US firm running eco grants scheme has won multiple UK government contracts

The American company running the UK inexperienced houses grant has been awarded multiple government contracts within the final 5 years.

ICF, primarily based in Fairfax, Virginia, is a world consulting enterprise that promotes itself as “not your typical consultants”.

The firm has a London base, which is an entirely owned subsidiary. Its senior administrators embody Andrew Jarvis, a former senior coverage adviser for vitality, surroundings and innovation within the Cabinet Office.

The greater than 80 contracts awarded to ICF, according to government data, embody a £144,000 contract from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) to assist draw up a brand new biodiversity technique; a 3rd share of a £60m contract from the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) worldwide local weather crew to “support accelerated emissions reductions in developing countries”; a £139,647 contract to guage the “warm home discount”; a £98,700 deal from Defra to look at the proof on the well being impacts of pesticides; a £1m contract to look at the advantages of 5G know-how; and an £18,000 contract to create a surveillance technique for the oak processionary moth.

ICF lately marketed for a senior function to assist run the inexperienced residence grants scheme. The submit for a buyer expertise coordinator acknowledged: “This role is not for the faint-hearted and requires first class organisation, ability to manage competing demands across numerous locations globally, attend and support the client (BEIS) and third-party meetings to provide structure, governance and relevant reporting in a timely manner.”

The profitable applicant, the corporate stated, wanted to be a “resilient and robust character that can work under pressure and can be flexible at a moment’s notice”.

ICF was contacted in London and at its headquarters in Fairfax, Virginia, however didn’t reply.