Community Benefits for Electricity Network Infrastructure - Consultancy

***** THIS IS AN AWARD NOTICE, NOT A CALL FOR COMPETITION ***** This procurement is being concluded following a mini competition under the CCS RM6126 Research & Insights DPS Brief Description of Requirement To produce guidance for delivering community benefits for network infrastructure by September 2023. This guidance will: - improve the development and delivery of community benefits leading to an increase in local acceptability for community objectives. - have the buy-in of industry and community representatives and Ofgem. - be easily implementable by industry - increase the participation and engagement of individuals affected by network infrastructure developments - be quickly implementable and flexible in order to apply to as many network infrastructure projects in development as possible. - include a recommended level of funding that takes account of the views of community and industry representatives, and Ofgem.