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title: "Pilot Clean Growth Programme - GBSLEP Soft Market Test for decarbonisation plans"
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# Pilot Clean Growth Programme - GBSLEP Soft Market Test for decarbonisation plans

Buyer: GREATER BIRMINGHAM & SOLIHULL LOCAL ENTERPRISE PARTNERSHIP  
Current stage: Planning  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-318d2eb6-9a74-4b5d-9265-0529678830f5

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## Summary

The Greater Birmingham & Solihull Local Enterprise Partnership (GBSLEP) is currently in the planning stage of the "Pilot Clean Growth Programme - GBSLEP Soft Market Test for decarbonisation plans". This contract focuses on energy-management services within the West Midlands, United Kingdom, and is aimed at supporting regional SMEs in developing decarbonisation strategies for their operations. Key dates include the end of engagement on 24th September 2021, with a market engagement notice published on 14th September 2021. This process will not formally commence procurement but seeks to gather insights into market capabilities and innovative delivery options.

This tender presents significant growth opportunities for businesses specialising in energy efficiency, environmental auditing, and consultancy services, particularly those that can provide comprehensive energy performance assessments and retrofit recommendations. SMEs and voluntary, community, and social enterprises (VCSEs) that possess experience in energy management and optimisation strategies will be well-positioned to engage with this initiative. Suppliers are encouraged to submit their capabilities and success stories that demonstrate their capacity to help SMEs reduce their carbon footprint and energy costs.

## Notice

Note: this is a pre-procurement market engagement and not a call for competition. Delivering retrofit at scale across commercial premises of regional SMEs is identified as a critical step forward to abate regional carbon emissions. Retrofit at scale will also offer additional benefits of reducing operational expenditure on energy and helping regional supply chains strengthen. As part of the fulfillment of its 2021/22 Strategic objectives on helping the region deliver on its Net Zero objectives, the GBSLEP is developing a pilot Clean Growth Programme with the objective of supporting regional SMEs with decarbonisation plans for their operational energy consumption. It is anticipated that the pilot programme will deliver decarbonisation plans to 50 SMEs. To produce the decarbonisation plans suppliers should perform audits on building(s) and review business' energy and building performance. Plans should include assumed costs to install retrofit measures, modelled energy and carbon savings that the retrofit intervention can deliver, and define the expected payback time of interventions. The GBSLEP is issuing this Prior Information Notice to better understand the shape of the market and innovative delivery in the space. Suppliers who have the capability to support the objectives of this work are invited to share their capabilities and examples of previous work by contacting Alex Taylor at alexander.taylor@gbslep.co.uk. Interested suppliers should include: * Details of costs of the work per building based on type and size. Costs should include onsite visits, energy modelling and analysis and recommendation reports. * Indication of how energy performance and building performance would be benchmarked (including calculation methodology, e.g. SBEM, etc.) * Examples of prior work, ideally demonstrating how key recommendations such as electrification of heat, improved building efficiency, microgeneration options are recommended by the works. Key information GBSLEP is the policy lead for the Low Carbon Sector on behalf of the wider West Midlands three LEP partnership including Coventry & Warwickshire LEP and Black Country LEP. Supporting the regional objectives to achieve Net Zero carbon emissions is a key strand of the GBSLEP's strategic objectives in its 2021/22 Delivery Plan. For the avoidance of doubt, this engagement is for the purpose of conducting a Soft Market Testing and will not formally begin the procurement or constitute any commitment by the GBSLEP to undertake any procurement exercise.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/39ab2a94-3232-4d83-859f-21d1c92b904d |
| Notice type | Market Engagement Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Not specified |
| Procurement method | Not Specified |
| Procurement method details | Not specified |
| Tender suitability | SME, VCSE |
| Awardee scale | Not specified |
| All stages | Planning |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 14 Sep 2021 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | 24 Sep 2021 |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| 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 | Planning |
| Lots status | Not specified |
| Awards status | Not specified |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | GREATER BIRMINGHAM & SOLIHULL LOCAL ENTERPRISE PARTNERSHIP |
| Locality | BIRMINGHAM |
| Post town | Birmingham |
| Postcode | B1 2ND |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLG West Midlands (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLG3 West Midlands |
| ITL 3 | TLG31 Birmingham |
| Local authority | Birmingham |
| Electoral ward | Ladywood |
| Westminster constituency | Birmingham Ladywood |
| Delivery location | TLG West Midlands (England) |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 71 - Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services
- 72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
- 90 - Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services

### Codes

- 71314200 - Energy-management services
- 71314300 - Energy-efficiency consultancy services
- 72221000 - Business analysis consultancy services
- 90714000 - Environmental auditing

## Release History

- 14 Sep 2021 at 08:55 - Planning - Market Engagement Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/39ab2a94-3232-4d83-859f-21d1c92b904d

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/39ab2a94-3232-4d83-859f-21d1c92b904d
  14th September 2021 - Early engagement notice on Contracts Finder

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