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title: "Leicestershire CAN Demonstrator: Community Energy Pathways - Work Package 3"
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# Leicestershire CAN Demonstrator: Community Energy Pathways - Work Package 3

Buyer: LEICESTERSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-939bb41d-a0ba-454c-9d65-ed8430b0ffe3

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## Summary

The Leicestershire County Council has awarded a £2.5 million contract to COMMUNITY ENERGY SOUTH LTD for the Leicestershire CAN Demonstrator: Community Energy Pathways - Work Package 3. The purpose of this contract is to create an environment for well-planned, deliverable, impactful place-based net zero interventions in Leicestershire. The procurement stage was a direct award, with a tender period ending on 1st February 2024 and a contract period from 1st March 2024 to 30th November 2025. The main procurement category is services in the industry category of environmental training services and energy and related services.

This contract presents an opportunity for businesses involved in community energy and environmental training services to thrive by engaging in the development of community energy capacity in Leicestershire. As the contract aims to support community energy organizations across the county through funding, training, and resources, businesses with expertise in energy projects, legal aspects, and feasibility studies would be well-suited to compete. The focus on creating sustainable business models for community energy organizations opens doors for businesses aiming to contribute to long-term environmental sustainability in the region.

## Notice

Leicestershire CAN (Collaborate to Accelerate Net Zero): Demonstrator has been awarded PS2.5 million by Innovate UK to create an environment for well-planned, deliverable, impactful place-based net zero interventions in Leicestershire, replicable to other local authority (LA) areas. Comprising 4 interconnected work packages, CAN-De will lay the foundations for successful delivery. This work package is concerned with the delivery of the Community Energy Pathway (CEP). The CEP work package will: Assess the current state of community energy in Leicestershire and identify opportunities/key priority areas, to inform the development of community energy capacity. Engage the relevant stakeholders in the county to gather support and interest for community energy. Assess and work with interested parties and community groups, to share understanding about becoming or setting up a new community energy organization. Identify potential for at least one community energy organisation in each of the districts of Leicestershire - assessing the levels of support, training and skills needed to enable them to thrive. Support community energy across Leicestershire through the provision of tools and resources, to cover funding, finance models, legal and other appropriate areas to enable the organisations to deliver projects successfully. Provide specialist training and support for the chosen new community energy organisations and to the existing community energy groups in Leicestershire. To include, share offers, energy advice, business models, legal and feasibility offers. Work with the other work packages of the demonstrator to identify a pipeline of community energy projects and support undertaking feasibility studies to deliver against the Demonstrator's ambition of having 14 projects in discover, development or delivery by the end of the project. Provide grants to new community energy organisations to support their set up. Work towards embedding longevity and sustainable business models for community energy in Leicestershire to ensure they continue to success after the completion of the Demonstrator - engaging with the other work packages and also sharing guidance and lessons learned to other local authority areas, so they may be able to replicate the success seen in Leicestershire. A soft market test was conducted in January 2024, to test the market for possible providers. On completion of the soft market test review, it was clear that there was only one provider who has the ability to be capable of delivering all of the Demonstrator work package 3 objectives. Therefore the decision was made to award the contract directly to this provider as there was absence of competition for technical reasons.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/2002dcf6-d355-42e4-804e-556178c4f47d |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Direct |
| Procurement method details | Direct award |
| Tender suitability | SME |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 30 May 2024 |
| Submission deadline | 1 Feb 2024 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 19 Feb 2024 |
| Contract period | 1 Mar 2024 - 30 Nov 2025 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £237,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £237,000 |
| 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 | LEICESTERSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL |
| Locality | LEICESTER |
| Post town | Leicester |
| Postcode | LE3 8RA |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLF East Midlands (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLF2 Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire |
| ITL 3 | TLF22 Leicestershire CC and Rutland |
| Local authority | Blaby |
| Electoral ward | Glenfield Faire |
| Westminster constituency | Mid Leicestershire |
| Delivery location | TLC North East (England), TLD North West (England), TLF East Midlands (England), TLG West Midlands (England), TLH East (England), TLJ South East (England), TLK South West (England) |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | COMMUNITY ENERGY SOUTH |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 71 - Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services
- 80 - Education and training services

### Codes

- 71314000 - Energy and related services
- 80540000 - Environmental training services

## Release History

- 30 May 2024 at 08:04 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/2002dcf6-d355-42e4-804e-556178c4f47d

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/2002dcf6-d355-42e4-804e-556178c4f47d
  30th May 2024 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder

## Notice URLs

- https://www.eastmidstenders.org/index.html

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