The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS): Technical Third Party Support (TTPS) for the Net-Zero Innovation Portfolio (NZIP)

UK-London: Engineering services.


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
       1 Victoria Street, London, SW1H 0ET, United Kingdom
       Tel. +44 2072151525, Email: sice.ttps@beis.gov.uk
       Main Address: https://www.delta-esourcing.com, Address of the buyer profile: 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: Technical Third Party Support (TTPS) for the Net-Zero Innovation Portfolio (NZIP)    
          Reference number:
   II.1.2) Common Procurement Vocabulary:       
      71300000 - Engineering services.
   II.1.3) Type of contract: SERVICES
   II.1.4) Short description:    
      The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) requires Technical Third Party Support to assist with the delivery of the Net-Zero Innovation Portfolio (NZIP). The objective of the NZIP portfolio is to facilitate delivery of the UK’s Net-Zero commitments, continuing to invest in climate science and energy innovation to reduce human impact on climate change. As part of a revised contract scope, BEIS intends to procure Social Research and Evaluation support as one of the lots in the Technical Third Party Support.

BEIS intends to procure advisory and engineering-related services which may include some or all of the following:
-Programme development support
-Bid review and selection
-Programme management support
-Monitoring
-Evaluation and Social Research
-Technical advisory support

The link to the original PIN can be found at: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=581720623
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   II.1.5) Estimated total value:       
      Value excluding VAT (give figures only) : 15,000,000 - GBP
   II.1.6) Information about lots:
      This contract is divided into lots: Yes          
      Maximum number of lots that may be awarded to one tenderer: 2       
      The contracting authority reserves the right to award contracts combining the following lots or groups of lots: Not Provided

II.2) Lot Description : 1    
   II.2.1) Title: Management Lot
         Lot Number: 1          
   II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s):       
      71621000 - Technical analysis or consultancy services.       
   II.2.3) Place of performance:       
      Region Codes:               
         UK - UNITED KINGDOM    
   II.2.4) Description of the procurement:       
      This lot would provide BEIS the single point of contact for any new requirements, focusing contract management activities. The management contractor would be responsible for monitoring the delivery of contractors in Lots 2-5, allocating and managing work pipelines, management reporting and performance reporting.    
   II.2.14) Additional information       
      Not Provided

II.2) Lot Description : 2    
   II.2.1) Title: Social Research and Evaluation
         Lot Number: 2          
   II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s):       
      79315000 - Social research services.       
   II.2.3) Place of performance:       
      Region Codes:               
         UK - UNITED KINGDOM    
   II.2.4) Description of the procurement:       
      This lot will allow for specialist expertise to provide social research and evaluation support and advice across the NZIP portfolio during new programme design/development and programme delivery. This will include:
•Evidence reviews (e.g. Literature review, Rapid Evidence Assessment)
•External stakeholder and public engagement (including qualitative focus groups)
•Customer, consumer, and behavioural insights
•Social research planning/advice
•Programme evaluation planning/advice (process and impact evaluation)

BEIS will be facilitating a market consultation to all interested suppliers, specifically for the Social Research and Evaluation support.    
   II.2.14) Additional information       
      Not Provided

II.2) Lot Description : 3    
   II.2.1) Title: Carbon Control and Storage
         Lot Number: 3          
   II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s):       
      71300000 - Engineering services.       
   II.2.3) Place of performance:       
      Region Codes:               
         UK - UNITED KINGDOM    
   II.2.4) Description of the procurement:       
      This lot will focus on 'big engineering', large scale projects, storage (including Hydrogen storage) and the alignment with technical support.

Primary technical themes:
-Long Duration Energy Storage
-Industry & CCUS (including biomass conversion)
-Greenhouse Gas Removal
-Hydrogen & Fuel Switching
-Systems, networks and integration
-Energy markets and regulatory expertise
-Manufacturing expertise    
   II.2.14) Additional information       
      Not Provided

II.2) Lot Description : 4    
   II.2.1) Title: Energy Consumption
         Lot Number: 4          
   II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s):       
      71300000 - Engineering services.       
   II.2.3) Place of performance:       
      Region Codes:               
         UK - UNITED KINGDOM    
   II.2.4) Description of the procurement:       
      This lot will focus on SMART and Built Environment technical themes. It will also include hydrogen that fits consumer/consumption definition e.g. domestic and commercial hydrogen.

Primary technical themes:
-Hydrogen (where appropriate)
-AI
-New build
-SMART and in-home energy management systems
-EEF – Energy Entrepreneurs Fund    
   II.2.14) Additional information       
      Not Provided

II.2) Lot Description : 5    
   II.2.1) Title: Energy Generation and Distribution
         Lot Number: 5          
   II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s):       
      71300000 - Engineering services.       
   II.2.3) Place of performance:       
      Region Codes:               
         UK - UNITED KINGDOM    
   II.2.4) Description of the procurement:       
      This lot will focus on the following technical themes.
-Bioenergy
-Nuclear
-Floating Offshore Wind
-Onshore wind
-Manufacturing expertise
-Biomass boilers
-Solar Heating
-Hydrogen Supply
-Heat Pumps + Retrofit
-Manufacturing expertise
-Heat distribution    
   II.2.14) Additional information       
      Not Provided

II.3) Estimated Date of publication
         01/07/2021
      
      
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:       
   The link to the original PIN can be found at: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=581720623
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BEIS are planning to run a market consultation via email, specifically for Lot 2 – Social Research and Evaluation. Market engagement for Lots 1 and 3-5 has already taken place so the purpose of this market consultation is specifically for the addition of Lot 2. Interested suppliers should register their interest for this work by emailing your name, title and organisation to sice.ttps@beis.gov.uk with the subject heading “NZIP Technical Third Party Support Social Research and Evaluation Market Consultation”. The documents will be sent directly to your email.
To view this notice, please click here:
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=589859211
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VI.5) Date Of Dispatch Of This Notice: 28/04/2021