Notice Information
Notice Title
Energy Efficiency Support Services
Notice Description
Groundwork offer expertise in energy efficiency, visit the most vulnerable households to: offer practical advice on energy saving by identifying causes of heat loss in homes, identify and tackle damp and mould problems, help with heat controls, install energy and water efficiency measures, provide carbon monoxide advice and monitoring, support with metering issues, advising on water bills and freeze payments where eligible. Groundwork also signposts to local support services incl. debt advice and food banks, if the need is identified.
Procurement Information
This programme feeds directly into the new Health and Wellbeing Hub model, which has not previously been embedded within any hospital based environment and is itself a new and developing service for MFT. Groundwork advise activity, and the associated contract award, contribute directly to defining and shaping this service and its development over the duration of this contract and will itself therefore continue to be developed to support the Hub. As such, it is MFT Procurement opinion that the contract is suitable be awarded under the direct award criteria for Prototypes and Development within PA23.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-067bd9
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/030956-2026
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK6 - Contract Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Direct
- Procurement Method Details
- Direct award
- Tender Suitability
- SME, VCSE
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
85 - Health and social work services
98 - Other community, social and personal services
-
- CPV Codes
85320000 - Social services
98000000 - Other community, social and personal services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- £196,000 £100K-£500K
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 2 Apr 2026Yesterday
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 31 Mar 20263 days ago
- Contract Period
- 26 Apr 2026 - 26 Apr 2028 2-3 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Complete
- Awards Status
- Pending
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Buyer Location
- Locality
- TRAFFORD
- Postcode
- M41 5SL
- Post Town
- Manchester
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLD North West (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLD3 Greater Manchester
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLD34 Greater Manchester South West
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Trafford
- Electoral Ward
- Davyhulme
- Westminster Constituency
- Stretford and Urmston
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/030956-2026
2nd April 2026 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/030908-2026
2nd April 2026 - Transparency notice on Find a Tender
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