Notice Information
Notice Title
Strategic Innovation Funding - Round 3
Notice Description
The Strategic Innovation Fund (SIF) programme is investing up to PS450 million in network innovation over the next 5 years. SIF is positioned to respond to industry obstacles and represents a major investment in the pace of innovation in the sector. SIF is funded by energy consumers through the price cap mechanism. The vision of the SIF is to * support Ofgem in facilitating the UK's transition to net zero, at lowest cost to the consumer *position the UK as the 'Silicon Valley' of energy Ofgem undertakes a four stage process to foster innovation and tackle issues facing the sector: * Challenge Setting. * Ideation. * Incubation. * Acceleration. The ideation phase focuses on enabling the most ambitious and targeted ideas to reach the networks and be pitched as potential solutions for meeting the innovation challenges. These ideas should align with the innovation challenges which have been developed with industry and key stakeholders through the challenge setting process. The Challenges for this round are: Challenge 1: Whole system network planning and utilisation to facilitate faster and cheaper network transformation and asset rollout Challenge 2: Novel technical and market approaches to deliver an equitable and secure net zero power system Challenge 3: Unlocking energy system flexibility to accelerate electrification of heat Challenge 4: Enabling power-to-gas (P2G) to provide system flexibility and energy network optimisation The SIF programme funding opportunities are delivered over different phases: * Discovery Phase: projects must last up to three months and have a total requested funding of no more than PS150,000, exclusive of VAT. * Alpha Phase: projects must last up to six months and have a total requested funding of no more than PS500,000, exclusive of VAT. * Beta Phase: projects must last up to five years and have a total requested funding of no more than PS10 million, exclusive of VAT. Total costs and funding requests of more than this may be considered on a case by case basis. If you wish to be considered to be included for this work please contact nicola.griffiths@wwutilities for the submission template. https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/publications/strategic-innovation-fund-round-three-innovation-challenges
Lot Information
Lot 1
WWU have requirement to procure services that will support the delivery of any projects associated with the SIF challenges that WWU obtain funding via Ofgem. Please note the funding is not guaranteed and needs to be applied for on each individual project. WWU's chosen partners will need to support these applications. If you wish to be considered to be included for this work please contact nicola.griffiths@wwutilities for the submission template.
Lot 2WWU have requirement to procure services that will support the delivery of any projects associated with the SIF challenges that WWU obtain funding via Ofgem. Please note the funding is not guaranteed and needs to be applied for on each individual project. WWU's chosen partners will need to support these applications. If you wish to be considered to be included for this work please contact nicola.griffiths@wwutilities for the submission template.
Lot 3WWU have requirement to procure services that will support the delivery of any projects associated with the SIF challenges that WWU obtain funding via Ofgem. Please note the funding is not guaranteed and needs to be applied for on each individual project. WWU's chosen partners will need to support these applications. If you wish to be considered to be included for this work please contact nicola.griffiths@wwutilities for the submission template.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-03def8
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/019125-2023
- Current Stage
- Tender
- All Stages
- Tender
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Selective
- Procurement Method Details
- Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
73 - Research and development services and related consultancy services
-
- CPV Codes
73200000 - Research and development 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
- 5 Jul 20232 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- 15 Aug 2023Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Active
- Lots Status
- Active
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- WALES AND WEST UTILITIES
- Contact Name
- Nicola Griffiths
- Contact Email
- nicola.griffiths@wwutilities.co.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- NEWPORT
- Postcode
- NP10 8FZ
- Post Town
- Newport
- Country
- Wales
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLL Wales
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLL5 South East Wales
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLL54 Monmouthshire and Newport
- Delivery Location
- TLK South West (England), TLL Wales
-
- Local Authority
- Newport
- Electoral Ward
- Tredegar Park and Marshfield
- Westminster Constituency
- Newport West and Islwyn
Further Information
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