The UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF) replaced the European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF) and provides funding for local investment until 31 March 2025. In Tees Valley (Darlington, Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Redcar & Cleveland and Stockton-on-Tees), UKSPF supports local businesses through specialist providers delivering targeted support across different business needs and sectors.
Tees Valley Net Zero (the "project") is delivered by Decerna on behalf of the Tees Valley Combined Authority, the Tees Valley Mayor, and the Tees Valley Business Board.
The project provides practical steps to help businesses reduce costs and save carbon. The project provides access to a wide range of support including self-help guides, energy information sessions, CPD-accredited energy management workshops, free energy assessments and grant funding. A £1M grant fund provides 500 grants of £2,000 each to support net zero investments.
Develop a comprehensive package of materials, tools, and initiatives for sustainability-related behavioural change campaigns within businesses.
While businesses increasingly prioritise sustainability in their strategic planning, there remains a gap between leadership goals and employee engagement, hindering the progress and pace of sustainability initiatives. Current market solutions often focus on technical aspects and top-down policies, overlooking the critical role of employees in achieving sustainability goals, especially in small and medium enterprises. We believe that successful plans require active participation from all levels, as well as tools, materials, and practical methods for effectively engaging employees.
To address this, we aim to develop a comprehensive package of materials and tools for behavioural change campaigns that transform sustainability from long-term strategies into workplace culture and daily actionable choices. Our programme focuses on empowering employees to become active participants in their company's sustainability journey through practical, engaging, fun, and evidence-based tools.
We propose a phased approach:
| Activity Phase | Deliverable | Description |
|---|---|---|
| A) Market Analysis and Best Practices Research | Framework and fundamental report | An introduction report to the sustainability-minded behavioural impact and fundamentals of human behavioural science |
| Market research and best practices report | A collection of best practices and successful global initiatives, solutions and sustainability campaigns at business levels | |
| Analysis of the best practices | A review and synthesis summary of the identified practices and documentation of the transferable lessons to Tees Valley businesses | |
| B) Behavioural Change Toolkit Development | Visual communication materials | Visual communication and informative materials (posters, infographics, how-to-use graphics, flyers) |
| Digital content and materials | Digital assets and materials for internal communications and sustainability-awareness campaigns | |
| Implementation guide | Step-by-step guide to implement an effective behavioural change campaign within SMEs | |
| Measuring and tracking methods | Methods and metrics to measure and track employee engagement success | |
| C) Interactive Tools and Activities | Interactive engagement tools, activities, or games | Customisable, engaging and interactive tools and activities about sustainability behavioural and practices (e.g. team challenges, ready-to-print card/board games, rewards systems, workshops, group activities and campaigns) |
| Milestone | Date |
|---|---|
| RfQ Published | Monday 16 December 2024 |
| Clarification Deadline | Thursday 2 January 2025 (16:00) |
| Proposal / RfQ Deadline | Monday 13 January 2025 (12:00 noon) |
| Shortlist Interviews | Wednesday 15 January 2025 |
| Contract Award | Thursday 16 January 2025 |
| Kick-off Meeting | Monday 20 January 2025 |
| Presentation of Initial Findings & Recommendations | Monday 10 February 2025 |
| Draft Deliverables | Friday 7 March 2025 |
| Final Deliverables | Friday 14 March 2025 |
| Handover Meeting | Friday 21 March 2025 |
Maximum Budget: £48,000 (excluding VAT).
| Deliverable | Payment |
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| Acceptance of Project Plan following Kick-off Meeting | 30% |
| Acceptance of Deliverables | 70% |
Payment Terms: Approved invoices will be paid within 0-1 working days.
Deadline: All activity and defrayment must occur no later than 31 March 2025.
| Criteria | Points | Assessment Criteria | Assessment Scoring |
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| Quality | 70 |
Technical Understanding and Methodology (25 points)
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0 = No response 1-5 = Poor response 6-10 = Basic response 11-15 = Good response 16-20 = Very good response 21-25 = Excellent response |
Practicality and Implementation (25 points)
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Innovation and Added Value (20 points)
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0 = No response 1-4 = Poor response 5-8 = Basic response 9-12 = Good response 13-16 = Very good response 17-20 = Excellent response |
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| Value for Money | 15 |
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0 = No response 1-3 = Poor response 4-6 = Basic response 7-9 = Good response 10-12 = Very good response 13-15 = Excellent response |
| Cost | 15 |
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Score = (Lowest Price / Proposal Price) × 15 |
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