Published date: 18 April 2018
Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.
Contract summary
Industry
Electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting - 31000000
Location of contract
South West
Value of contract
£400,000 to £600,000
Procurement reference
LEM006di
Published date
18 April 2018
Closing date
2 May 2018
Contract start date
1 June 2018
Contract end date
31 December 2018
Contract type
Works
Procedure type
Other: Invitation to Tender (National Rules)
Contract is suitable for SMEs?
Yes
Contract is suitable for VCSEs?
No
Description
Centrica plc invites you to submit a response in respect of this Invitation to Tender (ITT) for the Provision of Energy Infrastructure at Lower Ninestones Solar Farm, Cornwall.
The Cornwall LEM Programme
Centrica plc's Cornwall Local Energy Market project (LEM) is an EU-funded pioneering initiative involving the development of a virtual marketplace. The trial provides participants (homes and businesses) with a platform to buy and sell energy, and flexibility to both the supply networks and the wholesale energy market. The project's overarching aim is to demonstrate that the electricity distribution network can facilitate an increased penetration of renewable / low carbon electricity generation by invoking novel strategies including flexibility.
LEM project outputs include reducing GHG emissions by enabling more renewable and low carbon electricity generation, as well as enabling energy asset flexibility in the most constrained areas on the distribution network. To this end, the project will install low carbon energy generation assets, such as natural gas CHP, renewable energy generation, storage, private wire networks, and demand-side response technologies into selected industrial and commercial premises in Cornwall.
What we're looking for
The Cornwall Local Energy Market Programme has a requirement for a suitably qualified electrical contractor who can provide energy infrastructure to connect a 2.5MW Solar Farm at Lower Ninestones near St Austell to the Western Power Distribution Network and the Cornwall Local Energy Market.
The energy Infrastructure comprises high voltage (33 kV) electrical works, low voltage electrical works, communications equipment and associated ground works that must be designed, supplied, installed and commissioned by the end of October 2018.
The full specification is contained within the ITT document pack which is available on request.
More information
Additional text
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Cornwall LEM is an ERDF funded project and as such operates under national procurement rules.
To request a ITT pack, please send an email with this number in the subject title: Cornwall LEM 006di Ninestones.
We aim to deal with your request within one working day. All questions will be shared with all bidders.
Questions will not be taken or answered during the ITT stage other than through Centrica's LEM Project email address: Cornwall@centrica.com
Direct communication with a member of the Cornwall LEM team during the tender advertising period is strictly prohibited and may result in your tender being disqualified.
About the buyer
Contact name
Register for a ITT pack via the Cornwall LEM email address
Address
Health and Wellbeing Innovation Centre
Treliske
Truro
TR1 3FF
England
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