Planning

CP1898-20 -Devon Solar PV collective purchasing scheme for Domestic Customers

DEVON COUNTY COUNCIL

This public procurement record has 2 releases in its history.

Planning

03 Mar 2020 at 17:04

Market Engagement Notice
Planning

25 Feb 2020 at 09:06

Market Engagement Notice
Summary of the contracting process

The Devon County Council is initiating a public procurement process for the "CP1898-20 - Devon Solar PV collective purchasing scheme for Domestic Customers." This tender, classified under business services in the energy industry, is currently in the planning stage. Key milestones for this engagement include an end date set for the 23rd of March 2020. The estimated value of this project is approximately £400,000, targeting solar photovoltaic (PV) and storage installations within the South West region of the United Kingdom.

This opportunity presents substantial prospects for growth for businesses involved in renewable energy and collective purchasing solutions. Companies that specialise in solar PV technology, installation services, or marketing strategies aimed at community engagement would be particularly well-suited to compete. The successful provider will need a proven track record of at least two years, especially with experience related to similar collective purchasing schemes, to effectively manage installations, assessments, and the overall facilitation of this project.

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Notice Title

CP1898-20 -Devon Solar PV collective purchasing scheme for Domestic Customers

Notice Description

DCC are wishing to procure an experienced and independent expert to facilitate collective purchasing schemes (arranging a groups of consumers into a collective purchasing arrangement which will deliver reduced costs) for solar PV and storage installations. Facilitation of the schemes includes but is not limited to: * Arrangements for an auction/procurement for an all-in turnkey solar PV system of blocks of 20 to 30 projects at a time to encourage bids from SMEs * Procurement of participating installers * Promotion of this scheme with trade bodies to bring to attention of their members * Management of applications from consumers for works to installers to deliver * Carry out installer assessment (including but not limited to):- supplier credentials and certifications (MCS, RECC, HIES), detailed financial due diligence and other pertinent delivery requirements * Provide a quality assurance process to ensure products installed meets requirements, this is to be provided by an impartial and transparent assessment process of at least 1 in 25 installations * Provision of a co-branded (Supplier, DCC and district council support partners) website to facilitate a registration scheme for all interested residents. * Provision of a telephone helpdesk to support residents throughout the process, with the capacity to adequately deal with the amount of calls generated by a 100,000 property direct mailing campaign and associated social media * Have adequate management resources and processes to ensure compliance with GDPR and helpdesk performance assurance (including but not limited to samples of calls reviewed by assessors) * Ensure the delivery of high conversion marketing campaigns based on A/B testing (two or more variants of a page are shown to users at random, and statistical analysis is used to determine which variation performs better for a given conversion goal), consumer insight research and usability testing * Provision of market tested and optimised marketing materials to support the DCC and district council support partners promotion of the scheme to residents * Provision and delivery of branded online marketing campaigns The provider must be able to demonstrate they have been delivering a successful service for at least 24 months. Experience working with local authorities in the UK to deliver to deliver similar collective purchasing schemes is essential and this experience must be in the solar PV and storage arena. References from other local authorities will also be essential. We would ideally wish to target a 1,000 installations which we would anticipate would be between PS4-4.5m. If this were to be achieved the provider to recover percentage of their turnover as the fee for the project delivery. Interested suppliers need to advise the authority of their interest in this opportunity via www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-b5fd17-24c6d133-95ea-4caa-9b9a-416dffef6f26
Publication Source
Contracts Finder
Latest Notice
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/7db96b89-8e14-4504-ab14-1dbb05784b3d
Current Stage
Planning
All Stages
Planning

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Market Engagement Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Not specified
Procurement Method
Not Specified
Procurement Method Details
Not specified
Tender Suitability
SME
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

CPV Codes

79000000 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£400,000 £100K-£500K
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
3 Mar 20206 years ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
23 Mar 2020Expired
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Planning
Lots Status
Not Specified
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
DEVON COUNTY COUNCIL
Contact Name
Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Contact Email
Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Contact Phone
Available with D3 Tenders Premium →

Buyer Location

Locality
EXETER
Postcode
EX2 4QD
Post Town
Exeter
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLK South West (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLK4 Devon
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLK43 Devon CC
Delivery Location
TLK South West (England)
Local Authority
Exeter
Electoral Ward
Newtown and St Leonard's
Westminster Constituency
Exeter

Further Information

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