Published date: 27 March 2023

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


Closing: 20 February 2023, 2pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Research and development services and related consultancy services - 73000000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£0 to £70,000

Procurement reference

tender_338102/1196288

Published date

27 March 2023

Closing date

20 February 2023

Closing time

2pm

Contract start date

20 March 2023

Contract end date

28 July 2023

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (below threshold)

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

This procedure can be used for procurements below the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

***** THIS IS AN AWARD NOTICE, NOT A CALL FOR COMPETITION *****

This procurement is being concluded following a mini competition via an Open market tender.

Brief Description of Requirement
The application, purpose, outcome, or function of the services:
- This project is about understanding the potential impacts of valuing Non-Price
Factors (NPFs) in the Contracts for Difference (CfD) scheme (the government's
main renewable energy support scheme).
- Emerging challenges this could help tackle include:
a) supply chain challenges (increased supply chains disruption from Covid
then war in Ukraine; surging global demand for renewable energy but
insufficient manufacturing capacity; UK and European supply chains facing
pressure in global markets), as well as
b) the need to integrate an increasing proportion of variable renewables on the
grid. This includes increasing system flexibility, retaining system operability
and providing efficient locational signals to minimise system cost, mean that
the CfD auction needs to evolve. Non-Price Factors is one of the CfD
evolution options that is being considered as part of this evolution.
- Currently, both CfD allocation and the value of contracts awarded (reflected in
strike prices) are the product of a competitive auction purely based on
cost. Amending the scheme to value other factors in some way would require
material amendments, including possibly to auction structure and design.
- Since this is a significant reform to a complex government policy, we need to
understand a number of impacts associated to this policy namely: Value for Money
(VfM) implications for electricity consumers; NPF impacts on auction outcomes
(including any unintended consequences); impact on supply chains; and on wider
system integration and flexibility.
The implications for the users of implementing

Award information

Awarded date

1 March 2023

Contract start date

20 March 2023

Contract end date

28 July 2023

Total value of contract

£69,565

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Baringa Partners LLP

Address

62 Buckingham Gate, London, England, SW1E 6AJ

Reference

Companies House number: OC303471

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Address

Polaris House, North Star Avenue
Swindon
SN2 1FF
England

Email

professionalservice@uksbs.co.uk