The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS): Specialist energy commercial and financial advisers for low carbon hydrogen work programmes

UK-London: Energy and related 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:
       The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), UK
       1 Victoria Street, London, SW1H 0ET, United Kingdom
       Tel. +44 7917157432, Email: benjamin.marsh2@beis.gov.uk
       Contact: Benjamin Marsh
       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: Specialist energy commercial and financial advisers for low carbon hydrogen work programmes    
          Reference number: 5149/06/2021
   II.1.2) Common Procurement Vocabulary:       
      71314000 - Energy and related services.
   II.1.3) Type of contract: SERVICES
   II.1.4) Short description:    
      BEIS requires specialist energy commercial and financial advisers to support the delivery of vital low carbon hydrogen work programmes at the heart of the UK Government’s commitment to delivering net zero emissions across the economy by 2050. The advisers will be required to work closely with technical and legal advisers and be attentive to policy and delivery linkages across the teams in hydrogen business model, hydrogen economy, and hydrogen production to support BEIS to design, develop and deliver policies to meet the UK’s ambition for 5GW of low carbon hydrogen production capacity by 2030.

A supplier information session will be held on Thursday 8 July at 1400. Interested parties should register their interest by emailing name, title and organisation to "hydrogen.businessmodels@beis.gov.uk" with the subject heading “Supplier day for specialist energy commercial and financial advisers for low carbon hydrogen”.

Please note that this procurement tender is subject to change.          
   II.1.5) Estimated total value:       
      Value excluding VAT (give figures only) : 4,000,000 - 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):       
      48444100 - Billing system.          
      65000000 - Public utilities.          
      65400000 - Other sources of energy supplies and distribution.          
      65410000 - Operation of a power plant.          
      66000000 - Financial and insurance services.          
      71314000 - Energy and related services.          
      71314200 - Energy-management services.          
      71530000 - Construction consultancy services.          
      73000000 - Research and development services and related consultancy services.          
      09300000 - Electricity, heating, solar and nuclear energy.       
   II.2.3) Place of performance:       
      Region Codes:               
         UK - UNITED KINGDOM    
   II.2.4) Description of the procurement:       
      BEIS requires specialist energy advisers to:

Support the design of commercial and financial work programmes to enable the deployment of low carbon hydrogen projects in the mid to late 2020s.

Provide specialist commercial and financial advice on the low carbon hydrogen business model design and development (including financial modelling where required).

Support the assessment/negotiation process for hydrogen projects applying for Government funding, including delivering specific and specialised evaluation of projects as part of the assessment and negotiation stages (including detailed financial modelling of project bids, due diligence of projects, and subsidy levels required).

Provide advice on the hydrogen network and markets requirements.

Provide support on calls for evidence on hydrogen use in industry.

Provide advice on developing a sector framework for stimulating a hydrogen economy.    
   II.2.14) Additional information          
      As will be explained at the supplier day, BEIS would welcome bids from single organisations or a consortium.

Given the services we require, BEIS are minded to procure via the CCS HELGA framework. To bid for the contract, organisations are required to join the HELGA framework. To register, visit: https://www.crowncommercial.gov.uk/agreements/RM3824.    


II.3) Estimated Date of publication
         29/07/2021
      
      
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:       
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VI.5) Date Of Dispatch Of This Notice: 22/06/2021