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title: "Built Environment Adaptation & Resilience (BEAR)"
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# Built Environment Adaptation & Resilience (BEAR)

Buyer: DEPARTMENT FOR ENERGY SECURITY & NET ZERO  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-059c1b

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## Summary

The Department for Energy Security & Net Zero, based in London, has completed a procurement process for the "Built Environment Adaptation & Resilience (BEAR)" project. This initiative aims to enhance the resilience of the UK's built environment against future climate hazards. Representing the central government, the Department undertook an open procurement procedure, inviting suppliers to tender via the Jaggaer eSourcing Portal. The tender process moved from planning in September 2025 through to awarding the contract in April 2026, focusing on research services within the UK, with a final contract period extending to 2030. Key dates included the tender submission deadline on 16 February 2026 and the contract standstill period concluding on 15 April 2026.

This tender presents significant opportunities for businesses in construction, civil engineering, climate research, and urban planning. It requires a multi-disciplinary approach integrating aspects of public health, energy, economics, and behavioural science, making it suitable for a consortium of suppliers with diverse expertise. The awarded contract, valued at over £3 million, went to AECOM, highlighting opportunities especially for large firms capable of delivering complex research and consultancy services. However, SMEs with capabilities in specific areas were encouraged to apply, making the tender accessible for a diverse range of suppliers aiming to contribute to the UK's climate resilience and sustainable development goals. Outputs from this programme are expected to include advanced reports, models, decision support tools, and policy design insights to be shared publicly, supporting policy makers and stakeholders engaged in climate adaptation.

## Notice

DESNZ is seeking to procure a supplier(s) to deliver a research programme to build the policy-relevant evidence base for adaptation action in the built environment to enable a building stock and built environment more resilient to future climate hazards. It will include research on: Adaptation metrics and indicators for the built environment Quantifying effectiveness of adaptation retrofits for buildings Identify opportunities to embed resilience in our built environment while we decarbonise. Mapping out adaptation pathways for the built environment. Understanding role of nature-based and urban planning solutions. Learning from international best practice to inform UK evidence and policy design. The programme will focus on building the required evidence base, translating existing evidence alongside new analysis and data collection and modelling to support adaptation action in the built environment. A knowledge transfer and integration work package will provide agile policy support, and facilitate co-development of outputs. The programme will require expertise on climate risk and adaptation in the built environment, and should take a multi-disciplinary approach to consider implications for energy, built environment, public health, and economic factors. Methods could include literature reviews, quantitative and qualitative data collection and analysis, field trial design and analysis, building simulation, spatial analysis, predictive scenario modelling, and knowledge integration and dissemination. DESNZ anticipates a consortium of suppliers will be needed to cover the breadth of skills required, which may include professional expertise in building services engineering, civil engineering architecture, surveying, planning, public health, economics, climate science, behavioural science, data science, and GIS. Outputs will likely include reports, data and models, interactive decision support tools, case studies, teach-ins, and on-call briefings and scientific support. Key outputs will be published on gov.uk. The research and outputs will be co-designed with policy focal points to ensure policy relevance and will have built-in flexibility to respond to emerging policy needs.

### Planning Information

Supplier Engagement Virtual Event on 14/10/2025 at 10:30 GMT (3 hours only): 
If you are interested in this potential opportunity, DESNZ would like to engage with you. Please register using the MS Form at this link: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/e/SDCBhSXhjR 
Following confirmation of company details and contact information, an ‘MS Teams’ invite will be circulated for the market engagement event one week prior to the event. We would ask that you have a maximum of 2 attendees from each organisation. 
By registering to attend the market engagement you consent to your name, role and company/organisation name being shared with other attendees of the supplier engagement event 
Please send any written clarification questions to bernadette.hughes@energysecurity.gov.uk, either before or after the Market Engagement Event, up to 5pm GMT on 21/10/2025.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/031098-2026 |
| Notice type | UK6 - Contract Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | SME, VCSE |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Planning, Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 2 Apr 2026 |
| Submission deadline | 16 Feb 2026 |
| Future notice date | 24 Nov 2025 |
| Award date | 1 Apr 2026 |
| Contract period | 19 Apr 2026 - 30 Apr 2030 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £3,135,000 |
| Lots value | £3,135,000 |
| Awards value | £3,088,812 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Complete |
| Awards status | Pending |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | DEPARTMENT FOR ENERGY SECURITY & NET ZERO |
| Locality | LONDON |
| Post town | South West London |
| Postcode | SW1A 2HP |
| 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 | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | AECOM |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 71 - Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services
- 73 - Research and development services and related consultancy services

### Codes

- 71310000 - Consultative engineering and construction services
- 71351611 - Climatology services
- 71621000 - Technical analysis or consultancy services
- 73110000 - Research services
- 73210000 - Research consultancy services

## Release History

- 2 Apr 2026 at 15:08 - Award - UK6 - Contract Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/031098-2026
- 8 Jan 2026 at 11:50 - TenderUpdate - UK4 - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/001413-2026
- 19 Dec 2025 at 09:29 - Tender - UK4 - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/084705-2025
- 4 Nov 2025 at 16:17 - PlanningUpdate - UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/070974-2025
- 25 Sep 2025 at 14:56 - Planning - UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/059821-2025
- 17 Sep 2025 at 11:12 - Planning - UK1 - Pipeline Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/057282-2025

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/031098-2026
  2nd April 2026 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/001413-2026
  8th January 2026 - Tender notice on Find a Tender
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/084705-2025
  19th December 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/070974-2025
  4th November 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/059821-2025
  25th September 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/057282-2025
  17th September 2025 - Pipeline notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- https://beisgroup.ukp.app.jaggaer.com/
- https://forms.cloud.microsoft/e/SDCBhSXhjR
- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents

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