Official UK procurement notice
C1081 - Hydrogen and Oxygen Ecosystem
Authority: NI Water and its subsidiaries
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionNorthern Ireland (NI) Water would like to run an Innovation partnership approach to appoint a Partner to explore the opportunities with treated water released from NI Water’s Waste Water Treatment Works (WWTWs) and whether this could be used as a feedstock to produce green hydrogen using an electrolyser. NI Water proposes to establish an Innovation Partnership to appoint a Partner for a Demonstrator Project as part of the initial phase to:
- design, build, commission, operate and maintain an at-scale demonstrator for an innovative oxygen and hydrogen ecosystem at one of NI Water’s wastewater works; and
- support it to run live and at scale for at least 6 months. If successful, NI Water would want the option to be able to work with the Partner to develop other facilities to support the production of hydrogen to fuel a fleet of vehicles and to optimally deploy the oxygen in its wastewater treatment processes. NI Water expects this will pave the way for a business case attracting investors in a portfolio of further electrolyser opportunities across NI Water’s WWTWs and Water Treatment Works (WTW) sites.
CPV: Consulting services for water-supply and waste-water other than for construction · Energy and related services · Energy-efficiency consultancy services · Energy-management services · Feasibility study, advisory service, analysis · Project and design preparation, estimation of costs · Wastewater treatment plant construction work · Wastewater-plant repair and maintenance work
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (12)
- 1. Oxygen benefits to wastewater process: 12%
- 2. Hydrogen production and delivery: 12%
- 3.Choice of electrolyser for NI Water’s needs: 12%
- 4. Replicable solution: 4%
- 5. Meeting project timescales: 8%
- 6. Integration at the site: 8%
- 7. Effective management of the Demonstrator Project: 4%
- 8. Right values and behaviours: 8%
- 9. Looking beyond the Demonstrator Project: 8%
- 10. Ability to find off-takers: 2%
- 11. Ability to attract investors: 2%
- Price: 20%
Published award criteria (12)
- 1. Oxygen benefits to wastewater process: 12%
- 2. Hydrogen production and delivery: 12%
- 3.Choice of electrolyser for NI Water’s needs: 12%
- 4. Replicable solution: 4%
- 5. Meeting project timescales: 8%
- 6. Integration at the site: 8%
- 7. Effective management of the Demonstrator Project: 4%
- 8. Right values and behaviours: 8%
- 9. Looking beyond the Demonstrator Project: 8%
- 10. Ability to find off-takers: 2%
- 11. Ability to attract investors: 2%
- Price: 20%
- Price carries 20 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0025 Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016 (Directive 2014/25/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 12 Apr 2021, 15:35 BST
- Last source update
- 12 Apr 2021, 15:35 BST
- FTS notice number
2021/S 000-007617- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
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Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lagan-MEICA JVContract | — | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract · Lagan-MEICA JV
- Signed
- 12 Apr 2021
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7bids · 7 electronic · 1 from abroad | 0 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Northern Ireland WaterReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- LAGAN MEICA JVAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.