Published date: 7 January 2025

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


Closing: 27 November 2024, 11am

Contract summary

Industry

  • Energy-efficiency consultancy services - 71314300

  • Methane monitoring - 90731600

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£166,840

Procurement reference

tender_466208/1439155

Published date

7 January 2025

Closing date

27 November 2024

Closing time

11am

Contract start date

6 January 2025

Contract end date

23 September 2025

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Call-off from a dynamic purchasing system

A mini-competition or direct purchase from a pre-established dynamic purchasing system.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) is appointing a Contractor to collect evidence on mitigation measures and good practice around plant design and operation for both point and area methane emission sources informing criteria for sustainable AD growth in the UK.

Biomethane is a crucial fuel to address the energy trilemma of energy decarbonisation, security and affordability, playing a crucial role in the UK's transition to net zero. It aids in decarbonizing sectors such as heat, transport, and power, and the anaerobic digestion (AD) that yields biomethane is recognised as a recycling activity that contributes to a circular economy. Current projections published within DESNZ Biomass Strategy suggest that a significant increase in biomethane production to 30-40 TWh by 2050, would help the UK to cost-effectively meet Net Zero targets. However, fugitive methane emissions from AD sites pose significant sustainability challenges, highlighting the need for improved operational practices to foster sustainable AD growth in the UK.

The specific objectives to fulfil that aim are:

1. To define good practices in relation to asset selection, operation and maintenance
that result in minimisation of point-source methane emissions in AD sites, and
capture expected wider environmental and public health impacts of these practices.

2. To inform methane slip from biogas upgrading technologies common in the UK.

3. To capture previous evidence and field data on the efficacy of established and
emerging abatement strategies for area emissions, and capture expected wider
environmental and public health impacts of these strategies.

4. To identify critical gaps in knowledge to abate point source and area source
methane emissions in UK AD sites, suggesting recommendations for addressing
them.

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Award information

Awarded date

23 December 2024

Contract start date

6 January 2025

Contract end date

23 September 2025

Total value of contract

£166,840

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

NNFCC Ltd

Address

Biocentre, York Science Park Innovation Way Heslington York YO10 5NY United Kingdom

Reference

Companies House number: 11687319

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Contact name

Buildings and Energy

Address

Polaris House
SWINDON
SN2 1FF
England

Email

fmprocurement@uksbs.co.uk

Website

www.uksbs.co.uk