Planning

Historic Building Energy Performance Potential - Demonstrator Project (NP 270) [Request For Information (RFI)]

HISTORIC ENGLAND

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Planning

17 Mar 2025 at 11:56

UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
Summary of the contracting process

Historic England is inviting market research through a Request for Information (RFI) for a project titled "Historic Building Energy Performance Potential - Demonstrator Project (NP 270)". The procurement is in the planning stage and involves the review and appraisal of energy performance data for historic buildings. This contract, targeted at the services industry, entails examining Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs) for traditional buildings against measured energy performance data. The project location is within the United Kingdom, with key dates including the milestone due date on 28th March 2025 and the contract period from 1st May 2025 to 31st August 2025.

This tender offers significant business growth opportunities for firms specialising in energy and related services, and buildings of historical or architectural interest. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary, community and social enterprises (VCSEs) are particularly encouraged to participate. The project will help suppliers demonstrate their capability in providing comprehensive and accurate energy performance assessments, potentially influencing future EPC standards. Businesses adept in energy efficiency improvements and data analysis for historic construction projects will find this tender well-suited to their expertise.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Historic Building Energy Performance Potential - Demonstrator Project (NP 270) [Request For Information (RFI)]

Notice Description

Historic England is conducting market research through the use of a Request For Information (RFI) to understand if there are suppliers who have the capability and capacity to achieve our requirement. Background to requirement: This project will review the qualitative and quantitative building performance evaluation data gathered for six historic buildings of traditional construction, the 'demonstrator projects', to enable the critical appraisal of the assumed and measured data, and related advice presented in Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs) for traditional buildings. The project aims to contextualise and critically appraise the Domestic Energy Assessment (DEA) data for each of the 'demonstrator project' against quantitative and qualitative in-situ Measured Energy Performance (MEP) data, to: - provide evidence-based proposal(s) for the development of the current EPC system to enable the implementation of considered, appropriate and resilient energy efficiency improvements, with positive outcomes against the EPC scoring methodology and MEES requirements. - identify the most beneficial (in both accuracy and cost) MEP tools to ensure an accurate and comprehensive energy performance assessment of historic buildings of traditional construction and the value of implementing these to inform decisions of necessary and appropriate energy efficiency improvement 'recommendations' - develop a standardised template to record the depth and breadth of data required by the DEA and broader MEP processes. Enabling robust and comparable information to be collected on this and further projects in the future.

Planning Information

The project this notice is linked to is a request for information which will help us write the specification for the procurement.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-04edbf
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/009620-2025
Current Stage
Planning
All Stages
Planning

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Not Specified
Procurement Method Details
Not specified
Tender Suitability
SME, VCSE
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

45 - Construction work

71 - Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services

CPV Codes

45212350 - Buildings of particular historical or architectural interest

71314000 - Energy and related services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
17 Mar 202511 months ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
28 Mar 2025Expired
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
30 Apr 2025 - 31 Aug 2025 1-6 months
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Planning
Lots Status
Planning
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
HISTORIC ENGLAND
Contact Name
Not specified
Contact Email
procurement-he@historicengland.org.uk
Contact Phone
Not specified

Buyer Location

Locality
SWINDON
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

Further Information

Notice Documents

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