Published date: 1 February 2024

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


Closing: 24 January 2024, 7pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Development consultancy services - 73220000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£68,085.02

Procurement reference

tender_346433/1309724

Published date

1 February 2024

Closing date

24 January 2024

Closing time

7pm

Contract start date

1 February 2024

Contract end date

1 July 2024

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?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

As part of the 2021 Transport Decarbonisation Plan, the Department has committed to working with stakeholders to "explore potential measures to remove existing market barriers for higher biocontent fuel use in certain compatible vehicles", with the Department keen to support solutions to these market barriers and to increase higher biocontent fuel uptake.
To complete a series of stakeholder interviews and a literature review of the information and data that is available on the deployment of higher biocontent fuel by Heavy Duty Vehicle (HDV) fleet operators. Capture comprehensive first-hand information and data from operators already deploying higher biocontent fuel in their fleets in both the UK and Internationally. Alongside completing a literature review of existing information, data, and guidance, including evidence available internationally from policy development and academic research. From this, produce findings report that collates all the available information around challenges/barriers, costs, solutions to deployment, government incentives/intervention used, benefits of higher biocontent use and lessons learned through existing deployment. The findings report should also make recommendations/suggestions on how the UK could increase higher biocontent fuel uptake based on evidence on what has been effectively implemented internationally.

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Award information

Awarded date

1 February 2024

Contract start date

1 February 2024

Contract end date

1 July 2024

Total value of contract

£68,085.02

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

WSP UK Ltd - SPaTS 1

Address

Basingstoke

Reference

No reference - other

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Address

The Cube
Birmingham
B1 1RN
England

Email

SPaTS2@nationalhighways.co.uk