Low carbon advice for Community Infrastructure and Small Business Grants - A1001

Swale Borough Council is inviting Expressions of Interest to quote for Low carbon advice for Community Infrastructure and Small Business Grants

The contract is associated with using its funding allocations from the UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF) and Rural England Prosperity Fund (REPF), Swale Borough Council is establishing two new grant schemes for Community Infrastructure Grant scheme and small rural businesses.

Grants will be available for capital investment only and whilst not exclusively for the implementation of carbon reduction measures, both schemes identify such investments as a priority. The grants will be for a maximum of 7,000 pounds and up to 75 percent of the costs of an eligible community project and 50 percent for a business project.

The Council is particularly keen to encourage applications which support investment that improves the environmental and financial sustainability of community facilities/amenities and small businesses, through carbon reduction measures. Therefore to support this, we would like to be able to provide an advisory service that sits alongside the grant, to help those eligible and considering such projects to navigate towards deliverable solutions and help achieve their goals.

The contract shall commence on 22nd June and terminate on 31st March 2024. The council may extend the opportunity for a further 1 year. The bidder/s who submit/s the Most Economically Advantageous Quotation will be awarded the contract.

Expressions of Interest and the Request for Quotation document must be submitted / uploaded on the Council's e-tendering portal. The closing date for submission of Expressions of Interest and the closing date for the RFQ is 5 June 2023 at 09:00hrs.