Published date: 4 July 2025
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Contract summary
Industry
Evaluation consultancy services - 79419000
Location of contract
Any region
Value of contract
£785,500
Procurement reference
tender_479767/1496275
Published date
4 July 2025
Closing date
27 May 2025
Closing time
11am
Contract start date
6 June 2025
Contract end date
5 June 2028
Contract type
Service contract
Procedure type
Call-off from a dynamic purchasing system
A mini-competition or direct purchase from a pre-established dynamic purchasing system.
Contract is suitable for SMEs?
Yes
Contract is suitable for VCSEs?
No
Description
**This is an awarded contract under RM6126, Not a Call for Competition**
The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) wishes to appoint a supplier to undertake the following evaluation.
Lot 2 - Cross-Programme Evaluation of NZIP Industry & Hydrogen programmes
This contract is for the delivery of one evaluation that covers all seven of the following Net Zero Innovation Portfolio (NZIP) programmes related to industry and hydrogen:
- Industrial Fuel Switching (NZIP) (IFS)
- Red Diesel Replacement (RDR)
- Green Distilleries (GD)
- Industrial Energy Efficiency Accelerator (IEEA)
- Industry of Future Programme (IFP)
- Industrial Hydrogen Accelerator (IHA)
- Low Carbon Hydrogen Supply 2 (HyS2)
The programmes are part of DESNZ's £1 billion Net Zero Innovation Portfolio (NZIP), which aims to accelerate the commercialisation of innovative clean energy technologies and processes through the 2020s and 2030s.
Evaluation Coverage
The seven programmes will be evaluated together to produce a cross-programme evaluation (see the table below). As a result, the evaluation will take a higher-level approach, and many of the evaluation questions suggested below aim to address the seven NZIP programmes together. However, we would expect the contractor to draw out any programme- and project-specific differences if they arise from the research, and there are also some targeted programme-specific evaluation questions. This approach means that the evaluation can explore and make clear reference to individual programmes, whilst also identifying where findings are mutually exclusive.
-Industrial Fuel Switching 2
-Red Diesel Feasibility & Demo
-Industry of Future Programme
-Green Distilleries
-Industrial Energy Efficiency Accelerator
-Hydrogen Supply 2
-Industrial Hydrogen Accelerator
Overall purpose of the evaluation
This evaluation is being commissioned for the following purposes:
1. To enable decisions about future policies or investments driving the technological transformation to Net Zero, by Government, technology developers, industry and others
2. To enable improvements of specific aspects of the delivery of these or similar innovation programmes
3. To provide accountability to the public through publication of key findings related to the performance of the innovation investment
This evaluation will focus on understanding the funded innovations within their context, considering their aim to enable the technological transformation towards Net Zero. As a result, there is less emphasis on a comprehensive analysis of processes and attribution, and more emphasis on questions of relevance and contextual coherence.
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Award information
Awarded date
4 June 2025
Contract start date
6 June 2025
Contract end date
5 June 2028
Total value of contract
£785,500
This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.
Technopolis Limited
Address
3 Pavilion Buildings, Brighton, BN1 1EE
Reference
Companies House number: 02354937
Supplier is SME?
Yes
Supplier is VCSE?
No
About the buyer
Contact name
FM Procurement
Address
Polaris House, North Star Avenue
Swindon
SN2 1FF
England
Telephone
01793 867005
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