Evaluation of the Heritage at Risk Capital Fund - UID290
Historic England is seeking a supplier, or consortium, to deliver a multi-year evaluation of the Heritage at Risk Capital Fund. The appointed supplier must provide a robust and proportionate evaluation that assesses relevance, outcomes, contribution and value for money, while producing actionable learning for Historic England, Department for Culture, Media and Sport and the public.
The evaluation must assess what difference the Fund makes to the condition, resilience, reuse and community value of supported assets and the extent to which it contributes to wider place-based outcomes.
Evaluation of the Places of Worship Renewal Fund - UID289
Historic England is seeking a supplier, or consortium, to deliver a multi-year evaluation of the Places of Worship Renewal Fund. The appointed supplier must provide a robust and proportionate evaluation design that assesses implementation, outcomes, contribution and value for money. The evaluation must be designed to produce actionable learning and evidence for Historic England and the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.
The evaluation must assess what difference, if any, the Places of Worship Renewal Fund condition and community use of historic places of worship, and the extent to which it contributes to wider place-based outcomes.
Historic England is expanding inclusive programming, but staff diversity does not yet reflect this shift. This means that projects can go ahead without representation from affected groups. We are looking to appoint organisations to a framework to bring in external consultants with expertise in the barriers that marginalised groups face to remedy this lack of representation without expecting contributors to carry full project responsibilities. We are looking to add up to 20 consultants to the framework. Work will be allocated using mini-competitions and in circumstances outlined under the requirements section via direct award.
RFQ - Investigating the hygrothermal and dynamic thermal properties of English traditional solid wall construction for resilience in a changing climate - literature review and gap analysis (UID 332)
This project forms part of Historic England’s Technical Guidance Review, which has the overarching aim to ensure our guidance is up to date, reflective of current understanding and best practice for historic building climate change mitigation and adaptation. To this end, Historic England has identified that robust, evidence-based solutions for climate change mitigation in English buildings of traditional construction are needed that demonstrably balance savings in energy and carbon (operational and embodied) across heating and cooling seasons, whilst supporting the climate resilience of fabric and their occupants through the anticipated changes to our climate.
As a first step, a literature review and gap analysis is required to determine the current level of understanding of the topic and help steer the development of further research. It will focus on the following research questions:
1. How do the hygrothermal and dynamic thermal properties of English traditional solid wall construction affect whole-building overheating risk and passive cooling performance, and how are these affected by insulation retrofit and future climate scenarios?
2. How do these wall-related effects interact with other whole-building factors, including orientation, solar gain, ventilation, occupancy/use, moisture condition, heating/cooling patterns and other mitigation and adaptation measures?
The findings will be presented as an article for publication in a peer-reviewed journal (journal to be agreed) and for publication in Historic England’s Research Report Series format. They will be disseminated through Historic England’s Technical Tuesday webinar series.
ITT - Historic England Local Heritage Education Resources - UID 331
Creation of Local Heritage Learning Resources for teachers to enable young people within a school setting understand their local heritage and how it relates to the national story, allowing them to develop a sense of pride in where they live.
Historic England is commissioning this research to gain strategic insights into how it can deliver its mission, and maximise impact for heritage/communities, as well as expanding our understanding of stakeholder awareness of the organisation, sentiment towards it, and views on our Strategic Priorities as we deliver our Strategic Plan 2026-2031.
Historic England is seeking an experienced external provider to design, deliver and continuously improve an organisation-wide Digital and AI Capability Programme as part of its AI Adoption workstream.
The programme aims to accelerate the responsible adoption of digital and AI technologies by increasing confidence and practical application across the workforce. The successful supplier will help assess current levels of digital and AI maturity, identify skill gaps, provide targeted learning opportunities and support sustainable behavior change.
Working closely with the AI Adoption Manager, Learning & Development team and key stakeholders, the supplier will deliver a scalable programme that supports organisational priorities and evolves in response to learner needs and developments in AI technology.
Full details can be found in the invitation to tender
Aerial Reconnaissance oblique cameras and lens' replacement - UID 250
Our current Nikon D850 SLR cameras and lenses are coming to the end of their natural life so they need to be replaced. We have older digital cameras and lenses that can be used in part exchange. Before beginning the procurement process, we need to find out from suppliers if they will take old cameras in part exchange and how much they will pay for them.
· To better understand the resource commitment/roles required by HE in order to write and run the tender?
· To better understand how the market can deliver the outcome/Understand what is currently available in the marketplace
· To explain requirements to suppliers
· To help inform clearer requirements which are to be published to suppliers
· To understand how much the work could potentially cost
· To understand how long the work could take
· To instigate/invoke interest and competition (consider also a UK3 planned procurement notice)
· To ensure a good number of applications (consider also a UK3 planned procurement notice)
PME - Digital Preservation System (DPS) (UID 226M)
Historic England is undertaking Preliminary Market Engagement (PME) to improve its understanding of the Digital Preservation System (DPS) marketplace and inform future procurement requirements.
The engagement is intended to:
• Increase understanding of available DPS solutions.
• Identify common and differentiating capabilities.
• Understand implementation approaches.
• Explore pricing and support models.
• Inform future procurement requirements.
This exercise is not a procurement and is not intended to identify a preferred supplier.
PME - Digital Preservation System (DPS) (UID 226M)
Historic England is undertaking Preliminary Market Engagement (PME) to improve its understanding of the Digital Preservation System (DPS) marketplace and inform future procurement requirements.
The engagement is intended to:
• Increase understanding of available DPS solutions.
• Identify common and differentiating capabilities.
• Understand implementation approaches.
• Explore pricing and support models.
• Inform future procurement requirements.
This exercise is not a procurement and is not intended to identify a preferred supplier.
This notice is to inform that pre-market engagement has already occurred and is not opening an opportunity for further engagement.
An informal conversation took place with a potential supplier to better understand whether the proposed work was feasible. We wanted to assess potential scale of the requirement, gain a better understanding of the possible delivery options, and establish what types of support were available. This informal engagement was exploratory and intended solely to inform our approach. No commercial discussion took place.
