Published date: 19 August 2019

Last edited date: 19 August 2019

Closed early engagement


Closing date: 13 September 2019

Contract summary

Industry

  • Research and development services and related consultancy services - 73000000

Location of contract

Any region

Procurement reference

SMIC2019

Published date

19 August 2019

Closing date

13 September 2019

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

BEIS are soon to publish a new SMETER Competition Call on their innovations in the built environment webpage (https://www.gov.uk/guidance/innovations-in-the-built-environment).
The aim of the SMETER programme is to develop and demonstrate tools to robustly measure the thermal performance of homes. It is focussed on measuring the heat transfer coefficient (HTC) of homes, and could therefore integrate with SAP (including RdSAP) which underpins many existing policies. The expectation is that the HTC of the home will be based on energy consumption data (e.g. through smart meters) plus other supporting data but the applicant can propose alternatives. Its aim is to help consumers, energy suppliers, providers of energy efficiency products and services, and policy-makers to save energy, reduce bills and carbon emissions, by providing a better understanding of the energy efficiency of homes.
The Government webpage (details above) also provides details of a previous SMETER Competition Call. This included two phases of activity: Phase 1 to develop the SMETER technology and Phase 2 to demonstrate its performance through a field trial.
This new call is looking for SMETER products which are already at a commercial stage of development, who are not looking for funding for development, but are ready to participate (together with the previously funded SMETER products) in the Phase 2 field trials to demonstrate their performance. Successful applicants will benefit from significant support by BEIS who have funded an expert contractor to run the field trials and evaluate the different SMETER technologies (there is no direct funding to the successful applicants). Any published results will be anonymised.
If you have any questions regarding the SMETER Competition Call, please send an email through to builtenvironmentinnovation@beis.gov.uk

About the buyer

Contact name

Built Environment Team

Address

1 Victoria Street
London
SW1H0ET
England

Email

builtenvironmentinnovation@beis.gov.uk

Website

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-business-energy-and-industrial-strategy