--- title: "Community Energy Mentorship and Support - Market Engagement" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-94da1f90-68c6-4812-82a9-9424cd79877a" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-94da1f90-68c6-4812-82a9-9424cd79877a" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-94da1f90-68c6-4812-82a9-9424cd79877a.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-94da1f90-68c6-4812-82a9-9424cd79877a.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "ESSEX COUNTY COUNCIL" published: "2024-05-02" --- # Community Energy Mentorship and Support - Market Engagement Buyer: ESSEX COUNTY COUNCIL Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-b5fd17-94da1f90-68c6-4812-82a9-9424cd79877a [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-94da1f90-68c6-4812-82a9-9424cd79877a) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-94da1f90-68c6-4812-82a9-9424cd79877a.json) ## Summary The Essex County Council is planning a procurement process for the delivery of a programme of community energy group mentoring and support. The title of the tender is "Community Energy Mentorship and Support - Market Engagement". The procurement is in the industry categories of Other community, social, and personal services, Development consultancy services, and Energy and related services. The planning stage milestone for engagement end date is set for 2nd August 2024, with a deadline for questionnaire responses on 24th May 2024 at 2:00pm. This tender by Essex County Council presents an opportunity for consultancy firms experienced in community energy projects. Businesses with expertise in mentoring community energy groups, providing funding assistance, technical expertise in renewable energy, and business development support would be well-suited to compete. The tender aims to support local actions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, build climate resilience, and promote sustainable housing and energy initiatives, aligning with the Council's commitment to net zero targets by 2025. ## Notice Essex County Council's (ECC) strategic plan for 2021 to 2025, makes a commitment to net zero and to "work across the Council and County to hit our net zero targets by ensuring that the Council significantly reduces its carbon footprint whilst also supporting an acceleration in the progress towards sustainable housing and energy". The plan also commits ECC to "work with communities and businesses, providing advice and support to enable and empower local action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and build climate resilience." Hence, the Council seeks to appoint a consultancy for the delivery of a programme of community energy group mentoring, and support. Through this market engagement activity, ECC hopes to identify consultancies who have capacity and professional experience in providing mentoring and support to community energy groups in respect of: identifying relevant initiatives for community energy groups to participate in; providing expert assistance in the writing of funding and grant applications; providing technical expertise in preliminarily identifying local opportunities for renewables best suited to a group's locality and optimising the technical specifications of any such renewable; business plans and business development support. If you a consultant and feel you can meet the Council's objectives and requirement, please submit an Intent to Respond, download the Market Engagement Pack and respond to the questionnaire in it. Further details and the Market Engagement Pack can be located via the Council's e-sourcing portal, ProContract: https://procontract.due-north.com/Login. Log in as a Supplier and search the following: DN722218 / Community Energy Mentorship and Support - Market Engagement. If you do not have an account, supplier registration is free of charge at https://procontract.due-north.com/Register and it provides access to all current and forthcoming procurement opportunities for Essex County Council alongside several other public sector organisations. The deadline for the questionnaire responses is Friday 24th May 2024 at 2:00pm; all responses should be submitted via ProContract. Please note that this Prior Information Notice (PIN) / Early Market Engagement is not a call for competition and as such you will need to express your interest in any future tender opportunity once the contract notice is published in Find a Tender and on Contracts Finder. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/fadabae7-2a80-42bd-b02f-3c816dd30452 | | 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 | 2 May 2024 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 2 Aug 2024 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | Not specified | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £57,000 | | 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 | ESSEX COUNTY COUNCIL | | Locality | CHELMSFORD | | Post town | Chelmsford | | Postcode | CM1 1QH | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLH East (England) | | ITL 2 | TLH3 Essex | | ITL 3 | TLH36 Heart of Essex | | Local authority | Chelmsford | | Electoral ward | Moulsham and Central | | Westminster constituency | Chelmsford | | 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) | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 71 - Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services - 73 - Research and development services and related consultancy services - 98 - Other community, social and personal services ### Codes - 71314000 - Energy and related services - 73220000 - Development consultancy services - 98000000 - Other community, social and personal services ## Release History - 2 May 2024 at 09:45 - Planning - Market Engagement Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/fadabae7-2a80-42bd-b02f-3c816dd30452 ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/fadabae7-2a80-42bd-b02f-3c816dd30452 2nd May 2024 - Early engagement notice on Contracts Finder ## Notice URLs - https://procontract.due-north.com/Login - https://procontract.due-north.com/Register - https://www.essex.gov.uk/ ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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