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SME Energy Savings Programme

Buyer: North East Combined Authority →

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BuyerNorth East Combined Authority
StatusOpen
Deadline21 Sept 2026
Value£750,000
Published21 Aug 2026

What is being bought

The North East MSA is seeking to appoint a delivery partner to manage and deliver an energy efficiency support service which will include: - An energy advice service (including the provision of decarbonisation plans) - The energy audit service that will be open to VCSEs and SMEs across Durham, Sunderland, South Tyneside, North Tyneside, Gateshead, Newcastle and Northumberland covering both urban and rural areas. - The management of a £1,000,000 match-funded grant fund. This will allow SMEs to apply for non-repayable grant funding to contribute towards the cost of the installation of energy efficiency measures at their business premises. VCSEs will not be eligible for this fund but will be able to apply to other North East MSA funds. - The development of a supplier directory to signpost SMEs to the local installer supply chain. The appointed delivery partner will have a maximum budget of £750,000 (excluding VAT) to manage and deliver this service. The Programme will be delivered by a procured supplier (delivery partner) but the North East MSA will retain oversight and give advice via a Programme Advisory Board and regular review meetings with the Delivery Partner

Delivery location

UKC14, GB · UKC2, GB

Categories

Energy-efficiency consultancy services 71314300

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statusactive
Value£750,000
Contract periodFrom 23 Nov 2026 to 31 Mar 2029

Award criteria
Quality (80%)
Price (20%)

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Energy-efficiency consultancy servicesNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 71. The category anchor is Energy-efficiency consultancy services (71314300); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 714,0113 median · 30.2 average (1,132 of 4,011 with a bid count)4 average (1,247 of 4,011 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer2Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Delivery region: UKC1444 median · 4 average (2 of 4 with a bid count)1 average (2 of 4 with named award suppliers)Not published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)2945.5 median · 6.9 average (10 of 294 with a bid count)1.5 average (10 of 294 with named award suppliers)Not published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byNot published
Submission policyallowed
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents0
Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-06e9c9
Latest release ID080014-2026
Latest release timestampFri Aug 21 2026 14:15:09 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLhttps://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/080014-2026
Tender statusactive
Procurement methodopen
Procurement method detailsOpen procedure
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdYes
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: end2026-09-21T17:00:00+01:00
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadline2026-09-10T23:59:59+01:00
Award period: startNot published
Award period: end2026-11-18T23:59:59Z
Submission method detailsTenders must be submitted via the OPEN e-tendering platform https://www.open-uk.org/ Bids can not be submitted by email to the North East MSA.
Submission languagesen
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£750,000
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source4
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release1

Notice history

DateEventReference
21 Aug 2026tender080014-2026

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

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