--- title: "CP1898-20 -Devon Solar PV collective purchasing scheme for Domestic Customers" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-24c6d133-95ea-4caa-9b9a-416dffef6f26" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-24c6d133-95ea-4caa-9b9a-416dffef6f26" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-24c6d133-95ea-4caa-9b9a-416dffef6f26.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-24c6d133-95ea-4caa-9b9a-416dffef6f26.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "DEVON COUNTY COUNCIL" published: "2020-03-03" --- # CP1898-20 -Devon Solar PV collective purchasing scheme for Domestic Customers Buyer: DEVON COUNTY COUNCIL Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-b5fd17-24c6d133-95ea-4caa-9b9a-416dffef6f26 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-24c6d133-95ea-4caa-9b9a-416dffef6f26) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-24c6d133-95ea-4caa-9b9a-416dffef6f26.json) ## Summary The Devon County Council is initiating a public procurement process for the "CP1898-20 - Devon Solar PV collective purchasing scheme for Domestic Customers." This tender, classified under business services in the energy industry, is currently in the planning stage. Key milestones for this engagement include an end date set for the 23rd of March 2020. The estimated value of this project is approximately £400,000, targeting solar photovoltaic (PV) and storage installations within the South West region of the United Kingdom. This opportunity presents substantial prospects for growth for businesses involved in renewable energy and collective purchasing solutions. Companies that specialise in solar PV technology, installation services, or marketing strategies aimed at community engagement would be particularly well-suited to compete. The successful provider will need a proven track record of at least two years, especially with experience related to similar collective purchasing schemes, to effectively manage installations, assessments, and the overall facilitation of this project. ## Notice DCC are wishing to procure an experienced and independent expert to facilitate collective purchasing schemes (arranging a groups of consumers into a collective purchasing arrangement which will deliver reduced costs) for solar PV and storage installations. Facilitation of the schemes includes but is not limited to: * Arrangements for an auction/procurement for an all-in turnkey solar PV system of blocks of 20 to 30 projects at a time to encourage bids from SMEs * Procurement of participating installers * Promotion of this scheme with trade bodies to bring to attention of their members * Management of applications from consumers for works to installers to deliver * Carry out installer assessment (including but not limited to):- supplier credentials and certifications (MCS, RECC, HIES), detailed financial due diligence and other pertinent delivery requirements * Provide a quality assurance process to ensure products installed meets requirements, this is to be provided by an impartial and transparent assessment process of at least 1 in 25 installations * Provision of a co-branded (Supplier, DCC and district council support partners) website to facilitate a registration scheme for all interested residents. * Provision of a telephone helpdesk to support residents throughout the process, with the capacity to adequately deal with the amount of calls generated by a 100,000 property direct mailing campaign and associated social media * Have adequate management resources and processes to ensure compliance with GDPR and helpdesk performance assurance (including but not limited to samples of calls reviewed by assessors) * Ensure the delivery of high conversion marketing campaigns based on A/B testing (two or more variants of a page are shown to users at random, and statistical analysis is used to determine which variation performs better for a given conversion goal), consumer insight research and usability testing * Provision of market tested and optimised marketing materials to support the DCC and district council support partners promotion of the scheme to residents * Provision and delivery of branded online marketing campaigns The provider must be able to demonstrate they have been delivering a successful service for at least 24 months. Experience working with local authorities in the UK to deliver to deliver similar collective purchasing schemes is essential and this experience must be in the solar PV and storage arena. References from other local authorities will also be essential. We would ideally wish to target a 1,000 installations which we would anticipate would be between PS4-4.5m. If this were to be achieved the provider to recover percentage of their turnover as the fee for the project delivery. Interested suppliers need to advise the authority of their interest in this opportunity via www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/7db96b89-8e14-4504-ab14-1dbb05784b3d | | Notice type | Market Engagement Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Not specified | | Procurement method | Not Specified | | Procurement method details | Not specified | | Tender suitability | SME | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Planning | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 3 Mar 2020 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 23 Mar 2020 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | Not specified | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £400,000 | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Planning | | Lots status | Not specified | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | DEVON COUNTY COUNCIL | | Locality | EXETER | | Post town | Exeter | | Postcode | EX2 4QD | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLK South West (England) | | ITL 2 | TLK4 Devon | | ITL 3 | TLK43 Devon CC | | Local authority | Exeter | | Electoral ward | Newtown and St Leonard's | | Westminster constituency | Exeter | | Delivery location | TLK South West (England) | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security ### Codes - 79000000 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security ## Release History - 3 Mar 2020 at 17:04 - Planning - Market Engagement Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/7db96b89-8e14-4504-ab14-1dbb05784b3d - 25 Feb 2020 at 09:06 - Planning - Market Engagement Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/faab3bde-b16a-4c78-9327-0464a5150360 ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/7db96b89-8e14-4504-ab14-1dbb05784b3d 3rd March 2020 - Early engagement notice on Contracts Finder - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/faab3bde-b16a-4c78-9327-0464a5150360 25th February 2020 - Early engagement notice on Contracts Finder ## Notice URLs - http://www.devon.gov.uk ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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