Awarded contract

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Details

Buyer: Department for Energy Security & Net Zero
Supplier(s): PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Value: £60,910,567.22
Topic: General public services
Published: 17 September 2026
Source: uk:find_a_tender

Tender description

Grant Administration Services Lot 1: 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 (Warm Homes: Local Grant and Warm Homes: Social Housing Fund) amounting to a previously published value of £500m and £1.29bn. These funding schemes are administered by the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (hereafter referred to known as "The Authority"). Following a competitive tendering process utilising the Fund Administration and Disbursements Services DPS, the Authority has awarded a contract to PwC. Two compliant bids were received. The contract, inclusive of extension options, has a total value of £60,910,567 and has a 3+1+1 structure. Requirements consisted of: - Project performance & management, - Grant recipient change control, - Grant recipient payment support, - Fraud, error & compliance management, - Data reporting and visualisation through a CRM.

Timeline

Completed: Award date24 August 2026
Completed: Award published17 September 2026
Current notice

About the buyer

The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero buys as a central government body, with its own commercial directorate. Common goods and services are bought through Government Commercial Agency frameworks. A small business action plan runs from 2025 to 2028.

Pipeline notices give an 18-month forward look at planned opportunities.

Over the past 5 years, most of the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero's contract awards have been in research and development, business services and IT services.

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

Job title	Phone number	Work email
Head of Procurement	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@department-for-energy-security-net-zero.gov
Commercial Director	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@department-for-energy-security-net-zero.gov
Procurement Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@department-for-energy-security-net-zero.gov
Category Lead	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@department-for-energy-security-net-zero.gov
Senior Buyer	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@department-for-energy-security-net-zero.gov
Contracts Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@department-for-energy-security-net-zero.gov