Published date: 8 January 2025

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


Closing: 22 November 2024, 11am

Contract summary

Industry

  • Research and development services and related consultancy services - 73000000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£119,992

Procurement reference

tender_470010/1439413

Published date

8 January 2025

Closing date

22 November 2024

Closing time

11am

Contract start date

18 December 2024

Contract end date

31 March 2025

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?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

***** THIS IS AN AWARD NOTICE, NOT A CALL FOR COMPETITION *****

This procurement is being concluded following a mini competition under the CCS RM6126 Research & Insights DPS.

Brief Description of Requirement

Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ), in collaboration with the UK Space Agency (UKSA), has funded a £5.5M innovation program to further explore SBSP. This programme seeks to demonstrate the feasibility of key technologies, evaluate the potential impact of SBSP on a decarbonised electricity system, and examine the logistics of developing SBSP capabilities.
Despite the promising potential of SBSP, the significant unit costs of large gigawatt (GW) systems deployed in GEO and the extended development timeline (over 15 years) required to bring these systems into operation present investment risks that are currently unattractive to both private and government stakeholders.
Therefore, the Government is seeking a consultancy to undertake a research to determine the prospect of smaller scale SBSP systems become commercially feasible in the 2030s, thus attracting further private investment and accelerate the development of GW scale systems.

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Award information

Awarded date

18 December 2024

Contract start date

18 December 2024

Contract end date

31 March 2025

Total value of contract

£119,992

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Frazer-Nash Consultancy Limited

Address

Hill Park Court, Springfield Drive, Leatherhead, Surrey, KT22 7NL

Reference

Companies House number: 02562870

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Address

Polaris House
Swindon
SN2 1FF
England

Email

professionalservices@uksbs.co.uk