--- title: "Sustainability Leadership and Climate Action Plans - Sector Engagement and Support" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-b6c03e13-e8ef-4df9-86a7-722c6c00c8fc" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-b6c03e13-e8ef-4df9-86a7-722c6c00c8fc" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-b6c03e13-e8ef-4df9-86a7-722c6c00c8fc.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-b6c03e13-e8ef-4df9-86a7-722c6c00c8fc.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION" published: "2023-04-20" --- # Sustainability Leadership and Climate Action Plans - Sector Engagement and Support Buyer: DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-b5fd17-b6c03e13-e8ef-4df9-86a7-722c6c00c8fc [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-b6c03e13-e8ef-4df9-86a7-722c6c00c8fc) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-b6c03e13-e8ef-4df9-86a7-722c6c00c8fc.json) ## Summary The Department for Education is planning a tender titled "Sustainability Leadership and Climate Action Plans - Sector Engagement and Support" within the environmental engineering consultancy services category. The tender aims to procure a national lead provider to co-ordinate a network of experts for climate change and sustainability initiatives in the education sector. The expected contract start and end dates are between September 11, 2023, and September 11, 2025. A Supplier Engagement Event is set for May 9, 2023. Interested parties can request details by contacting DFE.SUSTAINABILITY@education.gov.uk. This opportunity offers businesses a chance to provide practical climate change and sustainability advice to educational settings. Businesses suited for this tender would include environmental consultants, sustainability experts, climate change specialists, and those with experience in regional network coordination. The process involves developing individual Climate Action Plans and facilitating collaboration in the education sector. The Department is specifically seeking participation from experts across various careers to support sustainability initiatives within education settings. ## Notice **Update 20/04/23 - This update provides notice of a Supplier Engagement Event that will be held 9th May 2023 (expected 10:00 to 11:30 - tbc)** Should you wish to attend the event, please email DFE.SUSTAINABILITY@education.gov.uk to request details / an invitation. Expected contract start / end dates have also been updated. (end of update). The Department is looking to procure an experienced and prominent national lead provider (or consortia) to co-ordinate a regional network of environmental sustainability and climate change experts. These experts will operate in a voluntary capacity to perform several functions within the education sector related to climate change and sustainability. The provider will identify appropriate experts to help enable individual education settings to develop climate actions plans. These plans should include action scoping over the following areas: Decarbonisation/energy efficiency, adaptation and resilience, biodiversity/green infrastructure, climate education and green skills and careers. As such, the network of experts must be drawn from a wide range of careers and occupations (education, academia, industry), in order to provide the technical expertise needed to help education settings own and implement these wide-ranging plans. Further specific functions include: - Develop a regionally co-ordinated approach to provide practical climate change and sustainability advice to Sustainability Leads in education settings. - Assist in the creation and development of individual Climate Action Plans - Provide a support-matching function through: o setting up virtual or physical 'Sustainability Hubs' to provide regional single points of support, allowing education settings to engage in peer-to-peer learning. o providing a mentor-match service, assigning an expert to a setting/ Sustainability Lead to support over a sustained period. - Develop an engagement strategy tailored to all education sectors, from Early Years up to Further Education settings, with a particular focus on reaching those settings who are not yet engaged with climate action planning. - Develop and facilitate local and regional networks for sector collaboration and sharing of best practice of sustainability in education settings The provider will also be required to work with the Natural History Museum, their partners and the wider delivery network to encourage and guide sector participation with the Department's National Education Nature Park and Climate Action Award initiatives from Autumn 2023 onwards. At this stage we are looking for the market to register interest in bidding for this work (contact details below). We will look to hold market engagement days so that interested parties may request more detail about this opportunity. Additional information: Background: In April 2022 the Department published its Sustainability and Climate Change Strategy. As part of that Strategy we committed to support the sector in appointing a Sustainability Lead who will develop a tailored Climate Action Plan to outline how the setting will embed sustainability. This procurement is a part of this initiative within the strategy and aims to provide direct sector support to implement this. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/77465242-5da8-4ef1-91f1-a8e84d733b55 | | Notice type | Planned Procurement 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 | 20 Apr 2023 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 9 May 2023 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | 10 Sep 2023 - 11 Sep 2025 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £3,900,000 | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Planned | | Lots status | Not specified | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION | | Locality | LONDON | | Post town | South West London | | Postcode | SW1P 3BP | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLI London | | ITL 2 | TLI3 Inner London - West | | ITL 3 | TLI35 Westminster and City of London | | Local authority | Westminster | | Electoral ward | St James's | | Westminster constituency | Cities of London and Westminster | | Delivery location | TLC North East (England), TLD North West (England), TLE Yorkshire and The Humber, TLF East Midlands (England), TLG West Midlands (England), TLI London, 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 - 90 - Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services ### Codes - 71313000 - Environmental engineering consultancy services - 73000000 - Research and development services and related consultancy services - 73120000 - Experimental development services - 73300000 - Design and execution of research and development - 90700000 - Environmental services - 90711000 - Environmental impact assessment other than for construction - 90722000 - Environmental rehabilitation ## Release History - 20 Apr 2023 at 08:35 - Planning - Planned Procurement Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/77465242-5da8-4ef1-91f1-a8e84d733b55 - 4 Apr 2023 at 15:21 - Planning - Planned Procurement Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/77465242-5da8-4ef1-91f1-a8e84d733b55 ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/77465242-5da8-4ef1-91f1-a8e84d733b55 20th April 2023 - Future opportunity notice on Contracts Finder - https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/sustainability-and-climate-change-strategy Sustainability and climate change strategy ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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