Published date: 22 December 2022

Last edited date: 10 January 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: 13 January 2023, 5pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Research and experimental development services - 73100000

  • Research and development consultancy services - 73200000

  • Design and execution of research and development - 73300000

Location of contract

United Kingdom

Value of contract

£9,995

Procurement reference

WWF/CF023/0023

Published date

22 December 2022

Closing date

13 January 2023

Closing time

5pm

Contract start date

23 January 2023

Contract end date

10 March 2023

Contract type

Service 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

Please read attached terms of reference document for full information.

The UK has adopted a binding net zero target and has set out a Net Zero Strategy outlining the
Government's preferred approach to delivery against this target. In addition to strategic public
investment, private investment from businesses will be crucial to achieving this target. This makes it
essential to have the means of tracking public and private investment flows, understanding their
likely impact on carbon emissions, and assessing if they are sufficient to deliver net zero.
While mechanisms exist to assess the environmental impact of individual government policies,
Government has not yet introduced mechanisms to:
1. Track private and public investment flows to net zero and assess if they're sufficient
2. Assess the impact of public tax and spending policies at fiscal events and whether they are
helping to get the UK on track for net zero or not
To address this, WWF and E3G, alongside a range of leading businesses and financial institutions, are
calling for the Government to publish a Net Zero Investment Plan, to be updated on an annual basis,
containing:
1. Assessment of the decarbonisation investment needs of different sectors, aligned with the
sectoral transition pathways contained in the Net Zero Strategy
2. Tracking of actual public and private low carbon investment flows, conducted on an ongoing
basis by an independent body
3. Reporting, based on application of a Net Zero Delivery Tracker, of the environmental impact
of public tax and spending at each fiscal event, in terms of financial flows and projected
carbon emissions impact
4. Assessment of the gap between actual and required investment for sectors and plan of how
govt will use strategic public finance, policy, and regulation to crowd in private finance to
close the gap.

More information

Attachments

About the buyer

Contact name

Leanne Atkinson

Address

Rufford House,The Living Planet Centre, Brewery Road
Woking
GU21 4LL
England

Email

latkinson@wwf.org.uk