# How can policy better support SMEs in the pathway to Net Zero

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: The Committee On Climate Change
- Contract winner: [Energy Saving Trust Enterprises Ltd](/contract-winners/energy-saving-trust-enterprises/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £36,043
- Tender value: £40,000
- Award date: 17 February 2022
- Published: 22 February 2022
- Contract start: 21 February 2022
- Contract end: 29 April 2022
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: goods
- Notice ID: 412a6d55-e487-4630-a5bc-fe9fd8af320e-512502
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-a238d9f1-9d50-485f-832e-b117f129291d

## Description

The Climate Change Committee \(CCC\) plans to publish a report in 2022 to advise Government on business action, including a section on SMEs\. The report will summarise the actions needed from SMEs to contribute to the Sixth Carbon Budget, evaluate the climate policies in place that currently impact SMEs and suggest new or strengthened policies\. To inform this publication, the CCC is tendering a project 1\) to understand the actions that priority SMEs groups should be taking to meet the Sixth Carbon Budget 2\) to evaluate existing SME-focussed policies and to highlight where these leave gaps and 3\) to suggest changes to existing policies or new/alternative policies that would engage more SMEs in reducing their emissions effectively\. Given timescales for publication, the tendered work needs to be delivered by end of April 2022, at a cost of £25,000 - £40,000 plus VAT\. The CCC's past reports are available here: http://www\.theccc\.org\.uk/reports/\. \*\*\*\* See Specification for more detail \*\*\*\*

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/412a6d55-e487-4630-a5bc-fe9fd8af320e-512502)