Published date: 12 January 2021

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


Closing: 12 October 2020, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Distilled alcoholic beverages - 15910000

  • Research and development services and related consultancy services - 73000000

Location of contract

United Kingdom

Value of contract

£30,000 to £75,000

Procurement reference

TRN: 2564/08/2020

Published date

12 January 2021

Closing date

12 October 2020

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

7 December 2020

Contract end date

15 March 2021

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Other: Small Business Research Initiative (SBRI)

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes


Description

The supplier must undertake and report on a feasibility study into the development of innovative fuel switching or fuel-switch enabling technologies that are directly transferable to the distilleries sector (from malting to maturation).

Background

In the 2020 Budget, the Chancellor announced £10 million of new R&D funding to help decarbonise UK distilleries. This aligns closely with BEIS's wider innovation work to deliver on the government commitment to accelerate the commercialisation of innovative cheap, clean and reliable energy technologies, enabling the UK to meet net-zero.

The spirits sector is estimated to have a GVA of £8.25bn with Scotch whisky providing £5.5bn.1 £4.7bn was through exports, making up 21% of all UK food and drink exports.1

The production of whisky is around seven times more energy intensive than that of gin and directly produced around 530,000 tCO2e/y in 2018.2,3 The majority of these emissions come from the generation of heat for the distillation process, which accounts for approximately 83% of the distillation industry's fuel consumption.3 56% of the fuel used is natural gas.3 However, due to the remote location of some of the distilleries, the industry still uses a range of fossil fuels including medium/heavy fuel oil.

1. https://www.scotch-whisky.org.uk/media/1591/final-2018-economic-impact-report.pdf accessed 20/7/20
2. https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/866363/Phase_2_-_EMEC_-_HySPIRITS.pdf accessed 21/7/20
3. https://www.scotch-whisky.org.uk/media/1733/net-zero-pathways-report-june-2020.pdf accessed 20/7/20

Competition Details

The Green Distilleries Competition is to support the development of innovative fuel switching or fuel-switch enabling technologies that are directly transferable to the distilleries sector (from malting to maturation). It is to support the development of technologies that are not yet commercial rather than supporting ongoing decarbonisation across the distilleries sector. Therefore, the technologies to be developed must be at a technology readiness level (TRL) between 4 and 7 at the start of the project. The ultimate objective is to trial the technologies at pilot scale.

The aim of the Green Distilleries competition is to identify, support and then develop credible innovative fuel switching technologies/enabling technologies bringing about a step change in their development. The competition will be split up into two phases with Phase 1 focusing on an initial feasibility study, followed by Phase 2 which will support a pilot demonstration. Only those applicants who are successful in Phase 1 and have completed their feasibility study may enter into Phase 2. A separate application form will be released before the end of the Phase 1 feasibility study, which will be used to assess applicants for the Phase 2 demonstration study.


More information

Previous notice about this procurement

SBRI Green Distilleries - Phase 1 [Feasibility Study]

  • Opportunity
  • Published 16 September 2020, last edited 6 October 2020

Attachments


Award information

Awarded date

24 November 2020

Contract start date

11 December 2020

Contract end date

31 March 2021

Total value of contract

£1,008,865.54

This contract was awarded to 17 suppliers.

The Edrington Group Limited

Address

2500 Great Western Road
Glasgow
G15 6RW

Reference

No reference - other

Value of contract

£56,930

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

John Fergus & Co Ltd

Address

InchDairnie Distillery
Whitecraigs Road
Glenrothes
KY6 2RX

Reference

No reference - other

Value of contract

£71,812.55

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Additional details

DUNS Number: 217150316

The Uist Distilling Company Ltd

Address

Bornish House
Bornish
Isle of South Uist
HS8 5SA

Reference

No reference - other

Value of contract

£44,572.46

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

The Uist Distilling Company Ltd

Address

Bornish House
Bornish
Isle of South Uist
HS8 5SA

Reference

No reference - other

Value of contract

£40,539.23

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Locogen Ltd

Address

4 West Silvermills Lane
Edinburgh
EH3 5BD

Reference

No reference - other

Value of contract

£43,325.46

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Additional details

DUNS Number: 216318633

Sunamp Ltd

Address

Macmerry Business Park
1 Satellite Park
Tranent
EH33 1RY

Reference

No reference - other

Value of contract

£61,412.50

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Additional details

DUNS Number: 348366985

Environmental Resources Management Limited (ERM)

Address

Exchequer Court
33 St Mary Axe
London Postcode
EC3A 8AA

Reference

No reference - other

Value of contract

£68,951

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Supercritical Solutions Ltd.

Address

10 Downlands
Partridge Green
Horsham
RH13 8QU

Reference

No reference - other

Value of contract

£53,000

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Cornish Geothermal Distillery Company Ltd

Address

14HighCross
Truro
TR1 2AJ

Reference

No reference - other

Value of contract

£75,000

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Vytok Ltd

Address

4 Denny Crescent
Kennington
London
SE11 4UY

Reference

No reference - other

Value of contract

£57,688

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Additional details

DUNS Number: 225925898

European Marine Energy Centre

Address

The Charles Clouston Building
ORIC
Back Road
Stromness
KW163AW

Reference

No reference - other

Value of contract

£58,780.52

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Colorado Construction & Engineering Ltd

Address

11 Caputhall Road
Deans Industrial Estate
Livingston
EH54 8AS

Reference

No reference - other

Value of contract

£72,636.80

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Additional details

DUNS Number: 671420917

Colorado Construction & Engineering Ltd

Address

11 Caputhall Road
Deans Industrial Estate
Livingston
EH54 8AS

Reference

No reference - other

Value of contract

£74,768.10

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Additional details

DUNS Number: 671420917

Bennamann ltd

Address

Unit 1
Sector 2
Aerohub Business Park
St Mawgan
TR8 4RY

Reference

No reference - other

Value of contract

£46,620.11

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

St Andrews Brewers Limited

Address

Eden Mill    
301 Springhill Parkway   
Glasgow Business Park   
Glasgow    
G69 6GA

Reference

No reference - other

Value of contract

£51,547

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Protium Green Solutions Limited

Address

34 - 35 Hatton Garden
London
EC1N 8DX

Reference

No reference - other

Value of contract

£73,817.81

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Protium Energy Limited

Address

47 St Andrews
Monymusk
Inverurie
Aberdeenshire
AB51 7HE

Reference

No reference - other

Value of contract

£57,464

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No


About the buyer

Address

1 Victoria Street
London
SW1H0ET
England

Email

Industry.innovation@beis.gov.uk