Published date: 7 July 2023
Last edited date: 13 July 2023
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Contract summary
Industry
Consultative engineering and construction services - 71310000
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 indicators analysis other than for construction - 90711300
Environmental rehabilitation - 90722000
Location of contract
Any region
Value of contract
£2,400,000
Procurement reference
tender_362764/1232583
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 sole national provider (or consortium of providers) to design and produce an online 'Sustainability Leadership in Education' support hub to enable the design, development, and implementation of climate action plans. The online hub will support this by allowing education settings to self-assess their sustainability confidence and expertise and prompt next steps, further training, and additional resources. These plans will facilitate a holistic approach to sustainability in education, covering key action in decarbonisation, adaptation, and resilience to climate-related risks to education services, green infrastructure/biodiversity, and climate education and green careers.
The online service will also serve to ingest data from DfE systems (including but not limited to non-sensitive education setting-based information and Scope 1 & 2 energy usage, plus selected Scope 3 emissions categories such as purchasing and supply chain information, waste and travel data, and climate/ flooding risk) therefore will require a future-proofed ability to provide this function when required. The platform will collate and analyse this data to form sector-wide benchmarks and provide insights to inform both future DfE policies and setting- specific climate action plans, allowing for setting data comparisons to be presented to the user in an easily understandable format. Frequency and format will be agreed with the provider following contract commencement depending on data collection vehicles and other data collection elements.
The support hub will provide guidance to improve capability and confidence for individual settings to embed climate change and sustainability in their operational and educational activities, while the data feed and comparison information will provide further insight on where to focus action in order to make the most effective changes with support from the Sector Engagement and Support Service (SESS).
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
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