# CR19107 Heat Networks Skills Review

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

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED](/buyers/uk-shared-business-services-limited/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: [I\.F\.F RESEARCH LIMITED](/contract-winners/i-f-f-research/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £79,869
- Award date: 5 February 2020
- Published: 17 February 2021
- Contract start: 6 February 2020
- Contract end: 30 April 2020
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: goods
- Notice ID: d2d1c983-5bd5-442b-bc99-87ecce393890-413555
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-b540569a-6400-42c6-9c71-608ccca67371

## Description

\*\*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

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/d2d1c983-5bd5-442b-bc99-87ecce393890-413555)