Planning

Sustainability Leadership and Climate Action Plans - Sector Engagement and Support

DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION

This public procurement record has 2 releases in its history.

Planning

20 Apr 2023 at 08:35

Planning

04 Apr 2023 at 15:21

Summary of the contracting process

The Department for Education is planning a tender titled "Sustainability Leadership and Climate Action Plans - Sector Engagement and Support" within the environmental engineering consultancy services category. The tender aims to procure a national lead provider to co-ordinate a network of experts for climate change and sustainability initiatives in the education sector. The expected contract start and end dates are between September 11, 2023, and September 11, 2025. A Supplier Engagement Event is set for May 9, 2023. Interested parties can request details by contacting DFE.SUSTAINABILITY@education.gov.uk.

This opportunity offers businesses a chance to provide practical climate change and sustainability advice to educational settings. Businesses suited for this tender would include environmental consultants, sustainability experts, climate change specialists, and those with experience in regional network coordination. The process involves developing individual Climate Action Plans and facilitating collaboration in the education sector. The Department is specifically seeking participation from experts across various careers to support sustainability initiatives within education settings.

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Notice Title

Sustainability Leadership and Climate Action Plans - Sector Engagement and Support

Notice Description

**Update 20/04/23 - This update provides notice of a Supplier Engagement Event that will be held 9th May 2023 (expected 10:00 to 11:30 - tbc)** Should you wish to attend the event, please email DFE.SUSTAINABILITY@education.gov.uk to request details / an invitation. Expected contract start / end dates have also been updated. (end of update). The Department is looking to procure an experienced and prominent national lead provider (or consortia) to co-ordinate a regional network of environmental sustainability and climate change experts. These experts will operate in a voluntary capacity to perform several functions within the education sector related to climate change and sustainability. The provider will identify appropriate experts to help enable individual education settings to develop climate actions plans. These plans should include action scoping over the following areas: Decarbonisation/energy efficiency, adaptation and resilience, biodiversity/green infrastructure, climate education and green skills and careers. As such, the network of experts must be drawn from a wide range of careers and occupations (education, academia, industry), in order to provide the technical expertise needed to help education settings own and implement these wide-ranging plans. Further specific functions include: - Develop a regionally co-ordinated approach to provide practical climate change and sustainability advice to Sustainability Leads in education settings. - Assist in the creation and development of individual Climate Action Plans - Provide a support-matching function through: o setting up virtual or physical 'Sustainability Hubs' to provide regional single points of support, allowing education settings to engage in peer-to-peer learning. o providing a mentor-match service, assigning an expert to a setting/ Sustainability Lead to support over a sustained period. - Develop an engagement strategy tailored to all education sectors, from Early Years up to Further Education settings, with a particular focus on reaching those settings who are not yet engaged with climate action planning. - Develop and facilitate local and regional networks for sector collaboration and sharing of best practice of sustainability in education settings The provider will also be required to work with the Natural History Museum, their partners and the wider delivery network to encourage and guide sector participation with the Department's National Education Nature Park and Climate Action Award initiatives from Autumn 2023 onwards. At this stage we are looking for the market to register interest in bidding for this work (contact details below). We will look to hold market engagement days so that interested parties may request more detail about this opportunity. Additional information: Background: In April 2022 the Department published its Sustainability and Climate Change Strategy. As part of that Strategy we committed to support the sector in appointing a Sustainability Lead who will develop a tailored Climate Action Plan to outline how the setting will embed sustainability. This procurement is a part of this initiative within the strategy and aims to provide direct sector support to implement this.

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-b5fd17-b6c03e13-e8ef-4df9-86a7-722c6c00c8fc
Publication Source
Contracts Finder
Latest Notice
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/77465242-5da8-4ef1-91f1-a8e84d733b55
Current Stage
Planning
All Stages
Planning

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Planned Procurement Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Not specified
Procurement Method
Not Specified
Procurement Method Details
Tender Suitability
SME, VCSE
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

71 - Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services

73 - Research and development services and related consultancy services

90 - Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services


CPV Codes

71313000 - Environmental engineering consultancy services

73000000 - Research and development services and related consultancy services

73120000 - Experimental development services

73300000 - Design and execution of research and development

90700000 - Environmental services

90711000 - Environmental impact assessment other than for construction

90722000 - Environmental rehabilitation

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£3,900,000 £1M-£10M
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
20 Apr 20232 years ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
9 May 2023Expired
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
10 Sep 2023 - 11 Sep 2025 2-3 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Planned
Lots Status
Not Specified
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION
Contact Name
Not specified
Contact Email
dfe.sustainability@education.gov.uk
Contact Phone
Not specified

Buyer Location

Locality
LONDON
Postcode
SW1P 3BP
Post Town
South West London
Country
England

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLI London
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLI3 Inner London - West
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLI35 Westminster and City of London
Delivery Location
TLC North East (England), TLD North West (England), TLE Yorkshire and The Humber, TLF East Midlands (England), TLG West Midlands (England), TLI London, TLJ South East (England), TLK South West (England)

Local Authority
Westminster
Electoral Ward
St James's
Westminster Constituency
Cities of London and Westminster

Further Information

Notice Documents

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