Delivery Partner 2 - SHDF W3 & local authority retrofit scheme

Description

In December 2023, the previous UK Government announced how £6 billion of funding would be spent to provide energy efficiency support to families, business and industry. This included allocating capital funding for two energy efficiency schemes (a local authority retrofit scheme and the Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund Wave 3) amounting to a previously published value of £500m and £1.25bn, respectively (the ~£1.25bn for the Social Housing Decarbonisation scheme would also leverage co-funding from landlords). These funding schemes are administered by the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (hereafter referred to known as "The Authority"). The Authority is seeking to procure a delivery partner for Wave 3 of the Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund and a local authority retrofit scheme. Feedback from suppliers via this early engagement will help inform our thinking and shape the Authority's future commercial strategy for the Schemes. The Authority invites organisations with the capability & capacity to support these funded programmes to express their interest in this pretender market engagement and to help inform the development of our potential procurement. Requirements are expected to include: - Application assessment, - Project performance & management, - Grant recipient change control, - Grant recipient payment support, - Fraud, error & compliance management, - Data reporting and visualisation through a CRM, - Other oversight functions to be determined. Whilst we have not finalised on our route to market, we are considering using RM6322 Fund Administration & Disbursement Services DPS. Registering for the framework takes c.15 days; consequently, we recommend that suppliers register onto the DPS by 30th October 2024. Further information on registering for the DPS can be found in the attached documents. Market Engagement is expected to include 3 stages: Stage 1: Group Sessions (content the same in both sessions) - 17th September, 3-4pm - 20th September, 2-3pm Stage 2: 1:1 Sessions - 23rd-27th September Please note: These sessions are limited to a maximum of one session per supplier. Stage 3: Final Group Session. Interactive webinar, showing how the Authority has incorporated previous market feedback into the requirements. - 8th November, 11am-12pm If you are interested in this potential opportunity, please email hthcommercial@energysecurity.gov.uk with your company details and a main point of contact. If you wish to attend one or more of the above sessions, please state this clearly in your e-mail and you will receive an MS Teams link invite for each session in due course. Please note: We are limiting attendees to three per organisation for these sessions.