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SME Energy Savings Programme

Engineering & ArchitectureCPV 71314300

Value£750k

Deadline21 Sept 2026

Published21 Aug 2026

RegionNationwide

Timeline

Published 21 Aug 202629 days leftCloses 21 Sept 2026

Who to contact

procurement@northeast-ca.gov.uk

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

How to submit

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Tenders 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.

The submission route named on the official notice.

Contract value in context

£750ktotal contract value

median £95k

this tender£0£2.0m

This is a large award for Engineering & Architecture — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 33,646 valued Engineering & Architecture tenders in our corpus.

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North East Combined Authority has published 3 Engineering & Architecture notices, about every 7 months. On that rhythm the next one is expected around March 2027.

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The brief

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

Requirements

What the notice asks for

VCSEs will not be eligible for this

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

The development of a supplier directory to signpost SMEs to the local installer supply chain.

The appointed delivery partner will have

The appointed delivery partner will have a maximum budget of £750,000 (excluding VAT) to manage and deliver this service.

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What it takes to bid this

12–20 daysof bid-team effort

£8.2k–£13.7kat typical UK bid-team rates

Typical UK bid effort for the £100k–£1m band — an estimate, not a quote.

Qualify & bid/no-bid ~10% · SQ / PQQ ~20% · Written response ~55% · Review & presentation ~15%

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