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title: "Moisture-related Risks of Insulated Lime Finishes - Literature Review and Gap Analysis - AWARD"
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# Moisture-related Risks of Insulated Lime Finishes - Literature Review and Gap Analysis - AWARD

Buyer: HISTORIC ENGLAND  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-531f0e6e-8568-4a4b-b35a-a178f727f9da

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## Summary

Historic England, an executive non-departmental public body sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media, and Sport, has awarded a contract to the University of Plymouth Enterprise Limited. The contract, titled "Moisture-related Risks of Insulated Lime Finishes - Literature Review and Gap Analysis," falls under the research services category (CPV: 73110000). The procurement process is complete, and the open procedure method was used. The contract period runs from 1 January 2025 to 1 June 2025, with the award notice published on 16 January 2025. Delivery addresses include locations such as British Overseas Territories, Channel Islands, and the United Kingdom, among others.

This tender provides excellent opportunities for businesses involved in research services, particularly those specialising in the historic environment, climate change adaptation, or energy efficiency measures. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with expertise in moisture transport, heat transfer in insulated lime finishes, or heritage conservation will find this contract beneficial for showcasing their skills and capabilities. The project outcomes, including reports and potential webinars, will offer valuable exposure, helping businesses to build a reputation in their specialised fields and secure future research projects.

## Notice

Historic England is an executive non-departmental public body sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. We are the Government's advisor on the historic environment. Our purpose is to improve people's lives by championing and protecting the historic environment. Through our work, collaboration, creativity and expertise we want everyone to be able to connect with and learn from our heritage. Climate change is one of the most challenging issues of our time, with potential negative consequences for both people and heritage. This project will assist Historic England showing how heritage can play an important role in improving energy efficiency through mitigation measures. This project will assist Historic England in planning future activity around commitments within our Corporate Plan and the Government's third National Adaptation Programme. The Historic Building Climate Change Adaptation Team initiated a research programme on Insulated Lime Finishes in 2022. The overall programme seeks to understand the performance of insulated lime finishes (plasters and renders) both in terms of moisture transport and heat transfer. It also seeks to ascertain whether they are an appropriate energy efficiency measure for use on buildings of traditional construction from a material compatibility point of view. Their potential impact on the heritage significance of the building are outside of the scope of the overarching research programme. The research programme was structured in different phases from its inception, looking at short, medium- and long-term studies. Two phases have already been completed (see section 3. Background). The current research proposal builds on the findings of those previous phases, but focusses on understanding whether research has been undertaken looking at moisture-related risks of insulated lime finishes (i.e. moisture accumulation and/or drying capacity reduction), and how such risks can potentially increase rather than reduce the thermal conductivity of the envelope and/or accelerate the degradation / reduce the longevity of the insulated lime finish. The Literature Review and Gap Analysis produced with this research project will: o Produce a spreadsheet (or similar formatted document) collating information from research papers on mixing components as well as mixing methods, substrates, hygrothermal properties of the mixes and moisture-related risks identified. o Produce a report in Historic England's format for publication in our Research Report Series. The document will include an Executive Summary and all assimilated information appended and conclude with a succinct summary of identified critical 'next steps' (e.g. further literature review, case study(ies) and/or research to address aforementioned knowledge gaps). o Deliver results to the Historic England team and, on agreement, co-host a Technical Tuesday webinar. o Highlight future research needs, particularly if feeding in...

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/7918ca66-ceee-49f6-a410-d90ed4be976f |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | SME |
| Awardee scale | Not specified |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 16 Jan 2025 |
| Submission deadline | 12 Dec 2024 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 19 Dec 2024 |
| Contract period | 1 Jan 2025 - 1 Jun 2025 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £14,500 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Not specified |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | HISTORIC ENGLAND |
| Locality | WILTSHIRE |
| Post town | Swindon |
| Postcode | SN2 2EH |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLK South West (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLK7 Gloucestershire and Wiltshire |
| ITL 3 | TLK71 Swindon |
| Local authority | Swindon |
| Electoral ward | Mannington and Western |
| Westminster constituency | Swindon South |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH ENTERPRISE |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 73 - Research and development services and related consultancy services

### Codes

- 73110000 - Research services

## Release History

- 16 Jan 2025 at 17:08 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/7918ca66-ceee-49f6-a410-d90ed4be976f

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/7918ca66-ceee-49f6-a410-d90ed4be976f
  16th January 2025 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder

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