Published date: 6 June 2019

Last edited date: 6 June 2019

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


Closing: 8 May 2019

Contract summary

Industry

  • Feasibility study, advisory service, analysis - 71241000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£30,333

Procurement reference

1876/04/2019

Published date

6 June 2019

Closing date

8 May 2019

Contract start date

20 May 2019

Contract end date

31 January 2020

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?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

The Scope of work is to assist BEIS with such tasks for each project as may be required as follows:
• Provide a technically informed review of project reports in writing to BEIS.
• Confirm in writing to BEIS the extent to which milestones agreed in the Grant Offer Letter have been achieved.
• For each claim for payment, provide verification of project progress in writing to enable BEIS to authorise payments.
• Provide briefing BEIS on technical aspects and likely project deliverability, including risks.
• Attending meetings with grant holders (and others) as required and briefing to BEIS on issues relating to or arising from such meetings.
• Monitor project development and provide a technical assessment of progress against the project plan.
• Provision of independent technically informed advice on proposed changes to the project, however they arise.
• Direct engagement with grantholders in the capacity of an "independent technical advisor contracted to BEIS" as may be required by BEIS (a troubleshooting role).
• For DemoWind, work with the grant recipients to develop a robust assessment of the expected reduction in Levelised Cost Of offshore wind Energy (LCOE).
• Any other tasks BEIS may reasonably request the contractor to undertake relating to the DemoWind and BESTF programmes.
The DemoWind and BESTF programmes are about 60% and 50% complete respectively and comprise a total of 13 projects. The BEIS project manager assign these projects to the successful bidders to that the work is shared equally

Award information

Awarded date

15 May 2019

Contract start date

20 May 2019

Contract end date

31 January 2020

Total value of contract

£30,330

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Ove Arup and Partners Ltd

Address

13 Fitzroy Street
London
W1T 4BQ
United Kingdom

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Contact name

Yannis Dragotis

Address

1 Victoria Street
London
SW1H0ET
England

Email

Yannis.Dragotis@beis.gov.uk