Business Solar Grants
7.Financial and approval requirements
Procurement of products and services must meet the following minimum procedures:
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Total value of contract |
Minimum procedure |
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Up to £10k |
Single written quotation - Direct award |
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£10k-£30k |
Two written quotations |
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>£30k |
Three written quotations |
Quotes must be from MCS (Microgeneration Certification Scheme)-certified Solar PV contractors.
You must have approval for the grant before expenditure is incurred; grants will not pay for any expenditure incurred before the date of the Grant Offer letter.
You are responsible for arranging all relevant consents, permissions, exemptions and written advice needed, and must carry out the works in accordance with all requirements of those consents and the conditions attached to them. You will not be paid for any work undertaken without all the necessary consents and permissions being in place.
Grant monies are paid retrospectively and to your business bank account only, not to contractors or suppliers. You must pay for the items/works in full. You can then submit a grant claim form to us with supporting information for processing. More than one claim can be submitted for a project, for example if it is done in stages or if materials are paid for upfront.
A progress report will be required quarterly and must include cost savings and CO2 savings once installations are complete.
All project expenditure must be auditable.
If your business is registered for VAT, you cannot claim the VAT element of any expenditure in your grant claim. If your business is not VAT registered, you are entitled to claim against the gross cost. We may ask for evidence to support your VAT status.
TVBC reserves the right to promote the work done under grants, acknowledging that the project was part-funded by the UK Government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund. Grant recipients will be required to display a notice confirming that their Solar PV arrays were part-funded by the UK Government.