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title: "Historic Building Energy Performance Potential - Demonstrator"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-04e82d"
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# Historic Building Energy Performance Potential - Demonstrator

Buyer: HISTORIC ENGLAND  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-04e82d

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## Summary

Historic England, a central government public authority, has awarded a contract titled "Historic Building Energy Performance Potential - Demonstrator" in the services industry category. The project aims to enhance the understanding of energy performance in historic buildings, addressing shortcomings in current Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs). The procurement, which was delivered via a limited competition method below threshold, pertains to services related to research. The contract, valued at £12,000 gross, was awarded to Build Test Solutions Ltd, with a contract period starting on 4th February 2025 and concluding on 31st March 2025, based in Swindon, United Kingdom.

This contract offers substantial opportunities for businesses specialising in heritage conservation, energy efficiency solutions, and research services. It presents a valuable chance for companies to demonstrate their expertise in tackling energy performance challenges in historic buildings. SMEs in the fields of building performance analysis, sustainable energy practices, and heritage consultancy are particularly well-suited to compete for similar tenders, thus allowing them to showcase their innovative solutions and gain significant credibility in the public sector.

## Notice

To engage with heritage stakeholders to gather demonstrator projects from across the spectrum of historic buildings of traditional construction, which equate to roughly 30% of England's housing stock. To provide a comprehensive understanding of qualitative and quantitative data available to measure energy performance of these building types To demonstrate where and to what extent Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs) are providing inadequate or incorrect information for building of these types To identify and demonstrate missed opportunities within the EPC system to reflect the energy efficiency potential of historic buildings of traditional construction most robustly and accurately. To provide evidence-based recommendations for improvement of EPCs to ensure they do not provide misinformation, in relation to the energy performance of historic buildings of traditional construction and the nature of necessary and suitable energy efficiency improvements.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/007319-2025 |
| Notice type | UK7 - Contract Details Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Limited |
| Procurement method details | Below threshold - limited competition |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 26 Feb 2025 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 3 Feb 2025 |
| Contract period | 4 Feb 2025 - 31 Mar 2025 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £10,000 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Complete |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | HISTORIC ENGLAND |
| Locality | SWINDON |
| 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 | BUILD TEST SOLUTIONS |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 73 - Research and development services and related consultancy services

### Codes

- 73110000 - Research services

## Release History

- 26 Feb 2025 at 15:24 - Award - UK7 - Contract Details Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/007319-2025

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/007319-2025
  26th February 2025 - Contract details notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents

## Provenance

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