--- title: "Regional Clean Energy Skills Coordination and Action Planning" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-2434378b-a50f-4b35-9cc0-f8079786be2d" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-2434378b-a50f-4b35-9cc0-f8079786be2d" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-2434378b-a50f-4b35-9cc0-f8079786be2d.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-2434378b-a50f-4b35-9cc0-f8079786be2d.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Tender" buyer: "ENTERPRISE CHESHIRE AND WARRINGTON" published: "2025-10-22" --- # Regional Clean Energy Skills Coordination and Action Planning Buyer: ENTERPRISE CHESHIRE AND WARRINGTON Current stage: Tender OCID: ocds-b5fd17-2434378b-a50f-4b35-9cc0-f8079786be2d [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-2434378b-a50f-4b35-9cc0-f8079786be2d) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-2434378b-a50f-4b35-9cc0-f8079786be2d.json) ## Summary Enterprise Cheshire and Warrington, alongside partners such as the North West Net Zero Hub and Net Zero North West, is launching a procurement process titled "Regional Clean Energy Skills Coordination and Action Planning". This initiative is set in the North West of the United Kingdom and falls under the industry category of business services, specifically targeting services related to energy. The procurement is currently in the tender stage with an open procedure planned below the threshold. Key deadlines to note include the tender period ending on 5th November 2025, with services expected to commence from 13th November 2025, concluding on 30th April 2026. This project is funded by DESNZ and the Office for Clean Energy Jobs, aiming to address the workforce gap in the clean energy sector. This tender offers significant opportunities for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary, community, and social enterprises (VCSEs) to contribute towards a pivotal regional development. The project seeks consultants to devise a regional action plan to plug the clean energy skills gap, enabling businesses to secure a greater share of the forecasted demand for about 39,000 new jobs in the sector by 2028/9. Firms with expertise in consulting, recruitment, or workforce development, particularly those with innovative ideas in clean energy technologies and workforce training, would find this tender particularly enticing as it represents a substantial chance to influence regional policy and benefit from the growth in clean energy jobs. ## Notice ECW, working with the North West Net Zero Hub, Net Zero North West, and a range of other organisations, is seeking to appoint an individual consultant or small group of consultants to build a regional approach to meeting the clean energy skills and labour gap across the North West, and in partnership with relevant neighbouring regions. The work is funded by DESNZ and the Office for Clean Energy Jobs. The consultants will need to identify one to two people who will be available to act as the regional Lead for an agreed number of days per week, for the length of the project. The Clean Energy Sector definition includes: Offshore Wind; Onshore Wind; Solar; Nuclear fusion; Nuclear fission; Smart Systems and Flexibility; Electricity Networks; Hydrogen; Carbon Capture Utilisation and Storage; Greenhouse Gas Removals; Domestic & Non-Domestic Heat Pumps; Heat Networks; Biomethane; Energy Efficiency and Retrofit. Through our previous research we have identified the scale of the challenge in filling workforce requirements in the Clean Energy sector, including: * Demand for an estimated 39,000 workers in clean energy jobs by 2028/9 in the North West and North Wales (predicated on current understanding of the investment pipeline and modelled demand) * At least 16,000 new workers are needed in the next 4-5 years * Short, targeted, upskilling is also needed for the c.23,000 people in the current workforce to enable them to work in clean energy roles The consultant will engage senior and other stakeholders to develop an action plan which enables us to collectively meet this challenge, and to ensure that local people and the local supply chain benefit from the energy transition. The plan will identify funding partners and scope out mutually beneficial projects, enabling the consortia to secure new private and public sector investment into skills provision. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/8d014f26-2236-4a45-8f95-25b62411aaee | | Notice type | Tender Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Open | | Procurement method details | Open procedure (below threshold) | | Tender suitability | SME, VCSE | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Tender | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 22 Oct 2025 | | Submission deadline | 5 Nov 2025 | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | 13 Nov 2025 - 30 Apr 2026 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | Not specified | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Active | | Lots status | Not specified | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | ENTERPRISE CHESHIRE AND WARRINGTON | | Locality | WINSFORD | | Post town | Crewe | | Postcode | CW7 1AH | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLD North West (England) | | ITL 2 | TLD6 Cheshire | | ITL 3 | TLD63 Cheshire West and Chester | | Local authority | Cheshire West and Chester | | Electoral ward | Winsford Dene | | Westminster constituency | Mid Cheshire | | Delivery location | TLD North West (England) | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security ### Codes - 79000000 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security ## Release History - 22 Oct 2025 at 09:02 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/8d014f26-2236-4a45-8f95-25b62411aaee ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/8d014f26-2236-4a45-8f95-25b62411aaee 22nd October 2025 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/34ff3583-83bc-4683-afc0-fca72dd36d7f - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/262b17ed-7460-48af-8572-621a53b8f256 - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/8f1ca4d8-1e94-4ebf-b077-efac1c447994 ## Notice URLs - https://cheshireandwarrington.com/how-we-work/about/tenders-and-opportunities/ ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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