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Industrial Decarbonisation Market Mechanisms Regulatory Support

ENVIRONMENT AGENCY (DEFRA NETWORK ETENDERING PORTAL)

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Award

22 Jul 2024 at 11:36

Planning

13 Mar 2024 at 11:35

Summary of the contracting process

The Environment Agency, acting on behalf of the DEFRA Network, is undertaking a significant public procurement process titled "Industrial Decarbonisation Market Mechanisms Regulatory Support." This process falls within the "Energy-efficiency consultancy services" category under the CPV classification code 71314300. Geographically, the services are to be delivered across the United Kingdom, spanning from July 2024 to June 2028. The procurement method employed is an open procedure, and the overall contract is valued at £9.5 million. Key services will include regular consultancy, compliance audits, and expert technical advice, structured across three primary lots, with Jacobs UK Ltd and ICF Consulting Services Limited being notable awarded suppliers.

This procurement presents a prime opportunity for consultancies and specialised service providers to engage in long-term collaborations with a leading government agency. Particularly, businesses with expertise in environmental regulation, energy management, climate change regimes, and statistical audits will find ample opportunities for growth. Suppliers offering a wide range of technical skills, comprehensive industry knowledge, and sustainability-oriented solutions are well-suited to compete and thrive. The extensive scope and value of this tender not only promise a steady stream of work but also potential expansions and renewals, fostering robust business growth and establishment in the public sector.

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Notice Title

Industrial Decarbonisation Market Mechanisms Regulatory Support

Notice Description

The Environment Agency's Climate Change Trading and Regulatory Services Team (CCTRS) regulate and administer various UK Government and International climate change policies. <br/><br/>We are seeking to put a suitable call off contract(s) for consultants with skills, knowledge and experience to support our operational activities over the next four years to maintain both our current operational activities and enable us to plan and deliver for the future.<br/><br/>The total approved maximum value for all six contracts if PS9.5m. A value has been allocated to each supplier & lot, but this is a best guess at this stage. This notice is for the award of PS9.5m across all lots and all four years of the contract.

Lot Information

Lot 1 - (a), (b) and (c) - Business as usual

For Lot 1 our 'business as usual' activities, the work will be dependent on each regime. The main work areas include permitting, account opening and assessing reports from businesses such as energy data, emissions data, and annual reports. Detailed below is a summary of the types of activities we undertake, although this list is not exhaustive:

* Determination of New Permits, Underlying Agreements, Registrations and Applications, Offsetting Obligations.
* Determination of subsequent Variations and Transfers Applications, Assess the eligibility of new facilities being added to agreements
* Review annual reports, monitoring plans, methodology plans, improvement reports, licence applications.
* Assessment of data submissions, process target period report submissions
* Undertake due diligence checks and assessments
* Respond to technical queries and produce technical guidance
* Submission of data to meet UK and International requirements

Skills and expertise required:

We are looking for suppliers who can provide consultants that are qualified to a degree level (or have significant experience) in a relevant field and have experience of working with relevant sectors or organisations in one or more of the following areas; energy management, climate change regimes, other environmental regulation and permitting experience.

Value is estimated PS9m across the 4 years, across all 6 contracts and only an estimation & not guaranteed.

Lot 2 - ESOS Audits

Lot 2 may be awarded up to two suppliers on the basis of a taxi ranking for ESOS audits. The rationale for two contracts is due to resilience in the market and the lack of suppliers who hold the relevant qualifications to carry this audit out. Therefore, it has historically and will continue to be awarded to two suppliers. This has worked well to date.

Skills and expertise required:

We are looking for suppliers who can provide consultants that are qualified to a degree level (or have significant experience) in a relevant field, have experience of working with relevant sectors, a high degree of knowledge of industrial processes and have experience of delivering detailed energy or emissions audits. For our ESOS audits, consultant must be an approved lead assessor for ESOS and have undertaken several ESOS compliance assessments for a range of companies in different sectors.

Value is estimated PS9m across the 4 years, across all 6 contracts and only an estimation & not guaranteed.

Renewal: A new tender will be released for any renewals

Lot 3 - Technical Advice

Lot 3, where specific technical advice will be sought. For example, we might want to seek independent expertise to validate an operator's request, we might need specific advice on a particular sector, or a particular process undertaken by an operator under any of our regimes, we might want independent advice on guidance we intend to publish.

Skills and expertise required:

We are looking for suppliers who can provide consultants that are qualified to a degree level (or have significant experience) in a relevant field, have the technical skills and experience of working with relevant operators and sectors and a high degree of knowledge of industrial processes and operations relevant to the regimes we regulate.

Value is estimated PS9m across the 4 years, across all 6 contracts and only an estimation & not guaranteed.

Renewal: A new tender will be released for any renewals

Lot 1 - (a), (b) and (c) - Business as usual

17. Lot 1 - Business as Usual
17.1 For Lot 1 our 'business as usual' activities, the work will be dependent on each regime. The main work areas include permitting, account opening and assessing reports from businesses such as energy data, emissions data, and annual reports. Our experienced officers that undertake this work are also expected to support less experienced staff through training, coaching and mentoring; this includes peer reviewing work of others. Our experienced officers are also expected to lead on particular areas of work, ensuring colleagues, including less technical staff, are delivering to time.

17.2 Detailed below is a summary of the types of activities for each regime but this list is not exhaustive and consultants may be required to undertake other activities not listed:

18. Lot 1A - Emissions Trading System (ETS) and The Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA)

18.1 ETS - Installations, Aviation and Registry
* Determination of New Permit, Variation Transfer and Surrender Applications.
* Review and respond to notifications from operators.
* Respond to technical and non-technical queries received by our helpdesk.
* Audits of Hospital or Small Emitter annual emission reports.
* Review annual emission reports.
* Review annual activity data reports and submission of activity level changes to the UK ETS Authority
* Review and approve improvement reports.
* Review of monitoring plans.
* Assessment of data submissions - review of baseline data reports and benchmark data.
* Review and approval of monitoring methodology plans.
* Determination of new Emissions Monitoring Plans and variation applications.
* Supporting less technical staff.
* Monitoring specific pieces of work to ensure key milestones and targets are met; this will be a particular requirement for the UK ETS Registry which deals with 1200 UK ETS Compliance Accounts and also circa 280 Trading (UK ETS and Kyoto Protocol) Accounts where we may be required to onboard operators and traders, and complete due diligence checks and assessments on both the company and their nominated representatives. Prior to authorising access to their accounts in the UK ETS Registry system this may involve using external systems to complete the due diligence checks. Approximate numbers: 750 operator holding accounts for stationary installations, 450 aircraft operator holding accounts and 90 new aircraft operator holding accounts.
* Supporting the registration process for new registry users and providing support and advice on due diligence checks and company onboarding.
* Supporting technical issues with the new UK ETS registry.

18.2 CORSIA
* Review annual emission reports.
* Determine new monitoring plans and variation applications.
* Respond to technical queries received by our helpdesk.

19. Lot 1B - Climate Change Agreements (CCA)
19.1 CCA
* Assess applications for setting up new Underlying Agreements and ensure that improvement targets are appropriate.
* Assess variations to existing Underlying Agreements such as the addition or removal of facilities, correction of errors in data used to set targets, changes to the target currency, structural changes, administrative corrections, etc.
* Assess the eligibility of new facilities being added to agreements.
* Process target period report submissions to confirm whether targets have been met and issue buy-out fee notices where required.
* Confirm receipt of the correct buy-out fees to enable a list of eligible facilities to be published at the start of each certification period.
* Identify potential errors in the data used to set targets and/or reported performance data and resolve issues with sectors or operators.
* Analyse target period report data to compile summary data tables highlighting performance at sector and target unit levels, and draft wording for the biennial report publication.


20. Lot 1C- Fluorinated gases and ozone-depleting substances (F-Gas) and Clean Heat Market Mechanism (CHMM)

20.1 F-Gas
* Respond to technical queries received by our helpdesk.
* Support others in responding to queries received by our helpdesk.
* Review and respond to National Clearance Hub import referrals to assist in the monitoring of goods to be placed on the market in Great Britain.
* Review of GB Hydrofluorocarbons and Ozone Depleting Substances/LabODS declarations, registration/applications.
* Review of Ozone Depleting Substances standard and multi shipment licence applications.
* Processing of GB HFC Quota transactions in the GB HFC Registry
* Review of F-Gas and ODS Annual Activity Reports and Verification documents.
* Evidence gathering for non-compliance.
* Review Tarriff F-Gas & ODS commodity codes in line with changes to measures and conditions to be implemented in UK Tarriff.

20.2 CHMM
* Monitoring MCS data and credit registry updates
* Reviewing annual and quarterly boiler sales data submissions
* Responding to helpdesk queries

Lot 2 - Audits

22. Lot 2 - Audits
22.1 For Lot 2, our audit work, the audits will focus on similar outcomes but with specific ways of working and templates for each regime. Consultants may be required to work in conjunction with us to ensure a participant, sector or operator is compliant. We reserve the right to ask the consultants to conclude and complete any audit without further analytical work.

22.2 Detailed below is a summary of the details for the ESOS and CCA regimes. ETS Installations and Registry also undertake audits but this work is currently undertaken as part of the Business as usual work. It is possible, that we may ask for ETS audits or any other regime audits, including future regimes, to be undertaken as part of this contract.

23. ESOS Audits

23.1 The ESOS audits are detailed compliance audits on participants who have notified us of their compliance. The scope of work includes completing audits to review the accreditation of the professional bodies.

23.2 The auditor will be required to
* Evaluate the compliance of participants in accordance with an outline methodology.
* Review, check and assess the accreditation criteria put down by the professional bodies.
* Review energy saving opportunities identified by participants, investigating the validity and reasoning around assumptions made with regards to the scaling of energy saving opportunities to sites not visited.
* Check the validity of the calculations and data used to determine figures like the total energy consumption, significant energy consumption, energy intensity ratios and life cycle cost analysis/simple payback period. Assess the overall benefit of the audits to participants.
* Assess the likely uptake of the energy saving opportunities identified.
* Assess the robustness of advice provided by lead assessors.
* Strengthen our ability to cut audit off when our requirements are met.
* Contribute to the review of the Professional bodies including assisting in the organisation and attendance at a Professional bodies workshop.

24. CCA

24.1 Audits to address compliance with the following aspects of the CCA scheme:
* accuracy of target period reporting data including the accuracy of baseline data used to set improvement targets.
* reviewing evidence of energy efficiency and decarbonisation submitted by operators
* reviewing the eligibility of facilities included in agreements and the procedures operators have to keep this information up to date and notify us of any changes.
* operators' compliance with the scheme rules.
* evaluation of a sector's approach to handling data on behalf of operators and compliance with the scheme rules.

24.2 They will require knowledge/experience of the following activities:
* Eligibility definitions for each of the sectors and any relevant past precedents.
* A broad understanding of the activities undertaken by different participants across the scheme.
* An understanding of how milestone reports are completed and how performance is determined.
* An understanding of the processes used to convert raw energy/throughput data into milestone performance reports and demonstrating the annual assessment of facility eligibility (70% rule compliance).
* Reviewing operator systems for records management.
* Energy metering and fuel measurement/reading processes.
* Change control processes for data management, ownership, personnel, reporting systems etc.
* Assessing the competence of the persons responsible for compliance with the scheme rules.
* Assessing history of non-compliances, from previous audits or other intelligence.
* Checking completion of corrective actions.

Lot 3 - Technical Advice

25. Lot 3 - Expert Technical Advice
25.1 For Lot 3, where specific technical advice will be sought, the scope of the work will be outlined and agreed, prior to the work commencing. The nature of this will be on an ad hoc basis. For example, we may need specific technical advice on an industry sector or a type of industry operation, such as energy throughput or how a particular substance is used, such as ozone depleting substances. We may need specific technical knowledge or experience as we develop and implement new schemes.

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-044807
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/022664-2024
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Planning, Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

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

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

71 - Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services

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

90 - Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services


CPV Codes

71314300 - Energy-efficiency consultancy services

79212300 - Statutory audit services

90700000 - Environmental services

90713000 - Environmental issues consultancy services

90714000 - Environmental auditing

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£9,500,000 £1M-£10M
Lots Value
£9,500,000 £1M-£10M
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£9,300,000 £1M-£10M

Notice Dates

Publication Date
22 Jul 20241 years ago
Submission Deadline
19 Apr 2024Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
6 Jun 20241 years ago
Contract Period
30 Jun 2024 - 30 Jun 2028 4-5 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

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

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
ENVIRONMENT AGENCY (DEFRA NETWORK ETENDERING PORTAL)
Contact Name
Pippa Hicks
Contact Email
pippa.hicks@defra.gov.uk
Contact Phone
+44 12345678

Buyer Location

Locality
LONDON
Postcode
SW1P 4DF
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
2
Supplier Names

ICF CONSULTING SERVICES

JACOBS

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