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UK COMMUNITY WORKS CIC                                                      

Eastern New Energy – Invitation to Tender

Housing Innovation Cluster consultant (Modern Methods of Construction; Low Carbon Buildings)

Buyer:                        UK Community Works CIC, delivery partner, Eastern New Energy Project

Website:                    https://www.uel.ac.uk/sri/eastern-new-energy

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Summary

This brief seeks proposals from consultants / external organisations to provide support for the delivery of Work Package 5: Low Carbon and Affordable Housing (New Build and Retrofit) Innovation Cluster.

Bidders should have expertise in Modern Methods of Construction, low carbon buildings, and experience of innovation in building products and technologies

Nature of Contract: Services, value not expected to exceed £50,000 inclusive of VAT

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1. Background

1.1 Eastern New Energy

The Eastern New Energy (ENE) project, part-funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) is helping organizations decarbonise their operations and researching how to remove the barriers to rapid decarbonisation. (See Appendix 1 at the end of this document for more detail).

Led by the University of East London, the £10.2m project started in 2020 and runs until December 2022 Our team includes specialists in energy; utilities; infrastructure; innovation; investors; digital (GIS, geospatial big data and analytics, IoT/smart cities applications, artificial intelligence, coordinating community action); universities; construction companies; local authorities and community groups.

We will focus on business and citizen-led innovation. We will bring specialists together with people with ideas and problems, and work together to decarbonise their communities, homes, businesses and lives. Results from the Eastern Region will inform plans to remove these barriers across the UK.

For more information visit

https://www.gov.uk/european-growth-funding

 

1.2 Work Package 5: Low Carbon and Affordable Housing (New Build and Retrofit) Innovation Cluster

Work Package (WP) 5 of the ENE project focuses on the decarbonisation of housing, both new build and domestic retrofit

WP activity includes:

  • Introduction of new low carbon products and services to the construction supply chain (including developers, main contractors, sub-contractors, design/cost/M&E and other consultants)
  • Supporting suppliers of low-carbon products, materials, technologies and services to develop markets and customers in the construction value chain
  • Developing the capacity of the construction supply chain to tender for low carbon construction projects
  • Supporting ENE beneficiaries to procure from the local construction supply chain
  • Facilitating collaborations between developers and suppliers of low carbon products and services in order to offer low/net-zero carbon housing to clients
  • Assessing performance of innovations
  • Facilitating the integration of innovations into design and construction projects
  • Connecting suppliers and buyers via ‘Meet the Buyer”, roadshow and other events

WP5 project deliverables are defined as follows:

1. Business Support Deliverables

C1: A minimum of 12 hours support and consultancy to SMEs

C5: Support for start-up organisations

C26: Research collaborations between universities working in Eastern New Energy and other organisations

C29: Introduction of new products and services to business organisations to improve productivity and environmental performance

 

WP5 deliverables are:

C1: 33 SMEs supported

C5: 6 start-up organisations supported

C29: 9 organisations helped to introduce new products and services to improve productivity and environmental performance

 

ENE has other Delivery Partners with the capability to help deliver this support. These include:

  1. Retrofit Works: Retrofit coordinators focused on the domestic retrofit market.
  2. Anglia Ruskin University: Passivhaus / low carbon buildings
  3. SmartKlub: Development of ESCOs using smart energy systems
  4. Energy Systems Catapult: Wide ranging support focused on energy data and analysis

 

1.3 About the Low Carbon and Affordable Housing (New Build and Retrofit) Innovation Cluster

Problem context

There is an urgent need for affordable, low/net-zero carbon housing.

The UK faces:

  • A housing shortage
  • A housing affordability crisis
  • A climate crisis
  • A productivity and quality challenge in the construction sector

Beside the shortage of affordable housing (even at modest environmental performance levels), the market cannot currently supply both  net-zero carbon and true affordability in the same solution – whether with MMC or traditional construction.

 

Current status of the Innovation Cluster

We are working:

  1. With organisations that have an ambition to provide affordable net-zero carbon housing (such as councils, housing associations, community land trusts, etc)
  2. With developers and contractors that could deliver this housing
  3. With suppliers of low-carbon products, materials, technologies and services that can be used to help design and deliver lower and net-zero carbon housing
  4. To facilitate the development of teams/consortia that can collectively provide affordable net-zero carbon housing

 

2. Scope of consultancy support

UK Community Works is seeking a consultant / organisation to drive forward delivery of Work Package 5.

With regard to new build housing, the successful contractor will be required to:

  • Provide advice and consultancy
  1. Advise Housing Innovation Cluster participants (clients and suppliers) on Modern Methods of Construction (MMC) approaches and methods; high energy performance fabric/envelope; and affordable low carbon housing solutions
  2. Support the creation of project teams that can design and deliver affordable net-zero carbon housing
  3. Support suppliers of low-carbon products, materials, technologies and services to integrate their offerings into net-zero carbon house designs
  • Support innovation
  1. Provide advice and support to innovative developers and suppliers of low-carbon products, materials, technologies and services
  2. Raise awareness of these innovative low-carbon products, materials, technologies and services
  • Help deliver roadshows, seminars, webinars
  1. Design and help produce workshops; digital and physical information materials; product and material displays
  2. Deliver presentations and demonstrations of MMC and net-zero carbon approaches and methods

 

With regard to domestic retrofit, the successful contractor will be required to:

  • Identify new and emerging products and technologies that can be used by housing retrofit users, designers, and contractors to improve the energy performance of retrofits and reduce costs
  • Collaborate as required with ENE beneficiaries and delivery partners to assess the performance of these innovations and integrate them into retrofit offerings

 

With regard to the delivery of ERDF Outputs, the successful contractor will be required to:

Work with UK Community Works and other Eastern New Energy partners to help deliver ERDF outputs as part of Work Package 5, specifically:

  • C1: SMEs supported
  • C5: Start-up organisations supported
  • C29: Organisations helped to introduce new products and services to improve productivity and environmental performance

 

With regard to the wider Eastern New Energy project, the successful contractor will be required to:

  • Work with UK Community Works staff to coordinate activities within the work package framework of the Eastern New Energy project
  • Collaborate with the University of East London and other research partners as needed in their delivery of C26 research collaboration outputs
  • Collaborate with the other Eastern New Energy delivery partners across the project

The successful contract holder/s will be expected to maintain activities in line with the overarching aims of the project, whilst supporting the partnership to deliver business support outputs and record environmental impact measures through the Innovation Cluster activities.

 

3. Procurement Timeline

We are seeking consultancy support for the remainder of the project duration, until the end of November 2022.

We envisage the phasing of this support will be greater in the first six to seven months of the appointment.

This tender process is being conducted in accordance with the following indicative timescale

Activity

Date

Issue of the ITT

22/02/2022

Clarification questions period

22/02/2022– 01/03/2022

Closing date and time of ITT

14/03/2022 @ 16:00

Evaluation of proposals

15/03/2022 – 17/03/2022

Award Notification

18/03/2022

Contract Commencement

21/03/2022

 

4. Submission Requirements

This Invitation to Tender documentation can only be downloaded from the Contracts Finder portal www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk  ; Community Works website https://www.ukcommunityworks.org  ; or other authorised websites

In order to submit a Bid for this procurement, you are required to upload your bid electronically through the Contracts Finder portal and ensure you click ‘submit response’, prior to the bid closing date and time. Alternatively you may submit your bid direct to Community Works at terry.mcgivern@ukcommunityworks.org prior to the bid closing date and time.

All requests for clarification and questions regarding this ITT should be submitted as soon as possible in writing (and no later than 1st March 2022) through the e-tendering portal, or direct to Community Works at terry.mcgivern@ukcommunityworks.org. All questions will be recorded and forwarded to the appropriate person for a response.

 

The main contact/project manager for this procurement is

  • Contact Name: Terry McGivern
  • Contact Designation: MD, UK Community Works
  • Contact e-mail: terry.mcgivern@ukcommunityworks.org
  • Contact Tel: 07846 309400

 

5. Bid Assessment Criteria Weightings

UK Community Works CIC intends to award contract(s) ensuing from this ITT to the supplier(s) that satisfies the Most Economically Advantageous Tender (MEAT) criteria based on Quality (80%) and Price (20%) assessments. All responses will be assessed against the evaluation criteria set out below:

 

Bidder responses to the Quality sections/questions will be assessed and scored using the scheme below:

 

Bidder responses to the price section/question of the tender will be evaluated on the following basis:

The supplier with the lowest priced proposal will receive the full marks of 20% with higher bids receiving less marks proportionate to the lowest offer.

 

6. Supporting documentation and web links