Carbon Reduction Plan

Managed Services Limited is committed to achieving Net Zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.

1. Supplier information

Supplier name: Managed Services Limited

Company number: 17363134

Country of operation: United Kingdom

Incorporated: 27 July 2026

First accounts made up to: 31 July 2027

Managed Services Limited is a newly incorporated small professional-services company delivering research, insights, analysis, evaluation and advisory services. It operates primarily remotely and from the director's home. It has no dedicated office, no company vehicles and, at the publication date, no employees beyond the director.

The incorporation date and first accounts date were checked against the Companies House public record on 28 July 2026.

This plan follows Procurement Policy Note PPN 006, which replaced PPN 06/21 for procurements commenced on or after 24 February 2025. It also addresses the substantively equivalent Carbon Reduction Plan requirements established by PPN 06/21.

2. Commitment to achieving Net Zero

Managed Services Limited is committed to achieving Net Zero greenhouse gas emissions from its United Kingdom operations by 2050 at the latest.

The company will prioritise reducing emissions within its operational boundary. Any future use of credible greenhouse-gas removals or offsets will be considered only for residual emissions that cannot reasonably be eliminated. Removals or offsets will be reported separately and will not be used to obscure gross emissions.

3. Baseline emissions footprint

Baseline emissions are the greenhouse gas emissions produced before, or at the point when, reduction activity is measured. They provide the reference point against which future progress is assessed.

Baseline period: 27 July 2026 to 28 July 2026

Managed Services Limited has no previous full financial or carbon-reporting year. In accordance with the government Carbon Reduction Plan template for a supplier that has not previously assessed or reported emissions, this first reporting period is adopted as the baseline period.

The baseline covers the company's entire period of operation up to publication. It is necessarily very short because the company was incorporated one day before publication. Figures must therefore not be interpreted as representative of a full year. The only quantified emission is an estimate of electricity used during approximately one home-working day. It is not an independently verified measurement.

Baseline emissions

Zero is used only where the director's activity records and the organisational boundary demonstrate that no relevant activity occurred. The waste figure is shown as zero to five decimal places because any minor waste was negligible and could not be separately measured. It is not a claim that no waste whatsoever existed. The teleworking and total figures are explicitly estimates.

4. Current emissions reporting

Current reporting period: 27 July 2026 to 28 July 2026

Because the company is newly incorporated, the first reporting period is both the baseline period and the current reporting period. Current emissions therefore equal baseline emissions.

Current reporting-period emissions

This reporting period ends on the publication date and is therefore no more than 12 months before any procurement for which the plan is submitted on publication. The next update will cover the first full reporting period ending 31 July 2027 and will be published no later than 31 January 2028.

5. Organisational boundary and calculation methodology

The footprint covers Managed Services Limited's United Kingdom operations using the financial-control approach. It includes sources over which the company has financial control and the five required value-chain categories. Optional teleworking emissions are included to provide a more complete and transparent account of the home-based operating model.

Calculations follow the Greenhouse Gas Protocol Corporate Standard and Corporate Value Chain Scope 3 Standard. The company used the UK Government greenhouse gas conversion factors for company reporting for 2026. Results are recorded in tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent, or tCO2e.

Home-working electricity estimate

No sub-metered work-use electricity reading was available. A reasonable equipment-based estimate was therefore used:

The calculation uses the midpoint of the reported 6-to-8-hour working range. Estimated electricity of 1.90 kWh was multiplied by the 2026 UK location-based grid electricity factor of 0.13096 kgCO2e per kWh:

1.90 kWh × 0.13096 kgCO2e/kWh = 0.248824 kgCO2e = 0.000248824 tCO2e, reported as 0.00025 tCO2e.

The desktop and monitor wattages are reasonable operating assumptions rather than device-specific measurements. The router allocation and occasional-device allowance are also estimates. No extra home heating or cooling was attributed to company work.

Data quality and treatment

The evidence hierarchy for future reporting will be:

1. supplier or meter data specific to the activity;
2. invoices, receipts, mileage and booking records;
3. defensible activity estimates based on time, distance, weight or consumption; and
4. spend-based estimates only where better activity data are unavailable.

The company will retain source records, conversion factors, calculations, exclusions and assumptions in its calculation record. Figures will be calculated before rounding. Any change in organisational boundary or method will be explained.

6. Emissions reduction targets

The long-term target is Net Zero by 2050.

The initial baseline represents only one working day and is too short to support a meaningful absolute five-year business-emissions projection. An invented annual projection would be misleading. As a proportionate first target, the company will seek to reduce estimated electricity emissions per equivalent home-working day by at least 10% by 31 July 2031, from 0.00025 tCO2e to no more than 0.00023 tCO2e, while maintaining:

• zero Scope 1 emissions for as long as there are no controlled combustion sources, vehicles or refrigerant losses;
• zero Scope 2 emissions for as long as there are no company-controlled premises or purchased electricity;
• zero avoidable routine commuting;
• digital delivery by default; and
• avoidance of unnecessary higher-carbon business travel.

An absolute five-year target in tCO2e and percentage terms will be approved after the first full reporting period ending 31 July 2027. It will be added by 31 January 2028 alongside any useful intensity measure. Absolute emissions will continue to be reported even if an intensity measure is also used.

7. Carbon reduction initiatives

Measures already implemented

The following measures are in place and will be available during contract performance:

• remote-first delivery, avoiding routine commuting and dedicated-office energy use;
• digital documents, electronic signatures and online collaboration by default;
• no company vehicle fleet;
• virtual meetings where they meet client and delivery needs;
• rail and public transport preferred over domestic flights and individual car travel where practical;
• consolidated purchasing and deliveries where practical;
• durable, repairable and energy-efficient equipment selected where proportionate;
• responsible reuse, recycling and authorised disposal of electronic equipment; and
• carbon considerations included in travel, purchasing and subcontractor decisions.

No historic saving is claimed because the company had no operations before the baseline.

Planned initiatives

• maintain a monthly activity-data register covering energy, travel, deliveries, waste and working location;
• use measured device electricity or a plug-in energy monitor to improve the home-working estimate;
• obtain supplier-specific emissions information where proportionate and available;
• use the applicable annual UK Government conversion factors;
• require Director approval for flights and other higher-carbon travel;
• consider renewable-electricity evidence and energy-efficiency improvements for home-working equipment;
• ask material subcontractors and suppliers about their reduction commitments;
• minimise unnecessary printing, large email attachments and data storage;
• assess emissions before taking dedicated premises or acquiring vehicles; and
• approve quantified absolute targets after the first full reporting period.

8. Progress measurement and annual review

The Director is responsible for this plan. It will be reviewed at least annually and updated within six months of each financial year-end. The first full update is due by 31 January 2028.

Each review will:

• recalculate Scope 1, Scope 2 and all five required Scope 3 categories;
• compare absolute emissions with the baseline and approved target trajectory;
• report any category as zero, negligible, estimated or unavailable with a specific explanation;
• record changes in headcount, premises, vehicles, delivery model or calculation method;
• review the effectiveness of reduction measures and add corrective actions where progress is off track;
• confirm which measures will apply during relevant public contracts; and
• retain earlier published plans so progress can be examined.

9. Information required for the first full-year update

The Director will retain or provide the following for the reporting period ending 31 July 2027:

1. home-working dates, hours and working-location records;
2. metered electricity or device-level measurements where available;
3. home heating or cooling attributable specifically to work, if any;
4. any company-controlled fuel, equipment, vehicles or refrigerant records;
5. business-travel mileage, booking, mode and accommodation records;
6. supplier, courier and company-related delivery records;
7. business waste type, weight or reasonable volume estimate and disposal route;
8. commuting and client-site travel records;
9. details of physical items delivered to customers;
10. revenue and average full-time-equivalent headcount for optional intensity metrics;
11. renewable-electricity or supplier-specific emissions evidence;
12. the applicable UK Government conversion-factor set;
13. calculation records showing assumptions, exclusions and quality checks; and
14. Director approval of the updated footprint and absolute reduction target.

10. Declaration and sign-off

This Carbon Reduction Plan has been completed in accordance with PPN 006 and associated guidance and reporting standard for Carbon Reduction Plans.

Emissions have been reported and recorded in accordance with the published reporting standard for Carbon Reduction Plans and the GHG Reporting Protocol corporate standard and uses the appropriate government emission conversion factors for greenhouse gas company reporting.

Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions have been reported in accordance with SECR requirements, where required, and the required subset of Scope 3 emissions have been reported in accordance with the published reporting standard for Carbon Reduction Plans and the Corporate Value Chain Scope 3 Standard.

This Carbon Reduction Plan has been reviewed and signed off by the board of directors, or equivalent management body.

Signed on behalf of Managed Services Limited: Approved and signed

Name: Max Pocock

Role: Director

Board approval date: 28 July 2026

Approved and signed: 28 July 2026

Publication date: 28 July 2026

11. Authoritative references

• UK Government, PPN 006: Taking account of Carbon Reduction Plans in the procurement of major government contracts: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ppn-006-taking-account-of-carbon-reduction-plans-in-the-procurement-of-major-government-contracts
• UK Government, Technical standard for Completion of Carbon Reduction Plans: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ppn-006-taking-account-of-carbon-reduction-plans-in-the-procurement-of-major-government-contracts/ppn-006-technical-standard-for-completion-of-carbon-reduction-plans-html
• UK Government, 2026 greenhouse gas reporting conversion factors: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/greenhouse-gas-reporting-conversion-factors-2026
• Greenhouse Gas Protocol, Corporate Standard: https://ghgprotocol.org/corporate-standard
• Greenhouse Gas Protocol, Corporate Value Chain Scope 3 Standard: https://ghgprotocol.org/standards/scope-3-standard