CP2511-24 Financing Net Zero

Devon County Council has received a Fast Followers grant from Innovate UK as part of the Net Zero Living Places programme to development of innovative green finance mechanisms to attract investment into clean growth opportunities across the county. Achieving Net Zero is a key priority for Devon County Council. We have been involved in the development of a Devon Carbon Plan and serve as the secretariat for the Devon Climate Emergency Response Group which oversees its implementation. The Fast Followers project will procure subcontractors who can provide specialist knowledge to advance specific net zero projects. The Innovate UK Grant Offer Letter specifies the following piece of work to be procured:

£33,000 - Investment grade audits for key locations in Devon

This work is to be directed on Heathfield industrial estate, in partnership with Teignbridge District Council, as advance decarbonisation of the industrial estate, identify further investable opportunities, and create a replicable process for other industrial estates across the county. Learning from the programme will be channelled via the existing Devon Carbon Plan partnerships - particularly District Councils - to enable roll out across Devon, maximising impact of the innovations and distributing the participation benefits.

Additional information: The authority reserves the right to cancel the procurement process at any stage. The authority does not bind itself to accept the lowest or any tender, and reserve the right not to award a contract. The authority reserves the right to award the contract in part, or to call for new tenders should they consider this necessary. Economic operators remain responsible for all costs and expenses incurred by them or by any third party acting under instructions from them in connection with their participation in this procurement, whether incurred directly by them or their advisors or subcontractors and regardless of whether such costs arise as a consequence direct or indirect of any amendments to documents issued by the authority at any time, or as a consequence of the cancellation of the procurement by the authority. For the avoidance of doubt, the authority shall have no liability whatsoever to economic operators or their advisors or subcontractors, for any of their costs, including but not limited to those for any discussions or communications. Any contract(s) or agreement(s) entered into as a result of this contract notice shall be considered as a contract(s) or agreement(s) made under English law and subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts. If an economic operator considers that any information supplied by it during this procurement process is commercially sensitive or confidential in nature, this should be highlighted and the reasons for its sensitivity as well as the duration of that sensitivity specified. Economic operators should be aware that even where they have indicated that information is commercially sensitive, the authority may disclose it pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act 2000 in response to a request for information where such disclosure is considered to be in the public interest. Please note that the receipt by any of the authority of any materials marked 'confidential' or equivalent shall not be taken to mean that the authority accepts any duty of confidence by virtue of that marking.

Tender documents are accessible via www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk . All expressions of interest are to be made via www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk. All questions or enquiries regarding the tender are to be asked via the messaging function within the opportunity through www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk.