Technical Third Party Support (TTPS) for the Net-Zero Innovation Portfolio (NZIP)

A Tender Notice
by DEPARTMENT FOR BUSINESS, ENERGY AND INDUSTRIAL STRATEGY

Source
Find a Tender
Type
Contract (Services)
Duration
3.5 year
Value
£14M
Sector
INDUSTRIAL
Published
14 Jul 2021
Delivery
To 31 Jan 2025 (est.)
Deadline
20 Aug 2021 13:00

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Location

United Kingdom: UNITED KINGDOM

Geochart for 1 buyers and 0 suppliers

1 buyer

Description

The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) requires Technical Third Party Support (TTPS) to assist with the delivery of the Net-Zero Innovation Portfolio (NZIP). The objective of the NZIP portfolio is to facilitate delivery of the UK’s Net-Zero commitments, continuing to invest in climate science and energy innovation to reduce human impact on climate change. There are ten technical themes that fall under the portfolio and in order to deliver each theme, SICE requires specialist technical expertise expertise to support the development of projects, the bid appraisal process, and the ongoing monitoring, management and evaluation of programmes and projects. Therefore, BEIS intends to procure services to deliver the following: Programme development support, Bid review and selection, Programme management support, Monitoring and Evaluation and Social Research support.

Lot Division

1 Technical Coordinator
  • Value: £1M

The technical coordinator (Lot 1) will provide technical and commercial expertise to manage the delivery of work packages, coordinating and integrating delivery of the all other lots (Lots 2, 3, 4 and 5) in coordination with BEIS. This includes: -Management, monitoring and administration of work packages to relevant technical lots. -Overseeing delivery of the lots -Budget and finance management
2 Social Research and Evaluation
  • Value: £1M

This lot will allow for specialist expertise to provide social research and evaluation support and advice across the NZIP portfolio during new programme design/development and programme delivery. This will include: • Evidence reviews (e.g. Literature review, Rapid Evidence Assessment) • External stakeholder and public engagement (including qualitative focus groups) • Customer, consumer, and behavioural insights • Social research planning/advice • Programme evaluation planning/advice (process and impact evaluation)
3 Carbon Control and Storage
  • Value: £5M

This lot will deliver Programme Development, Bid Assessment, Programme Management and Monitoring support to programmes that fall under the following technical themes and areas: -Long Duration Energy Storage -Industry & CCUS (including biomass conversion) -Greenhouse Gas Removal -Hydrogen & Fuel Switching -Systems, networks and integration -Energy markets and regulatory expertise -Manufacturing expertise
4 Energy Consumption
  • Value: £3M

This lot will deliver Programme Development, Bid Assessment, Programme Management and Monitoring support to programmes that fall under the following technical themes: -Domestic Hydrogen -Artificial intelligence -New build -Smart and in-home energy management systems -EEF – Energy Entrepreneurs Fund -Disruptive Technologies
5 Energy Generation and Distribution
  • Value: £4M

This lot will deliver Programme Development, Bid Assessment, Programme Management and Monitoring support to programmes that fall under the following technical themes: -Bioenergy -Nuclear -Floating Offshore Wind -Onshore wind -Biomass boilers -Solar Heating -Hydrogen Supply -Heat Pumps + Retrofit -Heat distribution

CPV Codes

  • 71621000 - Technical analysis or consultancy services
  • 79315000 - Social research services
  • 71300000 - Engineering services

Indicators

  • Restrictions apply to the lot award allocation.
  • This is a one-off contract (no recurrence)
  • Renewals are not available.
  • Staff qualifications are relevant.

Other Information

** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. ** The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement. For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-London:-Technical-analysis-or-cons... To respond to this opportunity, please click here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/6N54EF3VMC GO Reference: GO-2021713-PRO-18561106

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