Official UK procurement notice
Improving the sustainability of bioenergy feedstocks
Authority: Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionBEIS is seeking a contractor to carry out a research project which will answer a selection of key questions surrounding the sustainability of biomass production and usage. The project will be formed of 3 Work Packages which will carry out scoping studies around the following themes; Indirect Land Use Change; soil carbon Stock in areas of international production; and the sustainability of wastes as bioenergy and biofuels. This project will provide up to date policy relevant evidence to inform options surrounding biomass production and usage.
CPV: Design and execution of research and development · Environmental services · Research services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1BEIS is looking to appoint a contractor to deliver a research project which will…Planned
BEIS is looking to appoint a contractor to deliver a research project which will answer a range of questions surrounding bioenergy feedstocks production and usage. BEIS is considering 3 work packages:
- WP1, to review current evidence and methodologies surrounding the indirect land use impacts of both UK domestic feedstocks production and UK demand for international bioenergy and biofuel products.
- WP2 to assess soil carbon stock changes with UK demand on internationally produced biomass feedstocks.
- WP3 to assess the sustainability of wastes as bioenergy and biofuels, and the suitability of sustainability criteria and exemptions which are applied to waste derived feedstocks. Additional information: To register your interest in bidding for this research project, please contact us by emailing sidscienceteam@beis.gov.uk. There will be an opportunity during the tendering process to raise queries with respect to the content of the Invitation to Tender.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Past planning notice
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 1 Apr 2022, 13:57 BST
- Last source update
- 1 Apr 2022, 13:57 BST
- Authority reference
5670/02/2022- FTS notice number
2022/S 000-008840- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-032923Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
1 Apr 2022 → 17 May 2022 · 2 dates- Notice published1 Apr 2022, 13:57 BST
- Tender notice expected17 May 2022, 00:00 BST
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