--- title: "Energy Innovation Needs Assessments 2.0" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-03b5e0" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-03b5e0" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-03b5e0.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-03b5e0.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "DEPARTMENT FOR BUSINESS, ENERGY & INDUSTRIAL STRATEGY" published: "2023-03-24" --- # Energy Innovation Needs Assessments 2.0 Buyer: DEPARTMENT FOR BUSINESS, ENERGY & INDUSTRIAL STRATEGY Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-03b5e0 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-03b5e0) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-03b5e0.json) ## Summary The Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) is planning a tender titled "Energy Innovation Needs Assessments 2.0" in the services category related to Research and development services and consultancy. The procurement process is currently in the planning stage with a high-level description of the project, valued at 480,000 GBP. A supplier event is scheduled for 31 March 2023, aiming to update the 2019 Energy Innovation Needs Assessments to guide UK decisions for supporting innovation in net zero technologies. The tender focuses on technical energy/net zero research, requiring expertise in identifying innovation barriers and enablers to achieve the UK's net zero target by 2050. This tender by BEIS presents an opportunity for organisations and individuals with a strong background in technical energy/net zero research and analysis. Potential bidders should have expertise in identifying key UK innovation barriers and enablers, providing insights into reducing energy costs, enhancing energy security, and meeting climate change targets. Businesses capable of offering innovative solutions for cost-effective decarbonisation, economic growth opportunities, and workforce skill assessments are well-suited to compete. The project aims to support UK government net zero innovation prioritisation and enhance energy security by identifying and communicating priority areas to researchers, innovators, developers, and investors. ## Notice BEIS is considering a supplier to undertake a comprehensive update of the 2019 published Energy Innovation Needs Assessments (EINAs). The project will be delivered in consultation with government technical and analytical experts and will allow BEIS to build a robust knowledge base to guide UK decisions for the support of innovation in net zero related technologies, systems and processes. It will be further supplemented by ongoing BEIS led expert engagement activities and relevant analysis projects. Project deliverables will provide insights into the potential of technologies, systems and processes to: - lead to a reduction in energy and/or decarbonisation costs; - improve UK energy security; - generate economic benefits to the UK; - help meet UK climate change targets; and help contextualise UK challenges and capabilities in meeting such opportunities by identifying, exploring, and quantifying key UK net zero innovation barriers and enablers. ### Lot Information Lot 1 Compared to 2019 EINAs, additional focus is expected on: a) innovation barriers and enablers; b) energy security. The overall analysis should prioritise innovations/technologies which require state support within this decade and have a realistic chance of commercialisation by 2040 to ensure tangible impacts on the 2050 net zero target. BEIS welcomes suggestions for methodological improvements on the original EINA methodology if within budget, able to address core objectives and without compromising the feasibility or robustness of key expected deliverables. Please note: Except for whole energy system modelling, this project does not expect further work on the transport sector. Objectives: 1.Build a robust evidence base to guide UK government net zero innovation prioritisation, investment decisions, address market failures and enhance energy security. 2.Develop a common understanding of the most significant innovation needs from a whole system perspective at UK and regional level to facilitate multi-sector coordinated planning across UK government. 3.Develop an in-depth understanding of key UK innovation barriers and enablers across identified innovation opportunities where further government action is required for unlocking potential. 4.Allow cross-comparison and prioritisation of UK innovation needs within technology families and across the energy system based on cost-effective decarbonisation, economic benefits and improved energy security. 5.Provide UK government with the evidence needed to identify and communicate UK priority areas to researchers, innovators, developers and investors. 6.Provide an understanding of key international technological developments and how the UK can maximise its opportunities within such context based on relevant capabilities. Expected services: The following information acts as a high-level guideline of the general asks to be expected from the project. For each selected technology family BEIS requires the analysis to: 1.Identify opportunities for UK relevant net zero innovation technologies, and the systems and processes in which they are utilised. A shortlisting exercise is expected to narrow the scope of the analysis. 2.Update or provide up-to-date cost estimate ranges for identified technologies and innovations, including their potential future trajectories to at least 2050, to feed into modelling. Cost trajectory limits should be set by technical feasibility rather than historical trends. 3.Provide whole system scenario trajectories based on identified innovations to model deployment and ensure consistent system wide quantitative comparability across technologies. The use of models such as UK TIMES or equivalent is expected. 4.Identify, assess and quantify key risks or opportunities arising from selected technologies for UK energy security during and after the transition to net zero. 5.Estimate the value to the UK - and ideally UK regions - from: - reducing energy costs through innovation, based on information on current and cost reduction potential for technologies and related systems and processes ("innovation value" and "opportunity costs" are examples from 2019 EINAs) - economic growth opportunities, both domestic and from export. This can be based on updating and improving existing job calculators: a) Gross Value Added (GVA) to the UK economy; b) an estimate of the jobs generated within the UK. 6.Identify existing barriers, enablers, market failures and assess where government could play a critical role in addressing such gaps. Where previous EINA or new GVA/job calculators can be relied on, more in depth quantitative estimates of such gaps is expected: e.g. estimation of workforce skill requirements to meet deployment pathways. 7.Provide an estimate of necessary support and investment from private and government sources to unlock identified innovations and related benefits, as well as benefits attributable to public R&D support. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/008665-2023 | | Notice type | Planning Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Not Specified | | Procurement method details | Not specified | | Tender suitability | Not specified | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Planning | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 24 Mar 2023 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 27 Apr 2023 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | Not specified | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £480,000 | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Planned | | Lots status | Planned | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | DEPARTMENT FOR BUSINESS, ENERGY & INDUSTRIAL STRATEGY | | Locality | LONDON | | Post town | Not specified | | Postcode | N/A | | Country | Not specified | | ITL 1 | Not specified | | ITL 2 | Not specified | | ITL 3 | Not specified | | Local authority | Not specified | | Electoral ward | Not specified | | Westminster constituency | Not specified | | Delivery location | Not specified | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 73 - Research and development services and related consultancy services ### Codes - 73000000 - Research and development services and related consultancy services - 73110000 - Research services ## Release History - 24 Mar 2023 at 13:54 - Planning - Planning Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/008665-2023 ## Notice URLs - https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/energy-innovation-needs-assessments-20-supplier-event-tickets-598319538847 - https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-energy-security-and-net-zero ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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