Published date: 24 November 2023
Last edited date: 4 January 2024
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Contract summary
Industry
Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security - 79000000
Location of contract
United Kingdom, India
Value of contract
£15,000 to £25,000
Procurement reference
ESC23318
Published date
24 November 2023
Closing date
19 January 2024
Closing time
5pm
Contract start date
29 January 2024
Contract end date
29 March 2024
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?
No
Description
Project background
The Energy Systems Catapult (ESC), together with partners in India, including the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), has created the Innovating for Transport and Energy Systems (ITES) initiative.
ITES is a bilateral collaboration to address key challenges around the decarbonisation of transport by carrying out joint research into specific sustainable transport issues and enabling the piloting, support and scale up of new sustainable solutions. It:
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engages with and supports industry in developing solutions for hard to decarbonise parts of the transport system collaboratively or linking them to innovators
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considers the whole systems aspects around transport challenges, from consumer acceptance to supporting infrastructure and impact on the energy generation system
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looks to link leading Indian and UK research organisations, builds on success of the Innovating for Clean Air (IfCA) programme and provides a springboard for UK and Indian innovators/start-ups to trial their solutions in a low-risk environment
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offers innovators access to technical skills and expertise to support them bringing their products to market, as well as potentially facilities, in the longer-term
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looks to attract public, private and third sector partners and sponsors to ensure activities are market-led and solving practical problems and to decrease the need for UK government funding in the long-term
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provides a long-term, established base for UK - India partnerships and programmes in the Net Zero space, with the potential to expand to other sectors over time
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offers a "soft-landing" for UK SMEs interested in the Indian market, and vice versa, linking them to opportunities, collaborators and potential investment
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offers links to conduct knowledge exchange between UK and Indian organisations
ITES will support innovative UK SMEs in a number of thematic areas, including, but not limited to:
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EV charge points
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Energy management systems
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Hydrogen innovations
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Energy storage technologies
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Battery management systems
For examples of the types of innovators ITES will support please refer to the SME brochure covering ITES's first 19 innovators.
es.catapult.org.uk 4
Note these are SMEs currently being supported, but more will be recruited by ITES, potentially in slightly different energy subsectors, as activities progress.
About the buyer
Contact name
Procurement Manager
Address
7Th Floor, Cannon House,18 The Priory Queensway
BIRMINGHAM
B377YN
England
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