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Warm Homes Suffolk Energy Efficiency and Renewables Retrofit Framework

Suffolk County Council

This public procurement record has 7 releases in its history.

ContractAmendment

20 Oct 2026 at 10:10

UK10 - Contract Change Notice
Award

02 Oct 2026 at 14:42

UK7 - Contract Details Notice
Award

15 May 2026 at 07:09

UK7 - Contract Details Notice
Award

11 Dec 2025 at 12:58

UK6 - Contract Award Notice
Tender

04 Jun 2025 at 17:09

UK4 - Tender Notice
Planning

23 May 2025 at 10:04

UK1 - Pipeline Notice
Planning

17 Mar 2025 at 15:41

UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
Summary of the contracting process

Suffolk County Council established a framework for energy-efficiency upgrades and renewable energy across domestic and commercial properties in Suffolk. It covers whole-house retrofit, energy services such as energy management and building assessment, and large-scale renewable energy supply and installation for commercial and educational properties. The work supports schemes including the Warm Homes Local Grant and is intended to reduce energy use, improve housing quality and help meet net-zero targets. Framework users may include local authorities in the Suffolk Climate Change Partnership, district and borough social landlords, and housing associations in Suffolk, East Anglia and Essex. Delivery is across Suffolk and the wider East of England area.

The open procurement has concluded and suppliers have been appointed to all three lots. Whole-house retrofit awards went to Cornerstone (East Anglia), EDF Energy Customers, Efficient Energy Services, Live Manage Facilitate and T.S.G. Building Services, each at a stated gross award value of £24 million. Energy Services appointments went to Net Zero Gurus trading as ECO4 Gurus, Qwala, Refyt and Synergize, each at £2.4 million gross. Renewable-energy systems appointments went to Bell Group, eEnergy Services UK, LJM Solutions, Solar Voltaics and the Lanman Group, each at £9.6 million gross; these awards are recorded as pending. Awards were made on 17 November 2025. The framework period is 1 October 2025 to 30 September 2029; contracts are recorded through 11 January 2030. Quality counted for 60% and price for 40%.

This framework demonstrates recurring public-sector demand for coordinated domestic retrofit, energy services and renewable installations across Suffolk and neighbouring parts of East Anglia and Essex. Credible competitors will need to match the relevant lot: whole-house delivery calls for retrofit construction capability, including insulation, heating and refurbishment; energy services require energy-efficiency, building-fabric and building-services assessment or consultancy; and the renewables lot requires the capacity to supply and install large-scale systems for commercial and educational sites. The appointed supplier pool includes both SMEs and larger firms, so the requirement can suit businesses with different scales of operation, provided they can deliver the relevant scope. Competition placed greater weight on quality than price, making a strong, evidenced delivery approach as well as competitive pricing important. Call-offs may be direct awards or mini-competitions, depending on the lot and circumstances.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Warm Homes Suffolk Energy Efficiency and Renewables Retrofit Framework

Notice Description

Suffolk County Council (SCC) has established the Warm Homes Suffolk Energy Efficiency and Renewables Retrofit Framework aimed at delivering high-quality energy efficiency retrofitting and renewable energy solutions for domestic and commercial premises across Suffolk. The framework is designed to support various schemes including, but not exclusive to, the Warm Homes Local Grant scheme and its successors, and to provide a compliant route to market for local authority members of the Suffolk Climate Change Partnership (SCCP), social landlords, and private homeowners within the boundary of Suffolk to reduce energy consumption, improve housing quality, and achieve net-zero carbon objectives. The framework includes: Wholehouse Retrofit Energy Services Renewable Energy Systems for Commercial and Educational Properties Please note: the estimated values shown in this notice take into account grant funding received by SCC to date, anticipated future funding streams and use of the Framework by other Contracting Authorities in scope. This Framework can be used by the following Public Sector Organisations within the boundary of Suffolk, East Anglia & Essex: Local Authority members of the Suffolk Climate Change Partnership (SCCP); District and Borough Council Social Landlords; Housing Associations. Please note this notice has been published retrospectively.

Lot Information

Whole House Retrofit Energy Services Renewable Energy Systems for Commercial and Educational Properties

Service Providers appointed to Lot 3 shall provide services for the supply and installation of large-scale renewable energy solutions for educational establishments and commercial properties.

Planning Information

SCC invites interested parties to attend a webinar to be held on: 03/04/2025 at 11:30 – 13:00. The purpose of the event is to share SCC’s current thinking with the Market and to elicit feedback from the Market regarding the current draft specification, the suggested scope of the Framework, the lotting structure, procurement approach to be adopted and any innovations in the Energy Retrofit space. SCC will issue a suite of questions to attendees to capture market insights into any market forces, the markets capability, capacity and appetite and to gather market intelligence regarding the current approaches to working with key stakeholders to this and related energy initiatives. The event follows an earlier informal Market Discovery event (soft market testing) which was held in November 2024 as a meet the buyer round table event. The key focus of this event was to discuss with the Market possible barriers to participation with a particular focus on understanding the key constraints and exploring Measures to address the current skills gap in the Energy Installation space. Interested organisations can register for the event using the below URL: https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/32c4d8a8-8961-49f1-bfd0-9d03c515b23f@109c6aec-5046-4a95-8f3c-84f63ba18af4

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-04ee09
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/098796-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Planning, Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK10 - Contract Change Notice
Procurement Type
Framework
Procurement Category
Works
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure
Tender Suitability
SME, VCSE
Awardee Scale
Large, SME

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

09 - Petroleum products, fuel, electricity and other sources of energy

45 - Construction work

71 - Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services

CPV Codes

09332000 - Solar installation

45000000 - Construction work

45232141 - Heating works

45320000 - Insulation work

45331000 - Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning installation work

45453100 - Refurbishment work

71314200 - Energy-management services

71314300 - Energy-efficiency consultancy services

71315100 - Building-fabric consultancy services

71315200 - Building consultancy services

71315210 - Building services consultancy services

71315300 - Building surveying services

71315400 - Building-inspection services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£30,000,000 £10M-£100M
Lots Value
£30,000,000 £10M-£100M
Awards Value
£62,400,000 £10M-£100M
Contracts Value
£52,800,000 £10M-£100M

Notice Dates

Publication Date
20 Oct 20261 weeks ago
Submission Deadline
4 Jul 2025Expired
Future Notice Date
30 May 2025Expired
Award Date
17 Nov 202511 months ago
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
2029-03-01

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Complete
Awards Status
Active, Pending
Contracts Status
Active

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
Suffolk County Council
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
IPSWICH
Postcode
IP1 2BX
Postcode Area
Ipswich
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLH East (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLH6 Suffolk
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLH62 Ipswich
Delivery Location
TLH1 East Anglia, TLH3 Essex
Local Authority
Ipswich
Electoral Ward
Gipping
Westminster Constituency
Ipswich

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
14
Supplier Names

Cornerstone (East Anglia) Limited

EDF Energy Customers Limited

Efficient Energy Services

Live Manage Facilitate Limited

TSG Building Services plc

ECO4 GURUS LIMITED

Qwala

REFYT LTD

Synergize Ltd

Bell Group Limited

eEnergy Services UK Limited

LJM SOLUTIONS LTD

SOLAR VOLTAICS LIMITED

THE LANMAN GROUP LIMITED

Further Information

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