The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS): Smart Meter Enabled Thermal Efficiency Ratings (SMETER) Innovation Competition

UK-London: Meters.


Preliminary Questions
   This notice is for prior information only: Yes
   This notice aims at reducing time-limits for receipt of tenders: No
   This notice is a call for competition: No
         
Section I: Contracting Authority

I.1) Name and addresses:
       Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
       Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, 1 Victoria Street, London, SW1H 0ET, United Kingdom
       Email: builtenvironmentinnovation@beis.gov.uk
       Main Address: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-business-energy-and-industrial-strategy
       NUTS Code: UK
      Specifications and additional documents: As Above
I.2) Joint procurement:
   The contract involves joint procurement: No.
   The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body: No .

I.3) Communication          
   Further information can be obtained from: the above mentioned address

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
      
II.1) Scope of the procurement - 1
   II.1.1) Title: Smart Meter Enabled Thermal Efficiency Ratings (SMETER) Innovation Competition    
          Reference number:
   II.1.2) Common Procurement Vocabulary:       
      38550000 - Meters.
   II.1.3) Type of contract: SERVICES
   II.1.4) Short description:    
      BEIS plans to launch an innovation competition to develop, test and demonstrate products that can measure the thermal performance (i.e. calculate the whole house heat transfer coefficient (HTC)) of individual homes. These products may consist of a mix of hardware and software and should include the use of Smart Meter data. We have called these ‘Smart Meter Enabled Thermal Efficiency Rating’ or ‘SMETER’ products. BEIS also plans to employ a contractor to perform independent testing and validation of the resulting SMETER products in real homes. Further details will be provided at a suppliers day event in London on Thursday the 2nd of August 2018 to which we invite those interested in the innovation competition and/or the separate testing and validation contract. To receive details of this event, please register your interest by emailing builtenvironmentinnovation@beis.gov.uk. Please use the subject heading ‘SMETER Suppliers Day’ and indicate which activity you are interested in.          
   II.1.5) Estimated total value:       
      Value excluding VAT (give figures only) : 5,000,000 - GBP
   II.1.6) Information about lots:
      This contract is divided into lots: No          
      Maximum number of lots that may be awarded to one tenderer: Not Provided       
      The contracting authority reserves the right to award contracts combining the following lots or groups of lots: Not Provided

II.2) Lot Description          
   II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s):       
      73100000 - Research and experimental development services.          
      38930000 - Humidity and moisture measuring instruments.          
      44111520 - Thermal insulating material.          
      45321000 - Thermal insulation work.          
      48210000 - Networking software package.          
      48600000 - Database and operating software package.          
      72200000 - Software programming and consultancy services.          
      72300000 - Data services.          
      71314000 - Energy and related services.       
   II.2.3) Place of performance:       
      Region Codes:               
         UK - UNITED KINGDOM    
   II.2.4) Description of the procurement:       
      BEIS plans to launch an innovation competition to develop, test and demonstrate products that can measure the thermal performance (i.e. calculate the whole house heat transfer coefficient (HTC)) of individual homes. These products may consist of a mix of hardware and software and should include the use of Smart Meter data. We have called these ‘Smart Meter Enabled Thermal Efficiency Rating’ or ‘SMETER’ products. BEIS also plans to employ a contractor to perform independent testing and validation of the resulting SMETER products in real homes. Further details will be provided at a suppliers day event in London on Thursday the 2nd of August 2018 to which we invite those interested in the innovation competition and/or the separate testing and validation contract. To receive details of this event, please register your interest by emailing builtenvironmentinnovation@beis.gov.uk. Please use the subject heading ‘SMETER Suppliers Day’ and indicate which activity you are interested in.    
   II.2.14) Additional information       
      Not Provided


II.3) Estimated Date of publication
         17/08/2018
      
      
Section IV: Procedure   

IV.1) Description       
   IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA )
         The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA) - YES

Section VI: Complementary Information    
VI.3) Additional Information:       
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VI.5) Date Of Dispatch Of This Notice: 03/07/2018