Published date: 28 January 2019

Last edited date: 28 January 2019

This notice was replaced on 16 July 2019

This notice does not contain the most up-to-date information about this procurement. The most recent notice is:

Awarded contract (published 19 July 2019, last edited 19 July 2019)

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Contract summary

Industry

  • Hydrogen - 24111600

  • Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services - 71000000

  • Research and development services and related consultancy services - 73000000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£0.01 to £3,000,000

Procurement reference

TRN No. 1674/10/2018

Published date

28 January 2019

Closing date

4 February 2019

Contract start date

15 March 2019

Contract end date

31 July 2019

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Other: SBRI

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

Phase 2 of the Industrial Fuel Switching competition is now open to applications and will fund up to £300k for feasibility studies looking into developing technologies (TRL 4-7) to enable the use of a low carbon fuel for a particular industrial process or across an entire site.

The Clean Growth Strategy highlights the need for industry to begin to switch from fossil fuels to low carbon fuels such as biomass, hydrogen and clean electricity. Beyond 2030, the switch to low carbon fuels for industry will need to substantially increase in scale.

BEIS has launched the three-phase Industrial Fuel Switching competition, which allocates up to £20 million, to stimulate early investment in fuel switching processes and technologies, so that a range of technologies are available by 2030 and beyond.

Element Energy successfully bid for Phase 1 which aims to understand the potential for industry to operate on low carbon fuels and the innovation required to enable this to happen. The study is complete and will be published here in due course.

Phase 2 of the competition is now open to applications and will fund up to £300k for feasibility studies looking into developing technologies (technology readiness level 4-7) to enable the use of a low carbon fuel for a particular industrial process or across an entire site.

Funding for Phase 2 is split equally into two lots. Each lot has £1.5m allocated to it, and projects may be up to £300k. Lot 1 is for projects that run a feasibility study on an innovative fuel switching technology. Lot 2 is for projects that run a feasibility study on an innovative approach fuel switching across an industrial site, or multiple sites.

If you are interested in applying, please see the guidance, application, declaration and finance forms below.

Applicants must register their interest in Phase 2 of the competition by email to Industry.Innovation@beis.gov.uk by 5pm, Monday 21 January

Applicants must complete the application forms below and submit by email to Industry.Innovation@beis.gov.uk by 5pm, Monday 4 February

PLEASE NOTE 12/12/18 UPDATE: The report for Phase 1 of the Industrial Fuel Switching Competition has been completed by Element Energy and as of 12/12/18 is now available. Please see this in the 'Attachments' section.

PLEASE NOTE: 28 January 2019 - Industrial Fuel Switching Phase 2 Q and A published.

More information

Attachments

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How to Apply
If you wish to take part in this procurement, please see the attached Tender documents attached to this Notice and send your completed Proposal to Industry.Innovation@beis.gov.uk at address stipulated in the "Who to Contact" section.

Any late submissions will not be considered. BEIS reserves the right to halt the procurement process and to not award a contract. BEIS will not be held liable for recovery of costs from unsuccessful bids if a contract is not awarded. All costs will be borne by the bidding organisations. If a contract is created it will be upon BEIS Standard Terms and Conditions or the Short Form Terms and Conditions, which are available on Contracts Finder with this notice. Completed tender submission must be returned by email to Industry.Innovation@beis.gov.uk by 21st January 2019. After reviewing and evaluating the written proposals, BEIS may decide to hold bid clarification meetings with suppliers. If successful and upon contract signature, the supplier is expected to attend a kick-off meeting taking place in March 2019. Project completion is required by August 2019.

About the buyer

Contact name

Ian Graffy

Address

1 Victoria Street
London
SW1H 0EW
England

Email

industry.innovation@beis.gov.uk

Website

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/funding-for-low-carbon-industry