Published date: 15 December 2023

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 26 January 2024, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Energy and related services - 71314000

  • Energy-management services - 71314200

  • Energy-efficiency consultancy services - 71314300

Location of contract

Northern Ireland

Value of contract

£100,000 to £400,000

Procurement reference

MT230967

Published date

15 December 2023

Closing date

26 January 2024

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

29 March 2024

Contract end date

30 September 2024

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?

No

Description

The Qualification Trial Process (QTP) provides the link that facilitates the transition from a fossil fuel powered system to a sustainable renewable power system. The QTP acts as a platform to trial system services from new technology providers and identify the operational complexities to the provision of services from a range of providers. This will ultimately provide a route to an enduring services market. The purpose of the QTP is to identify commercial and technical considerations for the qualification and large scale deployment of new technologies on the power system. Not only for 2023, but moving towards 2030. Europe has set an ambitious renewable energy target for 2030 of 32 percent RES. In order to achieve this, a target of 70 percent renewable contribution to electricity by 2030 has been established. This poses challenges to traditional system operation and new technology integration such as: The 2023/2024 Qualification Trial Process will facilitate the real-time trials of both new and existing technologies for relevant System Service provision on the Ireland and Northern Ireland power system. This will help to identify and to resolve any issues associated with operational protocols, technology capability and communication challenges. More generally, the trials will also consider the challenges associated with the large-scale roll-out of these new technologies.. The trials will be designed to be bespoke with a focus on innovative technologies and strategies. The budget is EUR 400K, please see RFP for full detail

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About the buyer

Contact name

Peter Whearity

Address

12 Manse Road
Belfast
BT6 9RT
England

Telephone

+44 2890794336

Email

tenders2@soni.ltd.uk