Published date: 9 December 2024

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 4 November 2024, 5pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Software programming and consultancy services - 72200000

  • Research and development services and related consultancy services - 73000000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£641,145.53

Procurement reference

tender_460842/1432431

Published date

9 December 2024

Closing date

4 November 2024

Closing time

5pm

Contract start date

9 December 2024

Contract end date

8 April 2026

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Call-off from a framework agreement

A mini-competition or direct purchase from a pre-established framework agreement.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

1.1. The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) is using Lot 3.1 from its Heat Network Zoning Framework to commission a primary National Zoning Model (NZM) developer from December 2024 until March 2026.
1.2. Model developers are required to further develop the NZM which has been built in collaboration with a range of organisations over the last 2-3 years. The model supports the identification of heat network zones (HNZs) in a standardised, consistent, efficient, and cost-effective manner. It produces maps and datasets describing the location and scale of indicative heat network zones. The indicative zones produced will be geographical areas where heat networks are expected to be the lowest cost technology to decarbonise heat used in buildings.
1.3. The model uses multiple national and local data sets to build up a granular building-by-building understanding of the likely heating demand, heat supply opportunities and routing constraints within each area. It then applies a range of national and local assumptions used widely across the industry to understand where heat networks are likely to meet the lowest cost, low carbon test outlined above. It uses a set of algorithms to perform calculations and optimise solutions at scale which would otherwise take months to generate manually.
1.4. The model is developed primarily in Clojure, at present DESNZ anticipate this shall remain the case for the duration of the contract. The codebase will be shared with all suppliers on Lot 3.1 from its Heat Network Zoning Framework under existing confidentiality clauses.

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Award information

Awarded date

18 November 2024

Contract start date

9 December 2024

Contract end date

8 April 2026

Total value of contract

£641,145.53

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Environmental Resources Management Limited

Address

Exchequer Court, 33 St Mary Axe, London, EC3A 8AA

Reference

Companies House number: 01014622

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Address

3-8 Whitehall Place
London
SW1A 2EG
England

Email

katsiaryna.addiego2@energysecurity.gov.uk