DfE - Renewable Electricity Team - Renewable Electricity Support Scheme Design

Concepts

• belfast
• research and development
• urgent consultancy support
• renewable electricity support
• the support scheme design
• dfe - renewable electricity team - renewable electricity support scheme design
• the 2023 energy strategy action plan the renewable electricity team
• dfe - renewable electricity team
• the renewable electricity team
• a high-level support scheme design

Location

BELFAST

Description

DfE - Renewable Electricity Team wishes to appoint a “Contractor” who will be responsible for delivering the three key outcomes set out in the specification in order to support DfE in meeting its Energy Strategy Climate Change Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 ambitions. The 3 outcomes include developing a high-level support scheme design, Conducting quantitative modelling exercises and a financial impact assessment. It is anticipated this contract will commence early October 2023 and initially run for 12 months. The Accelerated Open Procedure has been chosen as there is an urgent requirement for the service to be set up. The Executive’s new Energy Strategy - Path to Net Zero Energy was published in December 2021, followed by the Energy Strategy Action Plan in March 2023. Action point 7 of the plan commits the Department for the Economy to publishing the final design of renewable electricity support by the end of the year, along with a pathway and timeline for the support being in place. Delivery of the support scheme design for Northern Ireland cannot occur without a solid evidence base to support policy decisions. There is therefore a need for timely and relevant expert advice in order to shape an incentive scheme to meet current and anticipated levels of demand in Northern Ireland in this new decade and beyond. In order to meet the target set by the 2023 Energy Strategy Action Plan the Renewable Electricity Team requires urgent consultancy support to be completed by early December 2023 at the latest.

Award Detail

Renewal Options

one optional extension of any period up to and including 6 months

Award Criteria

CPV Codes

• 73000000 - Research and development services and related consultancy services
• 73220000 - Development consultancy services
• 73210000 - Research consultancy services

Indicators

• Options are available.
• Award on basis of price and quality.

Legal Justification

The Accelerated Open Procedure was chosen as there is an urgent requirement for the service to be set up in order to meet the target set by the 2023 Energy Strategy Action Plan. The Renewable Electricity Team requires urgent consultancy support to be completed by early December 2023 at the latest.

Other Information

The successful contractor’s performance on the contract will be regularly monitored. Contractors not delivering on contract requirements is a serious matter. It means the public purse is not getting what it is paying for. If a contractor fails to reach satisfactory levels of contract performance they will be given a specified time to improve. If, after the specified time, they still fail to reach satisfactory levels of contract performance, the matter will be escalated to senior management in CPD for further action. If this occurs and their performance still does not improve to satisfactory levels within the specified period, it may be regarded as an act of grave professional misconduct and they may be issued with a Certificate of Unsatisfactory Performance and the. contract may be terminated. The issue of a Certificate of Unsatisfactory Performance will result in the contractor being excluded from all procurement competitions being undertaken by Centres of Procurement Expertise on behalf of bodies covered by the Northern Ireland Procurement Policy for a period of twelve months from the date of issue of the certificate.