Award

International Energy Agency Technology Collaboration Programme (IEA TCP) Alternate Delegates (AD) Procurement 2023 - 2025

DEPARTMENT FOR ENERGY SECURITY AND NET ZERO

This public procurement record has 2 releases in its history.

Award

23 Aug 2023 at 13:53

Tender

27 Mar 2023 at 15:47

Summary of the contracting process

The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero has completed the procurement process for Alternate Delegate roles in the International Energy Agency Technology Collaboration Partnerships. This procurement involved the Department seeking suppliers for two lots: Energy Storage and Bioenergy. The awarded contracts were granted to University of Birmingham Enterprise Limited for Lot 1 Energy Storage and Zoenergy for Lot 3 Bioenergy. The contracts were signed on dates in June 2023. The procurement method used was an open procedure.

This tender for alternate delegate roles in International Energy Agency Technology Collaboration Programmes presents business growth opportunities for companies specializing in research services within the energy sector. Businesses capable of providing expertise in energy conservation, bioenergy, and related technologies could compete for these contracts. The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, as the buying organisation, aims to foster innovation and collaboration in the energy industry through these procurement activities.

Find more tenders on our Open Data Platform.
How relevant is this notice?

D3 Tenders Premium

Win More Public Sector Contracts

AI-powered tender discovery, pipeline management, and market intelligence — everything you need to grow your public sector business.

Notice Title

International Energy Agency Technology Collaboration Programme (IEA TCP) Alternate Delegates (AD) Procurement 2023 - 2025

Notice Description

Procurement of Alternate Delegate roles in the International Energy Agency Technology Collaboration Partnerships covering Lot 1 Energy Conservation through Energy Storage (ECES) and Lot 3 Bioenergy. Lot 1 includes additional scope to cover the Operating Agent role to cover technical leadership of a TCP Task on Energy Storage.

Lot Information

Energy Storage

The role of alternate delegate includes general tasks common to all TCPs, including additional tasks such as active participation in annex work. All delegates are expected to be able to complete all tasks, and the general tasks below are considered a minimum requirement. The minimum requirement is expected to correspond to 11 days per financial year. The minimum time requirement for the first financial year of the contract (May 23-March 24) is 10 days, leading to the total minimum time requirement over the duration of the contract to be 21 days. Lot 1 also includes an additional annex of work to lead an Energy Storage task.

Solar Heating and Cooling (SHC)

The role of Alternate Delegate is to represent the UK on the executive committee of the respective IEA TCP, both in person at 6 monthly international ExCo meetings but also in ongoing TCP activities including domain specific tasks. More detailed information on the activities of the TCP covered in this procurement can be found below: - https://www.iea-shc.org/ The AD role consists of the following tasks and roles - Leading delivery of the research element of the UK's participation in the TCP. - Attending ExCo Meetings (twice per year). - Attending TCP Research Workshops, National Team Meetings, and Annex working groups. Annex working groups are aimed at delivering a specific task or output, which will advance the knowledge base of the TCP. - Managing the National Team, which represents a group of interested parties of typically 5 to 20 (depending on TCP) experts from NGOs, academia, and industry. They meet 1-4 times a year, and participate in relevant annexes. - ExCo activities: preparing the annual report (gathering relevant national information on innovations in the TCP area, deployment, research progress, total UK funding etc), discussing the state of research and knowledge of the technology at the meetings, learning about gaps and state of technology in different countries. - Reviewing proposals for new TCP research/annexes. - Contributing to the organisation and management of the TCP with the secretariat. - Coordinating UK communications for the TCP. - Where necessary/useful, liaising with ADs from other TCPs. - Producing an annual report for BEIS on TCP activity during the year, for the attention of the Engineering and Research Programme board (new requirement). - Dissemination: promoting nationally and internationally at conferences and global events the UK and IEA TCP activities. The SHC AD role includes scope and budget to take part in a SHC TCP project on 'Smart Hot Water' with the following scope and objectives: Scope The project (IEA SHC Task 69 Sub Task C) will research the use of residential/domestic/consumer smart power diverters/controllers for domestic hot water heating (smart water heaters). This category of products is often co-located with rooftop solar photovoltaic arrays; they take power from a solar photovoltaic array and use it for heating domestic hot water (via an electrical heating system, which can be direct immersion heating, HPs or via an intermediary battery) thereby avoiding purchase of energy from the grid and increasing the bill savings of homes with PV arrays. As such, smart water heaters represent a potentially highly cost-effective bill reduction technology. As a relatively new technology, the evidence base for the operational characteristics, technical potential and real world bill savings is evolving and there is a need for a firmer base on which to support policy making. The role of smart water heating in Demand Side Response systems is also relatively unknown. Objectives - To scope the energy bill saving potential of smart water heaters compared to other solutions such as battery storage, assess the ability to integrate with other hot water and space heating technologies to provide an optimal whole home solution, and consider potential network benefits. - To contribute to improving the SAP methodology (the calculation methodology behind domestic Energy Performance Certificates) by better understanding the diverter market and the various types of technology in the category, their operating characteristics and energy saving potential. - To identify the innovation opportunities (technical and market) which can increase the performance, reduce the cost, and improve the reliability of smart water heaters using smart power diverters. Additional information: Further objectives of IEA SHC Task 69 Sub Task C - Although the focus of this project is on domestic smart solar water heaters, the information from the project will also provide intelligence for larger scale systems (industrial & district smart water heaters) and other types of domestic power diverters (eg car chargers, space heaters and cookers).

Bioenergy

The role of alternate delegate includes general tasks common to all TCPs, including additional tasks such as active participation in annex work. All delegates are expected to be able to complete all tasks, and the general tasks below are considered a minimum requirement. The minimum requirement is expected to correspond to 11 days per financial year. The minimum time requirement for the first financial year of the contract (May 23-March 24) is 10 days, leading to the total minimum time requirement over the duration of the contract to be 21 days.

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-03b668
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/024820-2023
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Tender Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
SME

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

73 - Research and development services and related consultancy services

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


CPV Codes

73110000 - Research services

79315000 - Social research services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£112,000 £100K-£500K
Lots Value
£99,916 Under £100K
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£50,416 Under £100K

Notice Dates

Publication Date
23 Aug 20232 years ago
Submission Deadline
13 Apr 2023Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
4 Jun 20232 years ago
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Active, Cancelled
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Active

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
DEPARTMENT FOR ENERGY SECURITY AND NET ZERO
Additional Buyers

DEPARTMENT FOR BUSINESS, ENERGY & INDUSTRIAL STRATEGY

Contact Name
Not specified
Contact Email
builtenvironmentresearch@beis.gov.uk, george.bennett2@beis.gov.uk
Contact Phone
Not specified

Buyer Location

Locality
LONDON
Postcode
N/A
Post Town
Not specified
Country
Not specified

Major Region (ITL 1)
Not specified
Basic Region (ITL 2)
Not specified
Small Region (ITL 3)
Not specified
Delivery Location
Not specified

Local Authority
Not specified
Electoral Ward
Not specified
Westminster Constituency
Not specified

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
2
Supplier Names

UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM ENTERPRISE

ZOENERGY

Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)

View full OCDS Record for this contracting process

Download

The Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS) is a framework designed to increase transparency and access to public procurement data in the public sector. It is widely used by governments and organisations worldwide to report on procurement processes and contracts.

{
    "tag": [
        "compiled"
    ],
    "id": "ocds-h6vhtk-03b668-2023-08-23T14:53:21+01:00",
    "date": "2023-08-23T14:53:21+01:00",
    "ocid": "ocds-h6vhtk-03b668",
    "initiationType": "tender",
    "tender": {
        "id": "ocds-h6vhtk-03b668",
        "legalBasis": {
            "id": "32014L0024",
            "scheme": "CELEX"
        },
        "title": "International Energy Agency Technology Collaboration Programme (IEA TCP) Alternate Delegates (AD) Procurement 2023 - 2025",
        "status": "complete",
        "classification": {
            "scheme": "CPV",
            "id": "73110000",
            "description": "Research services"
        },
        "mainProcurementCategory": "services",
        "description": "Procurement of Alternate Delegate roles in the International Energy Agency Technology Collaboration Partnerships covering Lot 1 Energy Conservation through Energy Storage (ECES) and Lot 3 Bioenergy. Lot 1 includes additional scope to cover the Operating Agent role to cover technical leadership of a TCP Task on Energy Storage.",
        "value": {
            "amount": 112000,
            "currency": "GBP"
        },
        "lotDetails": {
            "maximumLotsAwardedPerSupplier": 3
        },
        "lots": [
            {
                "id": "1",
                "title": "Energy Storage",
                "description": "The role of alternate delegate includes general tasks common to all TCPs, including additional tasks such as active participation in annex work. All delegates are expected to be able to complete all tasks, and the general tasks below are considered a minimum requirement. The minimum requirement is expected to correspond to 11 days per financial year. The minimum time requirement for the first financial year of the contract (May 23-March 24) is 10 days, leading to the total minimum time requirement over the duration of the contract to be 21 days. Lot 1 also includes an additional annex of work to lead an Energy Storage task.",
                "value": {
                    "amount": 40333,
                    "currency": "GBP"
                },
                "contractPeriod": {
                    "durationInDays": 660
                },
                "hasRenewal": false,
                "submissionTerms": {
                    "variantPolicy": "notAllowed"
                },
                "hasOptions": false,
                "status": "cancelled",
                "awardCriteria": {
                    "criteria": [
                        {
                            "type": "price"
                        }
                    ]
                }
            },
            {
                "id": "2",
                "title": "Solar Heating and Cooling (SHC)",
                "description": "The role of Alternate Delegate is to represent the UK on the executive committee of the respective IEA TCP, both in person at 6 monthly international ExCo meetings but also in ongoing TCP activities including domain specific tasks. More detailed information on the activities of the TCP covered in this procurement can be found below: - https://www.iea-shc.org/ The AD role consists of the following tasks and roles - Leading delivery of the research element of the UK's participation in the TCP. - Attending ExCo Meetings (twice per year). - Attending TCP Research Workshops, National Team Meetings, and Annex working groups. Annex working groups are aimed at delivering a specific task or output, which will advance the knowledge base of the TCP. - Managing the National Team, which represents a group of interested parties of typically 5 to 20 (depending on TCP) experts from NGOs, academia, and industry. They meet 1-4 times a year, and participate in relevant annexes. - ExCo activities: preparing the annual report (gathering relevant national information on innovations in the TCP area, deployment, research progress, total UK funding etc), discussing the state of research and knowledge of the technology at the meetings, learning about gaps and state of technology in different countries. - Reviewing proposals for new TCP research/annexes. - Contributing to the organisation and management of the TCP with the secretariat. - Coordinating UK communications for the TCP. - Where necessary/useful, liaising with ADs from other TCPs. - Producing an annual report for BEIS on TCP activity during the year, for the attention of the Engineering and Research Programme board (new requirement). - Dissemination: promoting nationally and internationally at conferences and global events the UK and IEA TCP activities. The SHC AD role includes scope and budget to take part in a SHC TCP project on 'Smart Hot Water' with the following scope and objectives: Scope The project (IEA SHC Task 69 Sub Task C) will research the use of residential/domestic/consumer smart power diverters/controllers for domestic hot water heating (smart water heaters). This category of products is often co-located with rooftop solar photovoltaic arrays; they take power from a solar photovoltaic array and use it for heating domestic hot water (via an electrical heating system, which can be direct immersion heating, HPs or via an intermediary battery) thereby avoiding purchase of energy from the grid and increasing the bill savings of homes with PV arrays. As such, smart water heaters represent a potentially highly cost-effective bill reduction technology. As a relatively new technology, the evidence base for the operational characteristics, technical potential and real world bill savings is evolving and there is a need for a firmer base on which to support policy making. The role of smart water heating in Demand Side Response systems is also relatively unknown. Objectives - To scope the energy bill saving potential of smart water heaters compared to other solutions such as battery storage, assess the ability to integrate with other hot water and space heating technologies to provide an optimal whole home solution, and consider potential network benefits. - To contribute to improving the SAP methodology (the calculation methodology behind domestic Energy Performance Certificates) by better understanding the diverter market and the various types of technology in the category, their operating characteristics and energy saving potential. - To identify the innovation opportunities (technical and market) which can increase the performance, reduce the cost, and improve the reliability of smart water heaters using smart power diverters. Additional information: Further objectives of IEA SHC Task 69 Sub Task C - Although the focus of this project is on domestic smart solar water heaters, the information from the project will also provide intelligence for larger scale systems (industrial & district smart water heaters) and other types of domestic power diverters (eg car chargers, space heaters and cookers).",
                "value": {
                    "amount": 40333,
                    "currency": "GBP"
                },
                "contractPeriod": {
                    "durationInDays": 660
                },
                "hasRenewal": false,
                "submissionTerms": {
                    "variantPolicy": "notAllowed"
                },
                "hasOptions": false,
                "status": "active"
            },
            {
                "id": "3",
                "title": "Bioenergy",
                "description": "The role of alternate delegate includes general tasks common to all TCPs, including additional tasks such as active participation in annex work. All delegates are expected to be able to complete all tasks, and the general tasks below are considered a minimum requirement. The minimum requirement is expected to correspond to 11 days per financial year. The minimum time requirement for the first financial year of the contract (May 23-March 24) is 10 days, leading to the total minimum time requirement over the duration of the contract to be 21 days.",
                "value": {
                    "amount": 19250,
                    "currency": "GBP"
                },
                "contractPeriod": {
                    "durationInDays": 660
                },
                "hasRenewal": false,
                "submissionTerms": {
                    "variantPolicy": "notAllowed"
                },
                "hasOptions": false,
                "status": "cancelled",
                "awardCriteria": {
                    "criteria": [
                        {
                            "type": "price"
                        }
                    ]
                }
            }
        ],
        "items": [
            {
                "id": "1",
                "additionalClassifications": [
                    {
                        "scheme": "CPV",
                        "id": "73110000",
                        "description": "Research services"
                    }
                ],
                "deliveryAddresses": [
                    {
                        "region": "UK"
                    },
                    {
                        "region": "UK"
                    }
                ],
                "relatedLot": "1"
            },
            {
                "id": "2",
                "additionalClassifications": [
                    {
                        "scheme": "CPV",
                        "id": "73110000",
                        "description": "Research services"
                    },
                    {
                        "scheme": "CPV",
                        "id": "79315000",
                        "description": "Social research services"
                    }
                ],
                "deliveryAddresses": [
                    {
                        "region": "UK"
                    }
                ],
                "relatedLot": "2"
            },
            {
                "id": "3",
                "additionalClassifications": [
                    {
                        "scheme": "CPV",
                        "id": "73110000",
                        "description": "Research services"
                    }
                ],
                "deliveryAddresses": [
                    {
                        "region": "UK"
                    },
                    {
                        "region": "UK"
                    }
                ],
                "relatedLot": "3"
            }
        ],
        "submissionMethod": [
            "electronicSubmission",
            "written"
        ],
        "submissionMethodDetails": "https://beisgroup.ukp.app.jaggaer.com/",
        "procurementMethod": "open",
        "procurementMethodDetails": "Open procedure",
        "coveredBy": [
            "GPA"
        ],
        "tenderPeriod": {
            "endDate": "2023-04-13T14:00:00+01:00"
        },
        "submissionTerms": {
            "languages": [
                "en"
            ],
            "bidValidityPeriod": {
                "endDate": "2023-05-26T23:59:59+01:00"
            }
        },
        "awardPeriod": {
            "startDate": "2023-04-13T14:01:00+01:00"
        },
        "bidOpening": {
            "date": "2023-04-13T14:01:00+01:00"
        },
        "hasRecurrence": false
    },
    "parties": [
        {
            "id": "GB-FTS-48692",
            "name": "Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy",
            "identifier": {
                "legalName": "Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy"
            },
            "address": {
                "locality": "London",
                "region": "UK",
                "countryName": "United Kingdom"
            },
            "contactPoint": {
                "email": "George.bennett2@beis.gov.uk",
                "url": "https://beisgroup.ukp.app.jaggaer.com/"
            },
            "roles": [
                "buyer"
            ],
            "details": {
                "url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-business-energy-and-industrial-strategy",
                "classifications": [
                    {
                        "scheme": "TED_CA_TYPE",
                        "id": "MINISTRY",
                        "description": "Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions"
                    },
                    {
                        "scheme": "COFOG",
                        "id": "01",
                        "description": "General public services"
                    }
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "GB-FTS-61089",
            "name": "BEIS",
            "identifier": {
                "legalName": "BEIS"
            },
            "address": {
                "locality": "London",
                "countryName": "United Kingdom"
            },
            "roles": [
                "reviewBody"
            ]
        },
        {
            "id": "GB-FTS-83248",
            "name": "Department for Energy Security and Net Zero",
            "identifier": {
                "legalName": "Department for Energy Security and Net Zero"
            },
            "address": {
                "locality": "London",
                "region": "UK",
                "countryName": "United Kingdom"
            },
            "contactPoint": {
                "email": "builtenvironmentresearch@beis.gov.uk"
            },
            "roles": [
                "buyer",
                "reviewBody"
            ],
            "details": {
                "url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-energy-security-and-net-zero",
                "classifications": [
                    {
                        "scheme": "TED_CA_TYPE",
                        "id": "MINISTRY",
                        "description": "Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions"
                    },
                    {
                        "scheme": "COFOG",
                        "id": "01",
                        "description": "General public services"
                    }
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "GB-FTS-90869",
            "name": "University of Birmingham Enterprise Limited",
            "identifier": {
                "legalName": "University of Birmingham Enterprise Limited"
            },
            "address": {
                "locality": "Birmingham",
                "region": "UK",
                "countryName": "United Kingdom"
            },
            "roles": [
                "supplier"
            ],
            "details": {
                "scale": "sme"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "GB-FTS-90870",
            "name": "Zoenergy",
            "identifier": {
                "legalName": "Zoenergy"
            },
            "address": {
                "locality": "London",
                "region": "UK",
                "countryName": "United Kingdom"
            },
            "roles": [
                "supplier"
            ],
            "details": {
                "scale": "sme"
            }
        }
    ],
    "buyer": {
        "id": "GB-FTS-83248",
        "name": "Department for Energy Security and Net Zero"
    },
    "language": "en",
    "awards": [
        {
            "id": "024820-2023-1-1",
            "relatedLots": [
                "1"
            ],
            "title": "Alternate delegates for three (3) International Energy Agency Technology Collaboration Programmes - LOT 1 Energy Storage",
            "status": "active",
            "suppliers": [
                {
                    "id": "GB-FTS-90869",
                    "name": "University of Birmingham Enterprise Limited"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "id": "024820-2023-2-2",
            "relatedLots": [
                "3"
            ],
            "title": "Alternate delegates for three (3) International Energy Agency Technology Collaboration Programmes - LOT 3 Bioenergy",
            "status": "active",
            "suppliers": [
                {
                    "id": "GB-FTS-90870",
                    "name": "Zoenergy"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "contracts": [
        {
            "id": "024820-2023-1-1",
            "awardID": "024820-2023-1-1",
            "title": "Alternate delegates for three (3) International Energy Agency Technology Collaboration Programmes - LOT 1 Energy Storage",
            "status": "active",
            "value": {
                "amount": 34375,
                "currency": "GBP"
            },
            "dateSigned": "2023-06-26T00:00:00+01:00"
        },
        {
            "id": "024820-2023-2-2",
            "awardID": "024820-2023-2-2",
            "title": "Alternate delegates for three (3) International Energy Agency Technology Collaboration Programmes - LOT 3 Bioenergy",
            "status": "active",
            "value": {
                "amount": 16041.58,
                "currency": "GBP"
            },
            "dateSigned": "2023-06-05T00:00:00+01:00"
        }
    ],
    "bids": {
        "statistics": [
            {
                "id": "1",
                "measure": "bids",
                "relatedLot": "1",
                "value": 2
            },
            {
                "id": "2",
                "measure": "bids",
                "relatedLot": "3",
                "value": 2
            }
        ]
    }
}