Published date: 8 November 2017

Last edited date: 8 November 2017

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Awarded contract (published 8 November 2017)

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Contract summary

Industry

  • Energy and related services - 71314000

  • Data management services - 72322000

  • Research and development services and related consultancy services - 73000000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£140,000

Procurement reference

ESC/17/47

Published date

8 November 2017

Closing date

29 September 2017

Contract start date

16 October 2017

Contract end date

15 March 2018

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Single tender action (below threshold)

A direct contract with a single supplier, without competition.

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

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

The Project will consider the multi-vector energy system as a whole and needs to be extensible and scalable to support this. However, it is proposed to focus initially on the data and information needs in the rapidly evolving area of intermittent and distributed energy supply and demand, including the potential for an "Energy as a Service" style business model.
This focus is proposed as it is very volatile in terms of evolving technologies, business/commercial models, changing consumer needs and behaviours. There is a need for distributed/flexible demand management solutions to match the increasingly distributed/intermittent generation/supply. It is therefore potentially the most open to innovation and new solutions and business models, compared to the large-scale generation, transmission and distribution part of the sector.
Another major change anticipated for the Industry is a move away from providing distribution networks that are sized for the largest credible load that could be experienced, towards actively managing non-time critical customer load to keep energy flows within the network capability. This would allow more energy to be delivered by the same assets, but has implications for the data flows required by the distribution companies.

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About the buyer

Address

7th Floor Cannon House
Priory Queensway
Birmingham
B4 6BS
England

Email

procurement@es.catapult.org.uk