Tender

Information Technology Resources to the Cornwall Local Energy Market Project

CENTRICA PLC

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Tender

01 Nov 2017 at 15:21

Summary of the contracting process

The Cornwall Local Energy Market Project, sponsored by Centrica plc, is seeking bids for the provision of Information Technology resources. This tender falls under the category of Software programming and consultancy services and is located in the South West of England. Currently in the tender stage, the deadline for submissions is set for 14:00 GMT on Monday, 13 November 2017. The contract is expected to run from 2 January 2018 until 31 December 2019, following an Invitation to Tender methodology under national procurement rules.

This procurement presents significant growth opportunities for businesses that specialise in IT consultancy and software development. Companies with expertise in JavaScript, serverless technologies, AWS, and related frameworks would particularly benefit from this tender. The project aims to facilitate a virtual marketplace for energy, thus creating avenues for firms that can provide experienced IT professionals and support the technical team, as well as potential testing services, to engage in this innovative initiative.

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Notice Title

Information Technology Resources to the Cornwall Local Energy Market Project

Notice Description

Centrica plc's Cornwall Local Energy Market (LEM) project is a part EU funded pioneering initiative involving the development of a virtual marketplace that will trial providing participants (homes and businesses) with a platform to buy and sell energy and flexibility both to the grid and the wholesale energy market. The project will also be installing new generation and energy storage technology, which will allow us to explore how individuals and businesses interact with the technology. We believe this hugely exciting project will provide major findings that can inform the Government, National Grid and regulators about how the UK can best develop new and effective markets for flexible energy. Further details, including a short film, are available on our website: https://www.centrica.com/about-us/what-we-do/distributed-energy-and-power/building-new-energy-future. We wish to appoint a number of specialist technical experts through a series of framework agreements with 2-3 specialist agencies. Under the framework agreements, Centrica will call on temporary technical IT experts, as and when required by the programme. Technical experts can work from either our Cornwall, Staines and Leicester offices. We expect to be calling on resources from January 2018 through to end 2019. The Requirement The Contractor will be responsible for: 1. providing experienced IT professionals to the project as and when required, 2. providing support and advice to Centrica throughout the project on the availability of key resources, and 3. being prepared to work alongside the technical team and within the timescales of the Cornwall LEM team. Required Key Skills * JavaScript (NodeJS) + Typescript * JavaScript frontend frameworks such as Aurelia, Angular or React * Serverless Framework * AWS Lambda * GraphQL * SQL & noSQL (dynamodb and mysql preferred) * D3js (dashboards) * HTML+CSS (Bootstrap or Materialize) We would also like to be able to procure testing resources but this requirement will be further assessed over the development lifecycle. As a minimum, we expect to be looking for experienced functional and system/developer testers and so therefore testers with experience or at least exposure to the technologies above would be beneficial, but not vital. The full technical specification and tender details are in the tender document pack, which is available on request. Deadline for return of tenders: 14:00 GMT on Monday 13 November 2017. In the first instance, to register interest and to request a tender document pack please email Cornwall@Centrica.com. All email communications must contain Cornwall LEM 012a in the subject line. All communications in respect of this ITT, whether of a commercial or technical nature, must be placed through the Centrica Portal - SmartSource. Direct communication with a member of the LEM team during the tender advertising period is strictly prohibited and will result in your tender being disqualified. Additional information: Cornwall LEM is an ERDF funded project and as such operates under national procurement rules. To request a ITT pack, please send an email with this number in the subject title: Cornwall LEM 012a. Your request will be dealt with within one working day. All questions will be shared with all tenderers within the stated forum.

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-b5fd17-5bb39cd7-6bfa-4cac-b24b-d546c6f59bee
Publication Source
Contracts Finder
Latest Notice
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/92a0a841-4e12-4695-8522-b9b5f8d994ab
Current Stage
Tender
All Stages
Tender

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Tender Notice
Procurement Type
Framework
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Not Specified
Procurement Method Details
Other - Invitation to Tender (National Rules)
Tender Suitability
SME
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support


CPV Codes

72200000 - Software programming and consultancy services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
1 Nov 20178 years ago
Submission Deadline
13 Nov 2017Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
2 Jan 2018 - 31 Dec 2019 1-2 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Active
Lots Status
Not Specified
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
CENTRICA PLC
Contact Name
Register for a ITT pack via the Cornwall LEM email address
Contact Email
cornwall@centrica.com
Contact Phone
Not specified

Buyer Location

Locality
TRURO
Postcode
TR1 3FF
Post Town
Truro
Country
England

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLK South West (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLK3 Cornwall and Isles of Scilly
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLK30 Cornwall and Isles of Scilly
Delivery Location
TLF East Midlands (England), TLK South West (England)

Local Authority
Cornwall
Electoral Ward
Gloweth, Malabar & Shortlanesend
Westminster Constituency
Truro and Falmouth

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