Published date: 23 November 2017

Last edited date: 23 November 2017

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


Closing: 20 February 2017

Contract summary

Industry

  • Network cabling - 32421000

  • Energy meters - 38551000

  • Electricity meters - 38554000

    • Scada or equivalent system - 42961200

    • Gas pipelines - 44161100

    • Gas-distribution network - 44161110

    • Construction work - 45000000

    • General construction work for pipelines - 45231100

    • Heating plant construction work - 45251200

    • Installation of cable infrastructure - 45314300

    • High voltage installation work - 45315400

    • Gas-fitting installation work - 45333000

    • Gas meter installation work - 45333200

    • Computer control system - 48151000

    • Engineering design services - 71320000

Location of contract

ST5 5BG

Value of contract

£7,000,000

Procurement reference

KU/174/RR/CP/2016 - AWARD

Published date

23 November 2017

Closing date

20 February 2017

Contract start date

1 November 2017

Contract end date

30 September 2021

Contract type

Works

Procedure type

Competitive procedure with negotiation (above threshold)

Anyone may ask to participate, but only those who are pre-selected will be invited to submit initial tenders and to negotiate.

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

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

The Keele University SEND will provide a real community based at-scale demonstrator, across multiple energy vectors, to support RD&I into smart, flexible energy supply, storage and monitoring to deliver improved energy security, reduce energy costs and reduce carbon emissions within a mixed environment and community. The purpose of this procurement is to appoint a Contractor to complete the final design, deliver the new and upgraded/refurbished utility infrastructure to enable demonstration, introduce and upgrade (to enable demonstration) the control system for the SEND, and oversee the introduction of procedural changes.
The SEND project has the following functional objectives:
* Basic Information Management
* Basic Demand Side Management
* Advanced metering infrastructure and heat load analysis
* Integrated Energy Systems, Leveraging Advanced Information Management
* Realising Micro-grids through advanced DER management
* Unlocking low carbon transport potential
* Introduce self-healing network characteristics

The form of contract to be utilised will be the FIDIC Silver Book First Edition 1999 as will be amended by the University as specified in the procurement documents.

The SEND is part funded from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) as part of the European Structural and Investment Funds England Growth Programme 2014-2020 and the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS).

Award information

Awarded date

31 October 2017

Contract start date

1 November 2017

Contract end date

30 September 2021

Total value of contract

£6,099,809.69

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Siemens PTI

Address

Princess Road, Manchester, United Kingdom, M20 2UR

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Contact name

Darren Pearce

Address

Keele
Keele
Staffordshire
ST5 5BG
United Kingdom

Telephone

01782 734124

Email

d.pearce@keele.ac.uk