A Carbon Reduction Plan ready for your next tender

Separate the pass/fail participation gate from scored award content, follow a real tender scenario, and preview the output before you commit.

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What you get

A checked plan, not a blank template

The public guides explain the rules. Carbon Sorted turns those rules into a finished document: computed footprint, compliant sections, evidence trail and export-ready files.

Figures computed first

Scope 1, 2 and 3 totals are calculated from your inputs and current UK Government factors before the plan is drafted.

Six sections assembled

The output follows the required Carbon Reduction Plan structure, including baseline, current reporting, targets and sign-off.

Compliance evidence included

Each paid plan includes a PPN 006 / WPPN 006 check summary, AI-use statement and provenance log.

Ready to submit

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PPN 006 checked

Carbon Reduction Plan

Your Company Ltd · FY2025

Emissions source	tCO₂e
Scope 1, direct	42.6
Scope 2, electricity	28.1
Scope 3, value chain	193.4
Total footprint	264.1

Computed against current UK Government factors - figures locked - provenance logged.

First identify what the tender is asking

For an in-scope central-government procurement, PPN 006 normally makes the Carbon Reduction Plan a condition of participation: evidence of technical ability that must be satisfied to remain in the process. Other NHS, local-government, framework and private buyers can ask for similar evidence under their own documents. Check the exact question, named policy, reporting period and upload or publication instructions before producing anything.

Pass/fail participation is separate from social-value scoring

The Cabinet Office PPN 006 assessment guidance sets pass/fail conditions for the required plan and declarations. Its official FAQ is explicit that this measure is separate from the Social Value Model. A tender may later score contract-specific environmental commitments at the award stage, but that does not mean every Carbon Reduction Plan carries a universal “10% Net Zero weighting”. Answer each requirement in the stage and format the buyer specifies.

Worked scenario from a published UK tender

Real notice, worked response

CCS Space Technology Solutions Dynamic Market

The published Find a Tender notice 036304-2025 requires applicants to provide a link to a Carbon Reduction Plan published on their website. It lists failure conditions including no link or copy, the wrong format, missing required emissions, no applicable environmental measures, or no director sign-off.

1. Locate the gate: record the exact Carbon Reduction condition and the referenced Attachment 2a template.
2. Validate the entity: prepare the plan for the organisation applying to join, not a convenient sister company.
3. Complete and approve: calculate the required footprint, document measures usable on the contract and obtain director-level sign-off.
4. Publish and respond: put the approved plan on the company website and enter its direct link in the application response.
5. Treat award content separately: answer any later, scored environmental question with contract-specific commitments rather than pasting the organisational CRP.

This is a worked interpretation of a public notice, not a claimed Carbon Sorted customer result or assurance that any bidder will be admitted.

Build the evidence before the deadline

Gather energy, fuel, vehicles, travel, waste and the required Scope 3 data early enough to resolve gaps. Use the current UK Government conversion factors, keep the source records behind each total, and follow the official Carbon Reduction Plan template. The final plan needs factual review and board or equivalent approval before publication.

Preview the output before committing

Carbon Sorted asks for one company name, sector and activity figure in the public preview. That is a lower-friction way to inspect the output style; it is not a substitute for completing the full footprint. No account or card is required for the preview.

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What the paid plan provides

A computed footprint using the selected official factor set and your recorded inputs.
A plan assembled to the PPN 006 or WPPN 006 structure with a compliance-check summary.
DOCX and PDF export for your factual review, approval, publication and tender response.
Three narrative revisions, plus the approved guarantee: If Carbon Sorted certified your paid CRP as PASS and it is later found non-compliant with a mandatory PPN 006 or WPPN 006 requirement because of an error attributable to Carbon Sorted, we will first correct it at no additional cost. If we cannot make it compliant, we will refund the price paid for that CRP in full.

Common questions

Do all public-sector tenders require a Carbon Reduction Plan?

No. PPN 006 applies to defined central-government procurements above the threshold where the condition is relevant and proportionate. Other buyers may request a plan contractually. Read the notice and tender documents for the specific procurement.

Does a Carbon Reduction Plan automatically receive a 10% social-value score?

No. Under PPN 006 the Carbon Reduction Plan is a condition of participation, assessed separately from the Social Value Model. A procurement may include scored environmental award criteria, but their weighting and required response are set by that tender.

Can I reuse a published plan for more than one tender?

Often yes, if it covers the correct bidding entity, remains current and meets each tender’s stated requirements. Some buyers may request a particular reporting period, direct upload, clarification or contract-specific evidence, so verify every notice.