets in receipt of public money. The results will complement the evaluation of the Culture Recovery Fund which is being carried out by the DCMS.

More information

Links

Additional text

Suppliers interested in this opportunity should register at https://in-tendhost.co.uk/historic-england/aspx/Home in order to express interest and download documentation.

Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No

About the buyer

Contact name

Charlie Garratt

Address

The Engine House
Firefly Avenue
SWINDON
SN2 2EH
United Kingdom

Telephone

02073942987

Email

HPCPTenders@HistoricEngland.org.uk

Website

https://in-tendhost.co.uk/historic-england/aspx/Home