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Great British Energy - Community Energy Shared Ownership document template creation

DEPARTMENT FOR ENERGY SECURITY & NET ZERO

This public procurement record has 5 releases in its history.

Award

03 Nov 2025 at 12:34

Award

03 Oct 2025 at 13:06

Tender

21 Aug 2025 at 13:53

PlanningUpdate

13 Jun 2025 at 15:23

Planning

12 Jun 2025 at 15:43

Summary of the contracting process

The procurement process titled "Great British Energy - Community Energy Shared Ownership document template creation" was undertaken by the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero. This contract aims to develop template project documentation to facilitate higher levels of shared ownership in community energy projects across the UK. The industry category falls under services, specifically legal services and energy-management services, with a location focus across the United Kingdom. The procurement followed an open competitive flexible procedure, covered by GPA and designed to enhance participation in local energy transitions. The active contract commenced on 20th October 2025, with an initial end date set for 31st March 2026 and a maximum potential extension to 30th June 2026 if necessary. The contract award was announced on 3rd November 2025, valued at £416,666 (excluding VAT), and the contract is currently active.

This tender presents significant opportunities for businesses specialising in legal and energy management services, particularly small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) capable of supporting community-led energy initiatives. By creating standardised tools and guidance, businesses can position themselves as key players in facilitating shared ownership schemes in the renewable energy sector. SMEs with expertise in demystifying legal complexities or those with innovative solutions in energy management will find this tender particularly aligned with their capabilities, providing substantial growth avenues within the public sector energy transition landscape.

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Notice Title

Great British Energy - Community Energy Shared Ownership document template creation

Notice Description

Communities across the UK want to be part of the energy transition, actively engaging in and benefiting from local renewable energy projects. Shared ownership of these projects is a key way for communities to gain a stake, feel involved, and directly benefit from the energy transition. Shared ownership levels in the UK are lower than in other European countries and Great British Energy would like to help address this gap. We recognise that developing standardised templates, guidance documents, and other resources for both communities and renewable energy developers would help increase shared ownership. The objectives of the project are to: * Facilitate higher levels of shared ownership in the UK, by providing template project documentation for each community energyshared ownership model, with accompanying guidance that will together "de-mystify" legal complexity faced by community organisations, developers, and other stakeholders in the sector. * The specific legal documentation required will be agreed upon between the Authority and the Supplier during a Scoping Phase. This will build upon both legal expertise as well as knowledge of shared ownership and community energy. This was a procurement run by DESNZ and will be for servcies delviered to GBE. The Authority reserves the right to novate this contract to GBE at that point the organsiation is equiped to manage contracts itself.

Lot Information

Lot 1

Renewal: Option for the Authority to extend the Contract for a further period if there are unforeseen delays to contract deliverables, up to a maximum of three months, unless terminated earlier in accordance with the provisions of the Contract.

Planning Information

In order to help us develop the scope of services for this procurement we invite attendees to join an online Microsoft Teams presentation on Thursday 26th June 11:30-12:30 (BST). We will be presenting our thinking around the problems faced around Shared Ownership and seeking thoughts on what products we should consider to be developed as part of a specification for a future procurement, expected to occur later this summer. This is an opportunity for suppliers and interested parties to participate in helping us define our requirements. If you wish to attend, please follow the link here to sign up and receive an invitation: https://forms.office.com/e/ys5XfRY8Mb Slides and a questionnaire will be circulated following the meeting.

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-054806
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/070417-2025
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Planning, Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK7 - Contract Details Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Competitive flexible procedure
Tender Suitability
SME, VCSE
Awardee Scale
SME

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

71 - Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services

79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security


CPV Codes

71314200 - Energy-management services

79100000 - Legal services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£416,666 £100K-£500K
Lots Value
£416,666 £100K-£500K
Awards Value
£416,666 £100K-£500K
Contracts Value
£416,666 £100K-£500K

Notice Dates

Publication Date
3 Nov 20253 months ago
Submission Deadline
22 Sep 2025Expired
Future Notice Date
31 Jul 2025Expired
Award Date
2 Oct 20254 months ago
Contract Period
19 Oct 2025 - 31 Mar 2026 1-6 months
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Complete
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Active

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
DEPARTMENT FOR ENERGY SECURITY & NET ZERO
Contact Name
Not specified
Contact Email
commercialexcellence@ics.gov.uk
Contact Phone
Not specified

Buyer Location

Locality
LONDON
Postcode
SW1A 2HP
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
Not specified

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

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

ENERGY SYSTEMS CATAPULT SERVICES

Further Information

Notice Documents

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