The Retrofit Academy CIC is delighted to be working with the Local Energy North West Hub on producing a new guide for local authorities, centred on best practice for contracting PAS 2035 compliant retrofit.

The report is an important piece of work which looks to assist local authorities in working out the best way to deliver retrofit works that complies with PAS 2035.  Through collaboration with the Local Energy North West Hub, we have developed four models to outline where all PAS 2035 roles sit in a retrofit programme and provide our suggestions for contracting options.  At the heart of this work is the protection of the client, and most importantly, the resident. 

The Local Energy North West Hub commissioned The Retrofit Academy CIC to provide Guidance to Local Authorities on complying with Publicly Available Specification 2035 (PAS 2035) and on engaging the services of Retrofit Coordinators (RCs) and Retrofit Assessors (RAs).

 PAS 2035 is a new, comprehensive domestic retrofit standard developed following the Each Home Counts Review. All retrofit work funded via the Green Home Grant Local Authority Delivery Scheme (LADS) is required by BEIS to comply with the process specified by PAS 2035. The Local Energy North West Hub is administering LADS Phase 2 and wanted to consider factors relevant to procurement and contracting of Retrofit Assessors and Retrofit Coordinators, including:

• The Role of the Retrofit Coordinator 
• Contracting Retrofit Coordination and Retrofit Assessment 
• Retrofit Coordinators’ Design and Construction Liability 
• Independence and Due Diligence 
• Indemnity and Insurance 
• Participating in Local Authority Delivery Schemes