Published date: 22 February 2016
Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.
Contract summary
Industry
Machines and apparatus for testing and measuring - 38540000
Boilers - 44621200
Project management consultancy services - 72224000
System quality assurance planning services - 72224200
System quality assurance assessment and review services - 72225000
Research and development services and related consultancy services - 73000000
Research and experimental development services - 73100000
Research services - 73110000
Social research services - 79315000
Location of contract
Any region
Value of contract
£692,000 to £962,000
Procurement reference
BIP190562673
Published date
22 February 2016
Closing date
18 November 2015
Contract start date
19 November 2015
Contract end date
31 July 2017
Contract type
Service contract
Procedure type
Open procedure
Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.
Contract is suitable for SMEs?
Yes
Contract is suitable for VCSEs?
Yes
Description
Research and data analysis services are required to carry out a comprehensive study in to the performance of biomass boilers deployed under the Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme. This will comprise of a number of components including: review of research to date, metering of in-situ biomass boilers including site surveys, laboratory testing and data analysis.
The research is expected to be formed of an in-situ boiler field trial, for which all boilers deployed under the RHI are within scope. This field trial will evaluate the in-situ performance of the boilers as well as provide data to help understand boiler operation in different applications with varying fuel types. In-situ emissions will need to be quantified however this may be problematic on metered sites. As such additional laboratory testing will need to be carried out on similar boiler types to establish a representation of the metered boilers likely emissions. The project is due to continue monitoring for up to 2 years, however there will be contract break points at 6 and 18 months. An understanding of how metered site operators interact with their boilers will be needed to allow separation of boiler performance affected by physical factors and those created by user operation, an element of social research will be required to understand this. With the volume of data gathered through all the components of the research a significant portion of data analysis will be required. This data analysis will be conducted in the second phase of the project and at the termination of the field trial metering. There will be a requirement for the successful contractor to work with a digital delivery partner to feed data from metered site to a web based reporting tool for DECCs use, and will require some automated post processing of data to put the data into a format usable by DECC staff.
More information
Links
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- https://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/respondToList.html?noticeId=190562673
- Tender notice
- Please follow this link to view the notice.
Award information
Awarded date
18 November 2015
Contract start date
19 November 2015
Contract end date
31 July 2017
Total value of contract
£949,141
This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.
KIWA Limited
Address
Kiwa House,
Malvern View Business Park,
Stella Way, Bishops Cleeve,
Cheltenham,
GL52 7DQReference
None
Supplier is SME?
No
Supplier is VCSE?
No
About the buyer
Contact name
Jonathon Foxbatt
Address
3 Whitehall Place
London
SW1A 2AW
UK
Telephone
+443000682976
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