Greenhouse Gas Removals (GGR) Standards and Methodologies

Official notice

Authority: Department for Energy Security & Net Zero (Central government)

ServicesAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competition

Sectors: Research & Development (R&D) (73)Cleaning & Environmental Services (90) Delivery: UK

Awarded value£4,390,032published contract · exc. VAT

Awarded 13 Sept 2024no call for competition

Awarded to BSI Standards Limited

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Services to design and deliver Greenhouse Gas Removal Standards in the form of Minimum Quality Thresholds and a series of Publicly Available Specifications (PASs) for Direct Air Carbon Capture and Storage (DACCS) and Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS).

CPV: Environmental standards other than for construction · Research consultancy services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1• An initial contract is awarded for 33 months valued at £1,839,032 (net) for the…Awarded

An initial contract is awarded for 33 months valued at £1,839,032 (net) for the design and publication of Minimum Quality Thresholds and a series of Publicly Available Specifications (PASs), covering quantification methodologies for Direct Air Carbon Capture and Storage and Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage only.
Under the initial contract, the supplier will define methodological Minimum Quality Thresholds for early Greenhouse Gas Removal projects seeking support from the Government's Business Model. These will specify what projects must cover as part of their removal quantification, monitoring and reporting and reference best practice and existing government Standards where appropriate, such as the Carbon Capture and Storage regulations and Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation.
The Minimum Quality Thresholds are expected to address crediting periods, life cycle assessment boundaries, counterfactuals, carbon leakage, emission allocation to co-products, additionality, whether there is a rationale for monitoring, reporting and verification differentiation based on project scale, and possibly other aspects that stakeholders identify as priorities. We expect the Minimum Quality Thresholds to be published in 2025.
Following publication of the Minimum Quality Thresholds, the supplier will then develop more detailed Greenhouse Gas Removal technology-specific methodologies via a series of Publicly Available Specifications (PASs) which is an internationally recognised format for Standards. Each PAS will cover a subset of the GGR value chain such a biomass supply, or carbon capture and transport and storage.
The PAS development process generates high integrity Standards or benchmarks, leveraging cross sector industry specialists, academics and policy makers through working groups in the design process to produce a consensus based final product. This iterative approach will ensure that the technology-specific methodologies are robust and allow for the development and innovation associated with first of a kind deployment.
There is an optional contract extension of up to 24 months valued up to £2,551,000 (net). This covers the delivery of up to six additional PASs for non-carbon capture and storage enabled GGR technologies, and updates to the PASs developed under the initial contract. The need for these methodologies is subject to further approvals and the policy needs of the Department.

Delivery: UK

90711200 Environmental standards other than for construction

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record

Procedure method: Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Legal basis: CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category: Services
Notice status: Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold: Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime: Standard
Commercial structure: Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type: Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered: Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement: Unspecified in notice
First published: 3 Oct 2024, 21:38 BST
Last source update: 3 Oct 2024, 21:38 BST
FTS notice number: 2024/S 000-031797
Classification (CPV): Environmental standards other than for constructionResearch consultancy services
Delivery area: UK
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-04a5aa Find a Tender

Why no open competition: The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator due to absence of competition for technical reasons
Published justification: The standard is required to be developed as a Publicly Available Specification (PAS). As the national standards body, BSI are the only standard body that can deliver PAS nationally, and no other alternative supplier can develop this PAS. The proposed duration is absolutely necessary to achieve the purpose of the contract.

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1

Awarded value £4,390,0321 contract exc. VAT

Bids received 1

Contracts signed 1latest 13 Sept 2024

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
BSI Standards Limited	£4,390,032 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

Greenhouse Gas Removals (GGR) Standards and Methodologies · BSI Standards Limited
Signed
13 Sept 2024
Value
£4,390,032
Status
active

Bid statistics published by the authority

Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
1bids	—	—	—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentMinistry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisionsEnvironmental protection 3-8 Whitehall Place, London, UK, SE1A 2EGContact name, email

Dispute resolution & review bodies

Public Procurement Review Service (PPRS)Review body LondonContact email, phone

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

BSI Standards LimitedAwarded supplier 389 Chiswick High Road, London, UK, W4 4AL

Official documents & specifications

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