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Zero carbon design services

This Lot covers the design and assessment services of low and zero carbon solutions for both new build and retrofit projects.

Consultants on the Lot can help you to design a full Zero Carbon roadmap for your organisation. This can help you to assess your full stock profile and identify options before engaging with contractors/suppliers to carry out the work.

All suppliers on this Lot are members of CIBSE, IET or suitable equivalent.

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Direct Award

Customers are able to Direct Award to the top ranked supplier on this Lot providing that your requirement is within the scope of the framework. In exceptional cases, you are able to direct award outside of number 1 with a strong justification. If you’d like to speak to us about this in more detail please get in touch.

How long will this take me?

A direct award will take approximately 3-4 weeks depending on your internal approval processes.

Direct Award Process Guide
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Mini-Competition

You’re also able to run a mini-competition to call off this framework. You’ll be able to use your own specification and cost model. You can also choose your own cost / quality split and quality questions. All pricing submitted by contractors must be linked to the framework.

How long will this take me?

Once you have your specification and cost model ready, the tender process takes approximately 6-8 weeks, depending on your internal approval processes. 

Mini-Competition Process Guide
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Accessing this Framework

Who can access this framework?

Any publicly funded body can use this framework – access is not limited to SEC Members alone. Full details can be found here.

Is there a cost to access? 

There is no access fee to use this framework. A levy % dependant on whether you are a guest or member is collected directly from the contractor once a call off contract is awarded. This percentage will never be more than 1.5% for Members and 2% for Guests.

How do I access this framework?

If your organisation is already a SEC Member then you will not need to sign an additional Access Agreement. You’re already signed up.

If your organisation is new to SEC, and would like to use our frameworks as a non-member then you will need to sign our Access Agreement. You’ll only need to sign this once and you’ll receive access to all our Frameworks and DPS’s – even ones we procure in the future. You can view a draft agreement here – DRAFT Access Agreement (Non-Members).

Framework Tender

We procured this framework through a two-stage restricted process. At the first stage interested suppliers completed a Selection Questionnaire (SQ). From there we then invited select tenderers to complete a second stage Invitation to Tender (ITT).

The cost and quality elements of each tender was evaluated at 30% cost and 70% quality. More detail on this can be found below.

Cost was assessed via a % fee based on project value bands or by RIBA Stage.


Rates were also supplied for cost per service:
• BREEAN Assessment Service
• SAP & EPC Services
• RdSAP. HQM Services
• Passive Haus Planning Services
• SBEM Services
• Life Cycle Carbon Assessments
• Psi Value Calculations
• Overheating Assessments
• Funding Advice

Quality was assessed on:
• Delivering value and high performance
• Engaging with delivery teams on low / zero carbon projects
• Affordability, simplicity. effectiveness and maintainability of solutions
• Demonstrating a whole building, holistic and complimentary approach to zero carbon performance in new and existing dwellings

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Next Steps

We've got two options depending on where you are with your project. 

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