Published date: 7 November 2022

Closed future opportunity - This means that a potential contract has passed its approach to market date. A buyer can choose to consider any supplier interest or convert this notice into an opportunity ready for live procurement.


Approach to market date: 16 November 2022

Contract summary

Industry

  • Market research services - 79310000

Location of contract

United Kingdom

Value of contract

£100,000

Procurement reference

PS22373 - PIN

Published date

7 November 2022

Approach to market date

16 November 2022

Contract start date

3 January 2023

Contract end date

31 March 2023

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

UK Shared Business Services (UK SBS) on behalf of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) will shortly be approaching the market to formally tender for a Consultancy project on operability of the GB electricity system for REMA programme.

At present we are trying to establish if an Open (below threshold) or Call off from a Framework route to market would be most appropriate to secure a Supplier for the services required.

The overall project aims are:

The project aims to inform BEIS's consideration of the extent that existing policies can be relied upon to ensure that the provision of operability services for the GB electricity system is consistent with our objective for a decarbonised electricity system by 2035, subject to security of supply, which is reliable and cost effective. It will consider how the challenges posed to future operability can be most effectively addressed by examining potential areas of reform as identified by BEIS and informed by the contractor's assessment of operability issues. A key outcome will be to determine how system operators can make the transition from fossil fuel-based ancillary services to those provided reliably by low carbon energy sources, cost effectively.

To help support our decision on route to market, we have provided a full specification and supplier questions within the attachments section of this notice.

Your feedback would be gratefully appreciated.

More information

Spend profile

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Financial year Budget
2022/2023 £100,000

Attachments

About the buyer

Contact name

Nicola Turner

Address

Polaris House,North Star Avenue
SWINDON
SN21FF
England

Telephone

01793 867301

Email

nicola.turner@uksbs.co.uk