CR19107 Heat Networks Skills Review

**This contract has been awarded via Crown Commercial Services Research Marketplace DPS - RM6018.**

4. Deliverables

It is our intention that a version of the final report will be made publicly available for example through the .gov website. As such bid responses should ensure to price for producing a publishable document.

• Literature review - a short review, the results of which will go into the interim and final reports.

• Interview guide - used to structure the engagement with the supply chain

• Interviews - can be a mixture of telephone and face to face for focus groups.

• Primary data collection from interviews

• Interim report - to contain the results of the literature review, conclusions of the skills mapping exercise

• A validated version of the results

• A summary presentation of the key findings and recommendations

• Final report (approx. 100 pages) and shorter summary document (see below)

• Weekly phone calls and/or email progress updates with the BEIS project manager

• Monthly meetings with the steering group to update on progress, including creation and distribution of delivery updates and progress to timeline.

Final report:

The report output will be required to answer the research questions, but we are open to proposals for a suitable structure, this may include some of the following sections:

1. Literature review

Findings from the research:

2. Heat networks occupations and skills in the UK heat networks sector o Occupations o Career pathways and progression routes (recruitment) o Barriers and enablers to progression o Effectiveness of qualifications to progression

3. Training and re-training offers o Qualifications and standards in the heat networks sectors (incl. relevant developing bodies) o Employer familiarity with setting standards

4. The heat networks sector environment o Skills status quo o Shortages affecting all key occupations o Diversity, age, regionality, mobility, flexibility, competition o Organisational skill planning

5. Future skills o Key factors/drivers affecting the sector o Impacts on drivers affecting future workforce and skills challenges o Expectations on professions/skills evolving o Workplace challenges and risks o Opportunities and potential solutions

6. Learnings from other sectors/industries that have had to adapt to high growth

Government spending data: This supplier has received £50,204,070 in 1,162 payments (over £25k) from Department for Education, Department for Work and Pensions, HMRC, BEIS, Home Office and 16 more public bodies (2010-09-17 to 2026-06-24). View full payment history →

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