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# Sustainable Schools Challenge: Critical Friend and Sustainability Advisor - C194/2024/2025

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/sustainable-schools-challenge-critical-friend-and-sustainability-advisor-c194-2024-2025-ocds-h6vhtk-05f44b). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Llywodraeth Cymru / Welsh Government: "Sustainable Schools Challenge: Critical Friend and Sustainability Advisor - C194/2024/2025". Published status: complete. Published Value: £160,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 29 Jan 2026, 17:00 GMT. Published submission portal: etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Llywodraeth Cymru / Welsh Government](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/llywodraeth-cymru-welsh-government-GB-PPON-PQYQ-3841-BHTP)
- **Published Value:** £160,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 29 January 2026 at 17:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Construction project management services
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Awarded Value:** £126,500 (exc. VAT, 1 award)
- **Official Documents:** 5 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/sustainable-schools-challenge-critical-friend-and-sustainability-advisor-c194-2024-2025-ocds-h6vhtk-05f44b#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-05f44b`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/sustainable-schools-challenge-critical-friend-and-sustainability-advisor-c194-2024-2025-ocds-h6vhtk-05f44b#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fetenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/sustainable-schools-challenge-critical-friend-and-sustainability-advisor-c194-2024-2025-ocds-h6vhtk-05f44b#participate

## Description
The Sustainable Communities for Learning (SCfL) Programme launched an innovative Sustainable Schools’ Challenge through the existing Programme and governance framework.
Building on the Net Zero Carbon mandate across the Programme introduced in January 2022, the Welsh Government invited applications from local authorities that could demonstrate innovative and collaborative design, development, delivery, and management of initially two new schools that could make a positive contribution to the environment and surrounding landscape. The collaboration expected from the Challenge included learners, staff, parents, community and supply chains through all stages of design, construction and operational life for a truly sustainable school.
Aimed at primary schools an allocation of up to £15 million at 100% intervention was allocated per project. Given the high calibre of entries funding was announced in March 2023 for three new sustainable schools.
Campws Cymunedol Bontnewydd
Ysgol Gynradd Gymraeg Rhosafan
Glyn-Coch Community Primary School
Working with Constructing Excellence in Wales, the successful bidder will be required to attend and participate in joint workshops and attend relevant project meetings to act as a Critical Friend for the design and construction teams and embed themselves in the three projects and being available to project teams for advice. Where necessary the successful bidder will be expected to lead in elements of the workshops, facilitating research for their case studies and conduct mini workshops at local level with the participating projects to obtain sufficient knowledge of the innovation and collaboration being undertaken to inform advice and case studies.
Attendance in person will be necessary for most meetings which will take place across Wales.
The bidders will need to familiarise themselves with progress of the designs and the work of the Critical Friend during phase1 of the design stage.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 71541000
- **Delivery regions:** UK
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £160,000

- **Contract Period:** 13/03/2026 to 31/03/2028
- **Renewal published:** yes
- **Options published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** Sustainable Schools Challenge: Critical Friend & Sustainability Advisor (active)
  - Award id: `1`
  - Supplier(s): **Down to Earth Project**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-PPON:PWBH-2532-GXQD`
  - Value: £126,500 (exc. VAT)
  - Date: 24/03/2026

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F082214-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-03-26T10:09:21.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-29T00:14:10.171Z
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