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Built Environment Adaptation & Resilience (BEAR)
Descriptions
DESNZ is seeking to procure a supplier(s) to deliver a research programme to build the policy-relevant evidence base for adaptation action in the built environment to enable a building stock and built environment more resilient to future climate hazards.
It will include research on:
Adaptation metrics and indicators for the built environment
Quantifying effectiveness of adaptation retrofits for buildings
Identify opportunities to embed resilience in our built environment while we decarbonise.
Mapping out adaptation pathways for the built environment.
Understanding role of nature-based and urban planning solutions.
Learning from international best practice to inform UK evidence and policy design.
The programme will focus on building the required evidence base, translating existing evidence alongside new analysis and data collection and modelling to support adaptation action in the built environment. A knowledge transfer and integration work package will provide agile policy support, and facilitate co-development of outputs.
The programme will require expertise on climate risk and adaptation in the built environment, and should take a multi-disciplinary approach to consider implications for energy, built environment, public health, and economic factors. Methods could include literature reviews, quantitative and qualitative data collection and analysis, field trial design and analysis, building simulation, spatial analysis, predictive scenario modelling, and knowledge integration and dissemination.
DESNZ anticipates a consortium of suppliers will be needed to cover the breadth of skills required, which may include professional expertise in building services engineering, civil engineering architecture, surveying, planning, public health, economics, climate science, behavioural science, data science, and GIS.
Outputs will likely include reports, data and models, interactive decision support tools, case studies, teach-ins, and on-call briefings and scientific support. Key outputs will be published on gov.uk. The research and outputs will be co-designed with policy focal points to ensure policy relevance and will have built-in flexibility to respond to emerging policy needs.
DESNZ is holding a supplier engagement event on MS Teams from 10:30am-1:30pm on the 14/10/2025, consisting of a presentation by DESNZ, with Q&A and interactive engagement sessions to follow.
Engagement
Supplier Engagement Virtual Event on 14/10/2025 at 10:30 GMT (3 hours only): If you are interested in this potential opportunity, DESNZ would like to engage with you. Please register using the MS Form at this link: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/e/SDCBhSXhjR Following confirmation of company details and contact information, an ‘MS Teams’ invite will be circulated for the market engagement event one week prior to the event. We would ask that you have a maximum of 2 attendees from each organisation. By registering to attend the market engagement you consent to your name, role and company/organisation name being shared with other attendees of the supplier engagement event Please send any written clarification questions to bernadette.hughes@energysecurity.gov.uk, either before or after the Market Engagement Event, up to 5pm GMT on 21/10/2025.
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71310000 - Consultative engineering and construction services
71351611 - Climatology services
73110000 - Research services
73210000 - Research consultancy services
71621000 - Technical analysis or consultancy services
Keywords
system review
design auditing
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climate study
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climatological analysis
climate trend analysis
field research advisory
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engineering consultancy
project consultancy
proposal refinement
knowledge acquisition
construction advisory
risk assessment advisory
evaluation support
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academic investigation
technical consultancy
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climate data management
infrastructure advisory
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atmospheric climate services
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construction engineering guidance
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engineering strategy services
structural planning advisory
strategic research planning
climate advisory services
long-term climate modeling
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