Published date: 21 September 2017

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


Closing: 4 August 2017

Contract summary

Industry

  • Mathematical or forecasting software development services - 72212462

  • Statistical software development services - 72212463

  • Design-modelling services - 72242000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£75,000 to £95,000

Procurement reference

TRN:1323/06/2017

Published date

21 September 2017

Closing date

4 August 2017

Contract start date

24 August 2017

Contract end date

23 January 2019

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?

Yes

Description

BEIS is looking for a contractor to provide ongoing maintenance and support for the Dynamic Dispatch Model to ensure BEIS analysts can use the model effectively to meet policy needs, to provide ad-hoc model development and to ensure changes to the model are properly tested and integrated.

Description:

The contract has two main objectives:

• Improving the in-house DDM capability and expertise, and in particular up-skilling in-house model developers.
• Extracting better value from the model by implementing improvements, including model run-time improvements, and addressing risks early.

The contract will cover support and training for DDM in-house expert users to assist them in setting up inputs, creating output templates, and resolving technical issues with the working environment. The project will also cover the development and roll-out of small and medium scale upgrades.

The contractor will be responsible for dealing with issues that cannot be resolved by the in-house team, for providing training and for providing expert tailored support. As part of user support, contractors will be expected to set up their own systems to develop and test extensions and upgrades to the model.

A range of different skills are required for this research. The following skills are considered particularly important for this work.

• Expertise in the GB power sector
• Expertise in software development and testing, preferably in the context of energy modelling
• Expertise in C# programming
• Understanding and meeting user requirements in a software development context.
• Understanding and meeting user requirements in a model development context.
• Mathematical and statistical modelling.
• Ability to provide clear reporting and documentation of software functionality, model assumptions and any other relevant information.
• Applying sound quality assurance processes and procedures to minimise modelling and input errors and to ensure model outputs are robust;
• Training and coaching

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

Maintaining and Supporting the Dynamic Dispatch Model

  • Opportunity
  • Published 25 July 2017, last edited 25 July 2017

Attachments

Additional text

The contract is to be for a period of 18 months, with a contract break at 12 months at which time BEIS may choose to terminate the contract.

How to Apply
If you wish to take part in this procurement please see the Tender documents attached to this Notice. Send your completed Proposal by email to Sara Tavares (DDM@beis.gov.uk) by Friday, 4 August 2017 at 16:00. Any late submissions will not be considered.

BEIS reserves the right to halt the procurement process and to not award a contract. BEIS will not be held liable for recovery of costs from unsuccessful bids if a contract is not awarded. All costs will be borne by the bidding organisations. If a contract is created it will be upon BEIS Standard Terms and Conditions (at Annex C of the ITT document.

After reviewing and evaluating the written proposals, BEIS may decide to hold bid clarifications with suppliers. If successful and upon contract signature, the supplier is expected to attend an inception meeting taking place in August 2019.

Award information

Awarded date

22 August 2017

Contract start date

11 September 2017

Contract end date

10 February 2019

Total value of contract

£94,750

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Lane Clark & Peacock LLP

Address

95 Wigmore Street, London W1U 1DQ

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Contact name

Sara Gomes-Tavares

Address

1 Victoria St
London
SW1H 0ET
England

Email

DDM@beis.gov.uk