126 Contractors Win Places on New £660m Retrofit and Decarbonisation Framework

A TOTAL of 126 specialist consultants and contractors have been appointed to a major new public sector framework launched by LHC Procurement Group (LHCPG).

The Retrofit and Decarbonisation (N9) framework runs until the end of February 2029 for public sector clients and registered social landlords. The framework provides them with access to vetted local suppliers with the expertise needed to assess and retrofit the country’s social housing and public sector buildings.

Available through LHCPG’s five regional business units, the framework covers a range of retrofit services. These include consultancy, multi-disciplinary works, building insulation and performance, low-carbon heating systems, control and management systems, and electrical services, including EV charging and solar PV.

The N9 Retrofit and Decarbonisation framework aims to address all aspects of a building’s energy efficiency. It enables the decarbonisation of existing housing stock and public buildings to meet future climate and carbon reduction goals.

It is the first new framework to be launched by LHCPG since its successful Gold Standard verification covering all its work across all its regions.

It is also the first to implement LHCPG’s new social value strategy. To understand the social value impact and outcomes of all projects delivered from the N9 framework, LHCPG will monitor and report on the overall performance of this framework. It will work with the appointed companies and clients to gather and assess the added value created across individual wellbeing, social mobility, and improving the planet and the environment priority areas.

Huge Push on Retrofit

Clive Feeney, LHCPG Group CEO, said: “The N9 framework will play a vital role in helping local authorities and housing associations work towards the UK’s newest and boldest targets on decarbonisation announced at COP29.

“As a country, we are now aiming for an 81% cut in emissions by 2035. This will demand a huge push on the low carbon retrofit of social homes, and a dramatic reduction in carbon emissions across 1.9 million non-domestic public buildings too.”

Skills Shortages

In recognition of the constraints and severe shortages of fully qualified trades and retrofit professionals to meet the demands of the public sector, the framework is also working to create new opportunities and a secure pipeline of work for local businesses, encouraging new collaborations and nurturing the upskilling of the next generation of contractors.

The N9 framework will signpost appointed companies to local retrofit skills academies, provide them with knowledge masterclasses and support them through best practice working groups, all designed to ensure they can meet mandatory retrofit standards, including PAS 2030, 2035 and 2038, within two years of joining.

Clive Feeney adds: “At LHCPG we are very proactive in our work to attract smaller and more local businesses and underrepresented groups to apply to be part of our frameworks, and the N9 framework has been adapted with this in mind.

“We are committed to supporting our appointed supply chain throughout the framework’s lifetime, providing guidance and opportunities.

“For example, to access many of the government funding streams, installers must be PAS 2030-certified and TrustMark-registered. Many of the companies appointed today already have this, but part of our process will also be to support new suppliers. They will have a two-year window to attain the relevant certifications, during which time we will offer extensive support and assistance to ensure they meet these critical standards.

“In this way, the N9 framework can support future funding waves, making it a key enabler for energy-efficient upgrades of those social homes with low EPC ratings of D-G. These upgrades will ensure homes are better insulated, more comfortable to live in and cheaper to run, contributing to both energy savings and improved living standards for residents.

“By combining technical innovation with a deep commitment to upskilling the supply chain and delivering local social value, we are helping communities reduce their carbon footprints while building a skilled workforce for the future.”

The N9 framework has six workstreams:

• Consultancy: Combines energy policy and strategy development with grant funding support, providing comprehensive assistance to organisations in planning and implementing energy-efficient strategies.
• Multi-Disciplinary Works: Focuses on multi-technology installations with clarified value bands, accommodating diverse contract sizes and technologies, and includes provisions for micro and small contractors.
• Building Insulation and Performance (Passive): Covers various insulation types, including internal, loft, cavity wall, and external insulation, with specific lots tailored to different building sizes and types.
• Heating Systems: Encompasses a range of heating solutions, from domestic to commercial systems, and integrates smart controls and energy systems where applicable.
• Control and Management Systems: Addresses building management systems (BMS) and individual metering, catering to the needs in communal heating systems and energy management.
• Electrical: Includes lots for solar PV and battery storage, and electric vehicle charging, responding to the growing demand for integrated energy solutions and EV infrastructure.

Dynamic Purchasing System

In addition to the fixed-term framework over the next four years, LHCPG has also just launched a Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) option for low carbon retrofit servicing and maintenance works.

The key thing about this DPS is that companies can apply to join throughout its lifetime rather than it being a fixed framework for the framework lifecycle, as with the Retrofit and Decarbonisation (N9) framework.

Winning Retrofit and Decarbonisation (N9) Framework Contractors

The full list of companies appointed to LHC Procurement Group’s Retrofit and Decarbonisation (N9) framework are:

LHC – Midlands, London and South East:

• Alcema
• Aran Insulation
• Arc Group London
• Arte Construction
• Aston Heating, t/a Aston Group
• Axis Europe
• Bailey Partnership (Consultants)
• Baily Garner
• Bell Group
• Breyer Group
• British Gas Social Housing T/A PH Jones
• BSW Heating
• Calisen Metering Services
• Carbon3
• Cenergist
• Chas Berger
• CLC Contractors
• Cornerstone (East Anglia)
• Cuttle Construction
• DURKAN
• E.ON UK Green Funding Solutions
• EASY Heat Systems
• ECD Architects
• Eco Efficient Home Solutions
• Ecosafe Heating T/A Ecosafe Group
• EDF Energy Customers
• Elevate Everywhere
• EQUANS Regeneration
• ETEC Contract Services
• EV Chargers
• Feed it Green
• Fortem Solutions
• Guildmore
• Hestia
• Holmes Miller
• Home Efficient
• Houghton and Son
• Ian Williams
• Infinity Energy Organisation
• Insulated Render Systems (Scotland)
• Keegans
• Landmark Facades
• Lawtech Group
• LCB Group Holdings (Cardo)
• Liberty Group Investments T/A Netzero Collective
• Low Carbon Exchange
• McBains
• Momentum 4
• Morgan Sindall Property Services
• MP Group U K
• Mulalley and Company
• Next Energy Solutions
• Oakray
• Pellings
• PHS Home Solutions
• Ridge and Partners
• Saltire Facilities Management
• Ser Contractor
• SERS Energy Solutions Group
• Severn Wye Energy Agency
• Sureserve Compliance Central
• Sureserve Compliance South
• Sureserve Energy Services UK
• Sustainable Building Services (UK)
• Sycous
• Synergize
• T Brown Group
• ThermoServ
• TSG Building Services
• Turner & Townsend Consulting
• Village Heating
• Vinci Construction UK
• Warmworks Scotland
• Wates Property Services
• Watts Group
• XCO2 Energy

Consortium Procurement Construction (CPC):

• Axis Europe
• Baily Garner
• Bell Group
• British Gas Social Housing T/A PH Jones
• Calisen Metering Services
• Cenergist
• CLC Contractors
• Easy Heat Systems
• ECD Architects
• EDF Energy Customers
• Elevate Everywhere
• EQUANS Regeneration
• EV Chargers
• Feed it Green
• Fortem Solutions
• Hestia
• Ian Williams
• Insulated Render Systems (Scotland)
• Keegans
• Lawtech Group
• Liberty Group Investments T/A Netzero Collective
• Mabbett & Associates
• McBains
• Michael Dyson Associates
• Morgan Sindall Property Services
• MP Group U K
• Next Energy Solutions
• P Casey & Co
• PHS Home Solutions
• Procast Building Contractors
• Rothwell Plumbing Services
• Sureserve Compliance North West
• Sureserve Energy Services UK
• Sustainable Building Services (UK)
• Sycous
• Synergize
• Turner & Townsend Consulting
• United Living (South)
• Ward Williams Associates
• Warmworks Scotland
• Wates Property Services
• XCO2 Energy

South West Procurement Alliance (SWPA):

• Alcema
• Bailey Partnership (Consultants)
• Bell Group
• British Gas Social Housing T/A PH Jones
• Cenergist
• CLC Contractors
• E.ON UK Green Funding Solutions
• Easy Heat Systems
• Ecosafe Heating T/A Ecosafe Group
• EDF Energy Customers
• Gleeds Building Surveying
• Ian Williams
• Joyner PA Cymru
• Kirkham Board Associates
• Lawtech Group
• LCB Group Holdings (Cardo)
• Liberty Group Investments T/A Netzero Collective
• Low Carbon Exchange
• M&J Group (Construction and Roofing)
• Mabbett & Associates
• MP Group U K
• PHS Home Solutions
• QODA Consulting
• Rand Associates Consultancy Services
• Ridge and Partners
• Saltire Facilities Management
• SERS Energy Solutions Group
• Severn Wye Energy Agency
• Smart Energy Homes
• Sureserve Energy Services UK
• Sycous
• Synergize
• Turner & Townsend Consulting
• Value Optimised Retrofit
• VINCI Construction UK
• Ward Williams Associates
• Wates Property Services
• Watts Group
• Westcountry Maintenance Services
• XCO2 Energy
• Zing Energy

Welsh Procurement Alliance (WPA):

• Anglesey Solar and Electrical
• ASW Property Services
• Bailey Partnership (Consultants)
• Bell Group
• British Gas Social Housing T/A PH Jones
• Channel Electrical Systems
• CLC Contractors
• E.ON UK Green Funding Solutions
• Easy Heat Systems
• Feed it Green
• Gibson Specialist Technical Services
• Gleeds Building Surveying
• GMI Electrical
• Greenlands Heating
• Ian Williams
• Ivor Cook
• Joyner PA Cymru
• LCB Group Holdings (Cardo)
• Liberty Group Investments T/A Netzero Collective
• Lightning Solutions (Wales)
• Litegreen
• Low Carbon Exchange
• M&J Group (Construction and Roofing)
• Mabbett & Associates
• Michael Dyson Associates
• MP Group U K
• PHS Home Solutions
• Property Building Maintenance (Wales)
• R&M Williams (Holdings)
• Scene Connect
• SERS Energy Solutions Group
• Severn Wye Energy Agency
• Smart Energy Homes
• Sureserve Energy Services UK
• Sustainable Building Services (UK)
• Sycous
• Synergize
• Turner & Townsend Consulting
• Warmserve Services
• Warmworks Scotland
• XCO2 Energy
• Zing Energy

Scottish Procurement Alliance (SPA):

• AC Whyte & Co
• AES
• BCA Insulation
• Bell Group
• BRB Electrical
• British Gas Social Housing T/A PH Jones
• Carbon Futures (Consultancy)
• Cenergist
• Changeworks Resources for Life
• Collective Architecture
• Dalkia Operations
• E.ON UK Green Funding Solutions
• Easy Heat Systems
• ECD Architects
• EJ Parker Technical Services (Scotland North)
• Gleeds Building Surveying
• GMG Contractors
• Holmes Miller
• Insulated Render Systems (Scotland)
• James Frew
• Lawtech Group
• Luths Services
• Mabbett & Associates
• Max Fordham
• Momentum 4
• Morgan Sindall Property Services
• MP Group U K
• PHS Home Solutions
• Procast Building Contractors
• Richard Irvin FM
• Saltire Facilities Management
• Scene Connect
• SERS Energy Solutions (Scotland)
• Sureserve Energy Services UK
• Sycous
• THE Edinburgh Boiler Company
• Turner & Townsend Consulting
• Union Technical Services
• Valley Group
• Warmworks Scotland
• XCO2 Energy

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