Published date: 19 July 2019

Last edited date: 19 July 2019

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


Closing: 5 December 2018

Contract summary

Industry

  • Hydrogen - 24111600

  • Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services - 71000000

  • Research and development services and related consultancy services - 73000000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£20,000,000

Procurement reference

TRN 1540/06/2018

Published date

19 July 2019

Closing date

5 December 2018

Contract start date

1 January 2019

Contract end date

1 July 2021

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

This £20m programme will identify and test innovative approaches to supplying low-carbon hydrogen, and help grow the market.


Low carbon hydrogen could play an important role in decarbonising industry, power, heat and transport. However, for a market to grow, potential users (in any application) need to be confident in the supply of sufficient amounts of low carbon hydrogen at a competitive price.

The £20 million Hydrogen Supply programme aims to accelerate the development of low carbon bulk hydrogen supply solutions in the above sectors. It is aimed at projects at a technology readiness level (TRL) of 4 to 7, which could result in lower capital or operating costs when compared to Steam Methane Reformer with Carbon Capture & Storage (SMR+CCS), or improve the capture rates at a comparable cost.

The programme is now live. If you are interested in applying, please see the guidance document, application form and finance form below. The deadline for potential applicants to register their interest is 21 November 2018, and the deadline to submit proposals is 5 December.The competition is divided into four lots of phases, values as follows
Lot 1 - £2m total, up to £500k per project

Lot 2 - £2m total, up to £500k per project

Lot 3 - £500k total, up to £250k per project

Lot 4 - £500k total, up to £250k per project


More information

Previous notice about this procurement

Hydrogen Supply Programme

  • Opportunity
  • Published 26 November 2018, last edited 26 November 2018

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Additional text

How to Apply
If you wish to take part in this procurement please see the attached Tender documents attached to this Notice and send your completed Proposal to industry.innovation@beis.gov.uk as stipulated in the "Who to Contact" section.
Any late submissions will not be considered. BEIS reserves the right to halt the procurement process and to not award any contracts. 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' Terms and Conditions, which are available in the ITT document with this notice. Completed tender submission must be returned by email to industry.innovation@beis.gov.uk by 5 December 2018. After reviewing and evaluating the written proposals, BEIS may decide to hold bid clarification meetings with suppliers.
Please note third sector organisations, as well as public sector and academic institutions, are welcome to bid if part of a consortium with a private company. However, they cannot bid by themselves. See page 18 of the ITT.

PLEASE NOTE: 14 November 2018: Application Form updated as follows:

* maximum length to answer assessment criteria 1c is 4 pages
* the score weighting for Question 3 Development Plan is 5% in line with the score in the Guidance Notes
* form updated with correct set of declarations from Guidance Notes

Please use the new Application Form attachment. Apologies for any inconvenience caused.


Award information

Awarded date

4 February 2019

Contract start date

4 March 2019

Contract end date

8 September 2019

Total value of contract

£4,846,102.72

This contract was awarded to 13 suppliers.

Cranfield University

Address

Cranfield University
College Road
Cranfield
MK43 0AL

Reference

None

Value of contract

£498,064.15

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Additional details

Lot 1
Project Title
Bulk Hydrogen Production by sorbent Enhanced steam Reforming (HyPER) - fluidised bed with calcium looping

Kew Projects Limited

Address

Ashlar House
115 Walsall Road
West Midlands
WS9 0A

Reference

None

Value of contract

£275,000

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Additional details

Lot 1
Project Title
Zero Carbon Hydrogen Supply from Waste & Biomass

The Oil & Gas Technology Centre

Address

20 Queens Road
Aberdeen
AB15 4ZT

Reference

Companies House number: SC531384

Value of contract

£486,512.87

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Additional details

Lot 1
Project Title
Delivery of an offshore hydrogen supply programme via industrial trials at the Flotta Terminal

Pale Blue Dot Energy

Address

Pale Blue Dot Energy (PBDE)
Brathens Eco Business Park
Brathens
Banchory
AB31 4BW

Reference

None

Value of contract

£453,706

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Additional details

Lot 1
Project Title:
Acorn Hydrogen Project

Progressive Energy Limited

Address

Progressive Energy Limited
Swan House
Stonehouse
GL10 3RF

Reference

Companies House number: 03620177

Value of contract

£441,751.29

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Additional details

Lot 1
Project Title:
GHR Auto-Thermal Reformer Hydrogen Plant

Wood Group UK PLC

Address

Wood Group UK PLC
15 Justice Mill Lane;
Aberdeen,
AB11 6EQ

Reference

Companies House number: SC296737

Value of contract

£187,700

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Additional details

Lot 1
Project Title:
Novel Steam Methane / Gas Heated Reformer

EDF ENERGY R&D UK CENTRE LIMITED

Address

EDF ENERGY R&D UK CENTRE LIMITED
90 Whitfield Street
London
W1T 4EZ

Reference

Companies House number: 02948613

Value of contract

£412,034.53

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Additional details

Lot 2
Project Title:
Hydrogen-to-Heysham (H2H)

Environmental Resources Management Limited

Address

Exchequer Court,
33 St Mary Axe,
London
EC3A 8AA

Reference

Companies House number: 01014622

Value of contract

£427,600

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Additional details

Lot 2
Project title: Dolphyn - Production of hydrogen at scale from floating offshore wind

ITM Power Trading Ltd

Address

ITM Power Trading Ltd
22 Atlas Way
Sheffield
S4 7QQ

Reference

Companies House number: 06156553

Value of contract

£494,766.58

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Additional details

Lot 2
Project Title:
Gigastack - A larger cell and scaled up production of electolysers

Wood Group UK PLC

Address

Wood Group UK PLC
15 Justice Mill Lane;
Aberdeen,
AB11 6EQ

Reference

Companies House number: SC296737

Value of contract

£181,766.02

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Additional details

Lot 2
Project Title:
Novel Renewable Ethanol Steam Reformer

Scotland Gas Networks PLC

Address

Scotland Gas Networks PLC
Axis House,
5 Lonehead Drive,
Edinburgh,
EH28 8TG

Reference

Companies House number: SC264065

Value of contract

£497,238.56

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Additional details

Lot 2
Project Title:
Project Methilltoune

Ecuity Consulting

Address

Ecuity Consulting
Radcliffe House
Blenheim Court
Solihull
B91 2AA

Reference

None

Value of contract

£249,000

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Additional details

Lot 4
Project Title:
Harwell Ammonia to Renewable Hydrogen Project

INOVYN Enterprises Limited

Address

INOVYN Enterprises Limited
Holford Brinefield Offices
Lostock Gralam
Northwich
CW9 7TD

Reference

None

Value of contract

£240,962.72

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Additional details

Lot 4
Project Title:
HySECURE Project


About the buyer

Address

1 Victoria Street
London
SW1H0ET
England

Email

industry.innovation@beis.gov.uk