--- title: "Leicestershire CAN Demonstrator: Community Energy Pathways - Work Package 3" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-046bf1" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-046bf1" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-046bf1.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-046bf1.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Award" buyer: "LEICESTERSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL" published: "2024-05-29" --- # Leicestershire CAN Demonstrator: Community Energy Pathways - Work Package 3 Buyer: LEICESTERSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL Current stage: Award OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-046bf1 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-046bf1) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-046bf1.json) ## Summary The Leicestershire County Council has awarded a £2.5 million contract to Community Energy South Ltd for the Leicestershire CAN Demonstrator project titled "Community Energy Pathways - Work Package 3". The project aims to support community energy initiatives across Leicestershire, involving assessing current energy conditions, stakeholder engagement, setting up new community energy organizations, providing resources and training, and ensuring sustainable business models. The procurement method used was a limited tender with a direct award due to the absence of competition for technical reasons. This contract provides an opportunity for businesses operating in environmental training services and energy-related services sectors to engage with the local authority in Leicestershire. Companies with expertise in community energy projects, stakeholder engagement, and sustainable business models would be well-suited to compete for similar future contracts in the region. The Leicestershire County Council, as the buying organization, aims to create a replicable model for net-zero interventions that can be adopted by other local authorities, presenting avenues for business growth and collaboration in the sustainability sector. ## 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. ### Lot Information Lot 1 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. ### Procurement Information The Council undertook a soft market test to determine the capacity and capability of providers in the market. The result of the soft market test clearly illustrated that there was only a single a provider who had the ability to fulfil the requirements of this contract. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/016708-2024 | | Notice type | Award Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Limited | | Procurement method details | Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition | | Tender suitability | Not specified | | Awardee scale | SME | | All stages | Award | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 29 May 2024 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | 8 May 2024 | | Contract period | Not specified | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | Not specified | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | £237,000 | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Complete | | Lots status | Cancelled | | Awards status | Active | | Contracts status | Active | ## 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 | TLF22 Leicestershire CC and Rutland | ## 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 - 29 May 2024 at 09:56 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/016708-2024 ## Notice URLs - https://www.eastmidstenders.org/index.html ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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