Award

BE23185 - Subscription services for market insight relating to the power sector

DEPARTMENT FOR ENERGY SECURITY AND NET ZERO (DESNZ)

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Award

23 May 2024 at 08:08

Tender

26 Jan 2024 at 10:44

Summary of the contracting process

The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ), through UK Shared Business Services Limited, conducted a procurement process for subscription services for market insight related to the power sector. The tender, titled BE23185, aimed to secure regular reports on electricity supply trends in GB and Europe. Starting in April 2024, the subscription services cover GB power price projections, GB and European energy market insights, and hydrogen market dynamics. This tender was conducted through an open procedure, with the contracting authority based in London, UK.

This tender offers business growth opportunities for firms providing market insight services in the power, gas, and hydrogen sectors. It is suited for companies capable of delivering regular publications, briefings, and datasets tailored to meet DESNZ's needs. The subscription, contracted for two years with a possible one-year extension, requires expertise in forecasting energy prices, monitoring market dynamics, and delivering comprehensive insights to support strategic decision-making. Bidders had to demonstrate a combination of quality and cost criteria to compete effectively in this procurement process.

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Notice Title

BE23185 - Subscription services for market insight relating to the power sector

Notice Description

UK Shared Business Services Limited (UK SBS) on behalf of the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) invite you to this Request for Proposal for subscription services for market insight relating to the power sector. Introduction The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) is responsible for ensuring that the UK has energy supplies that are reliable, affordable and clean. To ensure DESNZ has sufficient market insight to support these responsibilities, DESNZ procures a range of external market data, insights and briefings for the energy sector to inform what the market outlook is, how the sector will respond to change, and to provide assurance and additional evidence to support assumptions setting within our business-critical models. In this context, DESNZ is looking to procure a subscription, starting in April 2024, to provide regular reports on trends in the electricity supply, commodities and hydrogen sectors in GB and Europe. Expected outputs would be a combination of regular publications, briefings, newsletters, statistical publications, datasets and models provided by email or available on a provider's website. These services will ensure that DESNZ has regular market insight on the power, gas and hydrogen sectors to support decision making and feed into business-critical models. Scope of the Requirement DESNZ are interested in market insight across a range of sectors, outlined below. Given the breadth of coverage requested we have only indicated the high-level areas the subscription should cover. We appreciate the coverage of subscriptions may vary, with some subscriptions covering specific aspects in more detail than others, and vice versa, bidders should set out the available products (such as bulletins, reports, datasets) within their proposal. * Great Britain (GB) power price projections: Regular forecasts for wholesale power prices (baseload prices, peak prices and renewable capture prices) out to at least 2050. This service should include a detailed explanation of the forecast methodology as well as explanations of any substantial changes to the forecast from the previous iteration. * GB energy market insights: this service should provide regular (e.g. monthly) publication/bulletins providing information on key news and events in the GB power and gas markets. This should cover key news in policy, industry, markets, and regulation for GB. We would also expect periodic deep dives into specific subject areas such as policy reform or market developments * European energy market insights: similarly, this service should provide regular publications covering key news in energy (gas and power) policy, industry and markets for at least France and Germany, additional countries would be beneficial but are not required. * Hydrogen: this service should provide a regular overview of the current European hydrogen landscape and market dynamics, to help keep us abreast of issues such as international hydrogen strategies and funding initiatives, electrolyser capacity, and the cost of hydrogen production. The services will be contracted for a duration of 2 years with the option to extend for a further year at the end of the initial contracted period. How to Apply UK Shared Business Services Ltd (UK SBS) will be using the Jaggaer eSourcing Portal for this procurement. To register on the Jaggaer eSourcing portal please use the link https://beisgroup.ukp.app.jaggaer.com/ and follow the instructions to register as a supplier. If you are already registered on the Jaggaer eSourcing Portal and wish to participate in this procurement, please use the link: https://beisgroup.ukp.app.jaggaer.com/. Once you are logged into the system you will be able to locate the Procurement you wish to leave a bid on by clicking the ITTs Open to All Suppliers and searching for the reference number BE23185/ itt_1362.

Lot Information

Lot 1

We would expect the supplier to provide a combination of regular publications, briefings, newsletters, statistical publications, datasets, and models available on a provider's website with targeted emails to share this information with relevant users within DESNZ. We expect the provider to be able to track the usage of these services and provide this information to DESNZ for monitoring and improving usage of the subscription. We would also expect the successful supplier to make relevant experts on specific subjects or report authors available for discussion with DESNZ employees. There are approximately 4000 members of staff within the Department and whilst not all will require direct access to the service it is anticipated that the Department will require 100 licenses per year. Bidders are to cost for this accordingly within AW5.2 and will also be required to provide a cost per licence which will be used on a call off basis should additional user access be required. Where additional licenses are required, the supplier shall ensure that access is granted under the new licence within 5 working days. Bidders are to note that The Department reserves the right to share relevant information obtained from the subscription service across other employed members of the organisation.

Renewal: Option to extend for a further 12 months.

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-0434cd
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/016260-2024
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
Large

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

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


CPV Codes

79980000 - Subscription services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£270,000 £100K-£500K
Lots Value
£270,000 £100K-£500K
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£160,000 £100K-£500K

Notice Dates

Publication Date
23 May 20241 years ago
Submission Deadline
4 Mar 2024Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
9 May 20241 years ago
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
3 Years

Notice Status

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

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
DEPARTMENT FOR ENERGY SECURITY AND NET ZERO (DESNZ)
Contact Name
FM Procurement
Contact Email
fmprocurement@uksbs.co.uk
Contact Phone
+44 1793867005

Buyer Location

Locality
LONDON
Postcode
SW1A 2EG
Post Town
South West London
Country
England

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLI London
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLI3 Inner London - West
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLI35 Westminster and City of London
Delivery Location
Not specified

Local Authority
Westminster
Electoral Ward
St James's
Westminster Constituency
Cities of London and Westminster

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

LANE CLARK & PEACOCK

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