Quantitative Schedule Risk Analysis (QSRA) on Net Zero Buildings - Domestic (NZB -D ) Grant Applications

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This procurement is being concluded following a mini competition under the Crown Commercial Services - RM6126 - Research & Insights DPS

This procurement is being concluded following a competitive procurement exercise.

Brief Description of Requirement

The contract is to carry out two Quantitative Schedule Risk Assessment (QSRA) on the applications received under HUG 2 and SHDF schemes.

The analysis will be on applications received under each scheme; HUG 2 have approved 45 projects; SHDF Wave 2.1 expects to fund c.107 projects.

The aim is to ensure delivery of QSRA by an appropriate contractor to provide a cumulative distribution function of the delivery timetable for HUG 2 and SHDF Wave 2.1.

Specifically the QSRAs are expected to provide probabilistic date ranges (e.g., P10, P50, P80 along with associated confidence intervals) for the completion of the HUG 2 and SHDF Wave 2.1 schemes. Delivery stage based on key milestone dates provided by Grant Recipients, alongside (where available) previous Grant Recipient performance data and wider information available that relate to grant allocated retrofit schemes.

The two QSRAs are required to be completed within 6 weeks of the contract start date.

The maximum budget allocated for each QSRA is £144,000.00 (excl VAT). The total contract budget for the three year period to conduct QSRA is £864,000.00 (excl. VAT). The authority will assess their need for exercising the extension option on an annual basis