Invest NI – Sustainable Development Consultancy Framework

Tender description

Invest NI wishes to establish a framework list of service providers to deliver Sustainable Development Consultancy assignments to Northern Ireland businesses. A primary tender competition will result in the appointment of multiple providers with expertise in various areas to deliver the support listed in each of the 9 categories below:- Framework Category Category Definition 1. Resource Efficiency and Waste Management Systems This category covers all of the areas of environmental management and efficiency to include Waste Management, Environmental Management, Water Efficiency, Effluent Treatment Systems and Rainwater Harvesting 2. Clean Technology Systems This category covers efficient manufacturing systems which reduce business consumption of energy, water and materials 3. Renewable Technology Systems This category covers all types of renewable energy systems including for example bio-energy, wind, marine and hydro energy 4. Energy Management and Efficiency This category covers all Mechanical and Electrical systems associated with buildings and manufacturing equipment to include Refrigeration Systems, Compressed Air Systems, Energy Management Systems, Heat Recovery, Combined Heat and Power, Lighting Technologies, HVAC Systems, Energy Metering and Process Heating 5. Investigation of New Technologies This category covers all new energy or resource efficient technologies such as energy storage, fuel cells, second generation biomass 6. Packaging Solutions This category will incorporate for example, packaging design and solutions in terms of light weighting, transit packaging and packaging innovations that can deliver cost savings from reduced use of materials or less packaging waste 7. Standards, Accreditations and Systems This category will cover for example Environmental Management Systems, Energy Management Systems, Carbon Management, specific Product/ Process Accreditations, Corporate Responsibility and Corporate Carbon Pressures within the supply