Awarded contract

PS26224 - RAF 024/2627 - CFP Research (2-Years)

Details

Buyer: Department for Energy Security & Net Zero
Supplier(s): Centre Sustainable Energy
Value: £216,684
Duration: 5 months
Topic: Research and development services and related consultancy services
Published: 5 November 2026
Source: uk:contracts_finder

Tender description

***** THIS IS AN AWARD NOTICE, NOT A CALL FOR COMPETITION ***** This procurement is being concluded following a mini competition under the GCA RM6126 Research & Insights DPS. Brief Description of Requirement The Committee on Fuel Poverty (CFP) is an independent advisory body with an annual research budget of £120k, which DESNZ helps to facilitate and manage. The team is currently at the scoping stage of the Committee on Fuel Poverty (CFP)'s 2026/27 research project. The CFP have decided to undertake a two-year programme of research. This would mean procuring a project that spans both FY 2026/27 and FY 2027/28, with the contractor being funded from two separate financial year budgets.

Timeline

Completed: Award published5 November 2026
Current notice
Next: Award date9 November 2026in 3 days
Upcoming: Contract expiry date31 March 2027

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

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