The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS): Hydrogen supply chain technical evidence and modelling tool

UK-London: Research services.

Section I: Contracting Authority

   I.1) Name, Addresses and Contact Point(s):
       Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS)
       3 Whitehall Place, London, SW1A 2AW, United Kingdom
       Tel. +44 3000688041, Email: will.hall@beis.gov.uk
       Contact: Will Hall
       Main Address: www.beis.gov.uk, Address of the buyer profile: www.beis.gov.uk
       NUTS Code: UK

   I.2) Joint procurement:
      The contract involves joint procurement: No          
      In the case of joint procurement involving different countries, state applicable national procurement law: Not Provided
      The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body: No

   I.4)Type of the contracting authority:
      Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions

   I.5) Main activity:
      General public services

Section II: Object Of The Contract

   II.1) Scope of the procurement

      II.1.1) Title: Hydrogen supply chain technical evidence and modelling tool            
      Reference number: TRN 1265/01/2017

      II.1.2) Main CPV code:
         73110000 - Research services.


      II.1.3) Type of contract: SERVICES

      II.1.4) Short description: The Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) is seeking to appoint a contractor (or contractors) to collate and assess a range technical evidence on the hydrogen supply chain and develop a modelling tool that can analyse the costs of hydrogen infrastructure.
The main aim of this project is to improve our current understanding of the technical-infrastructural requirements, and associated energy system costs, for a transition towards a reliance on low carbon hydrogen to meet the demand for heat. This will involve (1) collating and assessing the evidence base and (2) developing a modelling tool.
The primary focus of this work will be to assess hydrogen infrastructure evidence for heat in the residential, commercial and industrial sectors. The tool should also be able to incorporate the appropriate functionality to allow it to model geographical demands.

      II.1.6) Information about lots
         This contract is divided into lots: Yes
                  
      II.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)
          Value: 234,684
                  
         Currency:GBP            

   II.2) Description (lot no. 1)
   

      II.2.1) Title:Incubation Planning   
      Lot No:1

      II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s):
            79310000 - Market research services.
            79311400 - Economic research services.
            79315000 - Social research services.
            65400000 - Other sources of energy supplies and distribution.
            71314000 - Energy and related services.
            24111600 - Hydrogen.
            79311410 - Economic impact assessment.


      II.2.3) Place of performance
      Nuts code:
      UK - UNITED KINGDOM
   
      Main site or place of performance:
      UNITED KINGDOM
             

      II.2.4) Description of the procurement: Collation and critical assessment of evidence and project management
1.1 In order to develop an effective hydrogen infrastructure model, the project will need to assess and collate the existing evidence for the possible hydrogen supply chains to provide us with the best, most recently available data.

First, this will require an exercise to collate the most recent evidence together in one place for ease of use. This evidence needs to be assessed by the contractors, to understand the uncertainty around the evidence at each part of the supply chain.
1.2 An important part of this project will be to peer review the hydrogen evidence being used. The contractor will need a group of key members from industry and academia, at minimum, this should include representatives from the gas distribution networks.
1.3 LOT 1 will also encompass an important project management role between BEIS and the hydrogen supply chain technical evidence and modelling tool project.

      II.2.5) Award criteria:
      Quality criterion - Name: Understanding the requirement / Weighting: 15
      Quality criterion - Name: Methodology / Weighting: 15
      Quality criterion - Name: Skills and expertise / Weighting: 20
      Quality criterion - Name: Management and delivery / Weighting: 25
      Quality criterion - Name: Cost / Weighting: 25
                  
            

      II.2.11) Information about options
         Options: No
         

      II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
         The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No
         

      II.2.14) Additional information: If a contract is awarded it will be for 6 months with the potential for a further work in the 12-18 month period after the initial outputs have been delivered. The value above represents the higher end of a £100,000-£125,000 which is detailed in the tender documents.

   II.2) Description (lot no. 2)
   

      II.2.1) Title:Modelling Tool   
      Lot No:2

      II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s):
            79310000 - Market research services.
            79311400 - Economic research services.
            79315000 - Social research services.
            65400000 - Other sources of energy supplies and distribution.
            71314000 - Energy and related services.
            24111600 - Hydrogen.
            79311410 - Economic impact assessment.


      II.2.3) Place of performance
      Nuts code:
      UK - UNITED KINGDOM
   
      Main site or place of performance:
      UNITED KINGDOM
             

      II.2.4) Description of the procurement: 2.1 This project will incorporate this available evidence into a modelling tool - either developing an existing modelling tool or creating a new tool. To be able to answer questions within the ITT the model will require:
•A high level of temporal detail that is able to capture intra-day demand swings in order to model the impact of fluctuating demand on storage capacity and other associated hydrogen infrastructure.
•A high level of spatial detail. This will remain unspecified. We expect a contractor to make a case for adopting their chosen level of spatial detail (or levels of detail) and why it would be best suited to this project.
•A comprehensive representation of the relevant technologies, provided by the prior evidence collation and assessment exercise
The different heat demands will be provided to the contractor by BEIS analysts. This will include annual demand and peak demand. Inter-regional transport and hydrogen for power demands will also be developed.

      II.2.5) Award criteria:
      Quality criterion - Name: Understanding the requirement / Weighting: 20
      Quality criterion - Name: Methodology / Weighting: 20
      Quality criterion - Name: Skills and expertise / Weighting: 20
      Quality criterion - Name: Management and delivery / Weighting: 15
      Quality criterion - Name: Cost / Weighting: 25
                  
            

      II.2.11) Information about options
         Options: No
         

      II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
         The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No
         

      II.2.14) Additional information: If a contract is awarded it will be for 6 months with the potential for a further work in the 12-18 month period after the initial outputs have been delivered.
The value above represents the higher end of a £100,000-£125,000 which is detailed in the tender documents.


Section IV: Procedure

IV.1) Description

   IV.1.1)Type of procedure: Open


   IV.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
      The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement: No       
      

   IV.1.6) Information about electronic auction
      An electronic auction has been used: No

   IV.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
      The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes

IV.2) Administrative information

   IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
       Notice number in the OJEU: 2017/S 11-16166
      
   

   IV.2.9) Information about termination of call for competition in the form of a prior information notice
      The contracting authority will not award any further contracts based on the above prior information notice: No

Section V: Award of contract

Award Of Contract (No.1)

   Contract No: 1    
   Lot Number: Not Provided    
   Title: Not Provided

   A contract/lot is awarded: Yes


   V.2) Award of contract

      V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract: 14/03/2017

      V.2.2) Information about tenders
         Number of tenders received: 13
         Number of tenders received from SMEs: 0 (SME - as defined in Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC)          
         Number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States: 0          
         Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 0          
         Number of tenders received by electronic means: 13

      V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

      The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
         
         Contractor (No.1)
             Element Energy Limited
             Terrington House, 13-15 Hills Road,, Cambridge, CB2 1NL, United Kingdom
             Tel. +44 2031958119, Email: ben.madden@element-energy.co.uk
             Internet address: http://www.element-energy.co.uk/
             NUTS Code: UK
            The contractor is an SME: No

      V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
         Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot: Not Provided          
         Total value of the contract/lot: 110,471
         Currency: GBP

      V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
         The contract is likely to be subcontracted: No
         

Award Of Contract (No.2)

   Contract No: 2    
   Lot Number: Not Provided    
   Title: Not Provided

   A contract/lot is awarded: Yes


   V.2) Award of contract

      V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract: 14/03/2017

      V.2.2) Information about tenders
         Number of tenders received: 13
         Number of tenders received from SMEs: 0 (SME - as defined in Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC)          
         Number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States: 0          
         Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 0          
         Number of tenders received by electronic means: 13

      V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

      The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
         
         Contractor (No.1)
             Baringa Partners LLP
             Dominican Court, 17 Hatfields, London, SE1 8DJ, United Kingdom
             Tel. +44 2033274277, Email: Oliver.Rix@baringa.com
             Internet address: http://www.baringa.com/
             NUTS Code: UK
            The contractor is an SME: No

      V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
         Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot: Not Provided          
         Total value of the contract/lot: 124,213
         Currency: GBP

      V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
         The contract is likely to be subcontracted: No
         
Section VI: Complementary information

   VI.3) Additional information: The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement.
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   VI.4) Procedures for review

      VI.4.1) Review body
          Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
          3 Whitehall Place, London, SW1A 2AW, United Kingdom
          Tel. +44 3000688041, Email: will.hall@beis.gov.uk
          Internet address: www.beis.gov.uk

      VI.4.3) Review procedure
         Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures: Not Provided

      VI.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
         Not Provided

   VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice: 20/03/2017