Sustainable Estates and Facilities Solutions

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Value

£500,000,000

Classifications

  • Environmental services

Tags

  • tender

Submission Deadline

1 year ago

Published

1 year ago

Description

This tender opportunity notice for Sustainable and Estates Facilities Solutions are covered under the Public Contracts Regulation (PCR) 2015
NHS Commercial Solutions is seeking to procure, through a framework agreement, a panel of suitably experienced and qualified organisations to provide expert guidance and services to NHS organisations to assist them in delivering their commitments to a greener NHS and improving the healthcare environments.
Every NHS organisation is required to publish a Carbon Reduction Plan. Many of these plans include commitments to reduce carbon emissions in the organisation's built environments.
The Value at Risk to manageable assets in the UK, if we maintain a below 2 degrees of warming by 2045, is estimated to be more than £1 billion per annum, but we must prepare for warming up to 4 degrees. This includes increasing actions to reach net zero and increasing actions for resilience to the warming world.
The purpose of the framework agreement is to offer industry specific opportunities for climate action, whilst building resilience to climate change, to enable the continuation of the delivery of healthcare services.
The opportunities the agreement offers for healthcare which, in the context of the UN Sustainable Development Goals, represents the coming together of subject matter expertise, societal demands and climate action to create a more sustainable, inclusive, and future proof path to economic growth, health and well-being to support strategic initiatives of high impact for the benefit of business, people and the planet.
The services covered under the framework are:
Environmental Consultancy
Sustainable Insulation
Natural Ventilation
Energy Efficient Windows and Doors
Heat Pumps/Passive Cooling Systems
Combined Heat and Power Systems
Rainwater Harvesting
Energy & Water Efficient Appliances
Energy-Efficient Lighting Systems
Solar Shading/Canopy Cover
Solar Film
Solar Power Generation and Storage
Wind Power Generation & Storage
Living Walls
Rainwater Gardens
Green Roof Spaces
Wellbeing Green Spaces

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