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title: "Analysis to provide costs, efficiencies and roll-out trajectories for zero emission HGVs, buses and coaches"
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# Analysis to provide costs, efficiencies and roll-out trajectories for zero emission HGVs, buses and coaches

Buyer: THE COMMITTEE ON CLIMATE CHANGE  
Current stage: Tender  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-4e84ca8c-71d5-4113-8a82-187c656cfac9

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## Summary

The Committee on Climate Change is conducting an open tender for the project titled "Analysis to provide costs, efficiencies and roll-out trajectories for zero emission HGVs, buses and coaches." This procurement falls under the research and development services industry category and is located in London, United Kingdom. The tender period is set to close on 16 December 2019, with the contract commencement planned for 20 January 2020, and a duration until 20 April 2020. The estimated value for this contract is £50,000, and it is open to both small and medium-sized enterprises as well as voluntary, community, and social enterprises.

This tender presents an opportunity for businesses engaged in sustainable transport solutions, particularly those focusing on zero-emission technologies such as hydrogen fuel cells, battery electric vehicles, and innovative charging infrastructure. Companies specialising in research, consultancy, and technological development in the transport sector would be well-suited to compete for this contract, benefiting from the increasing emphasis on reducing greenhouse gas emissions within the UK's heavy vehicle sector.

## Notice

The Committee on Climate Change will publish its recommendation on the level of the Sixth Carbon Budget in Autumn 2020. This will provide ministers with advice on the volume of greenhouse gases the UK can emit during the period 2033-37. It will also set the path to the UK's new net-zero emissions target in 2050, as the first carbon budget to be set into law following that commitment. The surface transport sector was the largest-emitting sector in the UK in 2018, accounting for 23% of UK greenhouse gas emissions. Achieving deep emissions reductions in the surface transport sector will require the use of zero-emission vehicles, which make use of electricity or hydrogen from an increasingly decarbonised power sector. Whilst battery electric vehicles are the most promising technology option for the light duty vehicle sector, the most cost-effective technology to decarbonise the heavy duty vehicle sector is not yet clear. Given the need to reduce transport emissions to zero wherever possible, the CCC have identified the following likely technology options: * Hydrogen fuel cell vehicles combined with hydrogen refuelling stations * Battery electric vehicles with extremely fast chargers at strategic stopping points * Battery electric vehicles supported by on-road charging infrastructure such as overhead catenaries, dynamic wireless inductive charging or conductive charging. * A hybrid solution combining elements of each of the above. It should be noted that the CCC recently conducted a review of the uses of biomass in a low-carbon economy, which found that there was no long-term role for the use of biofuels in road transport, and therefore the use of biofuels is explicitly excluded here. The heavy vehicle sector is defined here as consisting of trucks with a maximum operating weight of over 3.5 tonnes, buses and coaches. Three types of HGV must be considered: small rigid vehicles (gross vehicle weight (gvw) < 16 tonnes), large rigid vehicles (gvw>16 tonnes) and articulated vehicles (consisting of a separate tractor and trailer of any weight), as well as buses and coaches. Zero emissions in the context of this specification refers to zero emission vehicles at the tailpipe (e.g. tank-to-wheel). *** - See Specification for more detail ***

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/d4ffa49f-77e3-41c2-9892-c1a142f42612 |
| Notice type | Tender Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Not specified |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure (below threshold) |
| Tender suitability | SME, VCSE |
| Awardee scale | Not specified |
| All stages | Tender |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 26 Nov 2019 |
| Submission deadline | 16 Dec 2019 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | 20 Jan 2020 - 20 Apr 2020 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £50,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Active |
| Lots status | Not specified |
| Awards status | Not specified |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | THE COMMITTEE ON CLIMATE CHANGE |
| Locality | LONDON |
| Post town | South West London |
| Postcode | SW1W 9SZ |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLI London |
| ITL 2 | TLI3 Inner London - West |
| ITL 3 | TLI35 Westminster and City of London |
| Local authority | Westminster |
| Electoral ward | Pimlico North |
| Westminster constituency | Cities of London and Westminster |
| Delivery location | TLI London |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 73 - Research and development services and related consultancy services

### Codes

- 73000000 - Research and development services and related consultancy services

## Release History

- 26 Nov 2019 at 13:11 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/d4ffa49f-77e3-41c2-9892-c1a142f42612

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/d4ffa49f-77e3-41c2-9892-c1a142f42612
  26th November 2019 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/8680f480-0294-4ae5-8536-a7054038fd35
  Specification
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/3f04249a-309a-4b2f-b7e6-5a2836acb5e0
  ITT
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/03ef42bb-55e2-40e1-8658-6315fcf65cf4
  T&C's

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