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Moisture-related Risks of Insulated Lime Finishes - Literature Review and Gap Analysis - AWARD

HISTORIC ENGLAND

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16 Jan 2025 at 17:08

Summary of the contracting process

Historic England, an executive non-departmental public body sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media, and Sport, has awarded a contract to the University of Plymouth Enterprise Limited. The contract, titled "Moisture-related Risks of Insulated Lime Finishes - Literature Review and Gap Analysis," falls under the research services category (CPV: 73110000). The procurement process is complete, and the open procedure method was used. The contract period runs from 1 January 2025 to 1 June 2025, with the award notice published on 16 January 2025. Delivery addresses include locations such as British Overseas Territories, Channel Islands, and the United Kingdom, among others.

This tender provides excellent opportunities for businesses involved in research services, particularly those specialising in the historic environment, climate change adaptation, or energy efficiency measures. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with expertise in moisture transport, heat transfer in insulated lime finishes, or heritage conservation will find this contract beneficial for showcasing their skills and capabilities. The project outcomes, including reports and potential webinars, will offer valuable exposure, helping businesses to build a reputation in their specialised fields and secure future research projects.

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Notice Title

Moisture-related Risks of Insulated Lime Finishes - Literature Review and Gap Analysis - AWARD

Notice Description

Historic England is an executive non-departmental public body sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. We are the Government's advisor on the historic environment. Our purpose is to improve people's lives by championing and protecting the historic environment. Through our work, collaboration, creativity and expertise we want everyone to be able to connect with and learn from our heritage. Climate change is one of the most challenging issues of our time, with potential negative consequences for both people and heritage. This project will assist Historic England showing how heritage can play an important role in improving energy efficiency through mitigation measures. This project will assist Historic England in planning future activity around commitments within our Corporate Plan and the Government's third National Adaptation Programme. The Historic Building Climate Change Adaptation Team initiated a research programme on Insulated Lime Finishes in 2022. The overall programme seeks to understand the performance of insulated lime finishes (plasters and renders) both in terms of moisture transport and heat transfer. It also seeks to ascertain whether they are an appropriate energy efficiency measure for use on buildings of traditional construction from a material compatibility point of view. Their potential impact on the heritage significance of the building are outside of the scope of the overarching research programme. The research programme was structured in different phases from its inception, looking at short, medium- and long-term studies. Two phases have already been completed (see section 3. Background). The current research proposal builds on the findings of those previous phases, but focusses on understanding whether research has been undertaken looking at moisture-related risks of insulated lime finishes (i.e. moisture accumulation and/or drying capacity reduction), and how such risks can potentially increase rather than reduce the thermal conductivity of the envelope and/or accelerate the degradation / reduce the longevity of the insulated lime finish. The Literature Review and Gap Analysis produced with this research project will: o Produce a spreadsheet (or similar formatted document) collating information from research papers on mixing components as well as mixing methods, substrates, hygrothermal properties of the mixes and moisture-related risks identified. o Produce a report in Historic England's format for publication in our Research Report Series. The document will include an Executive Summary and all assimilated information appended and conclude with a succinct summary of identified critical 'next steps' (e.g. further literature review, case study(ies) and/or research to address aforementioned knowledge gaps). o Deliver results to the Historic England team and, on agreement, co-host a Technical Tuesday webinar. o Highlight future research needs, particularly if feeding in...

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
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Publication Source
Contracts Finder
Latest Notice
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/7918ca66-ceee-49f6-a410-d90ed4be976f
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Award Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure
Tender Suitability
SME
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

73 - Research and development services and related consultancy services


CPV Codes

73110000 - Research services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
£14,500 Under £100K
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
16 Jan 20251 years ago
Submission Deadline
12 Dec 2024Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
19 Dec 20241 years ago
Contract Period
1 Jan 2025 - 1 Jun 2025 1-6 months
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Not Specified
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
HISTORIC ENGLAND
Contact Name
Maria Carballeira
Contact Email
maria.carballeira@historicengland.org.uk
Contact Phone
0194031622

Buyer Location

Locality
WILTSHIRE
Postcode
SN2 2EH
Post Town
Swindon
Country
England

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLK South West (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLK7 Gloucestershire and Wiltshire
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLK71 Swindon
Delivery Location
Not specified

Local Authority
Swindon
Electoral Ward
Mannington and Western
Westminster Constituency
Swindon South

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH ENTERPRISE

Further Information

Notice Documents

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