Official UK procurement notice
Inclusive Smart Solutions · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionBEIS is seeking to procure a two-year research, design, and development contract to help achieve a step-change in access to, purchase of, and/or use of smart technologies, products and services amongst low income and vulnerable consumers. In the context of this work, 'low income and vulnerable consumers’ includes all energy consumers for whom an accessibility, usability or affordability issue may exist or arise in the transition to a smart, flexible energy system, potentially making it disproportionately challenging for them to benefit from new technologies, markets or business models.
This work sits within the BEIS Net Zero Innovation Portfolio's £65m Flexibility Innovation Programme, which enables large-scale widespread electricity system flexibility through smart, flexible, secure, and accessible technologies and markets.
CPV: Energy and related services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1BEIS is seeking to procure a two-year contract to help achieve a step-change in access…Planned
BEIS is seeking to procure a two-year contract to help achieve a step-change in access to, purchase of, and/or use of smart technologies, products and services amongst low income and vulnerable consumers. Is it anticipated that this work will include approximately 6 months of primary research and engagement with low income and vulnerable consumers, informing approximately 18 months of design and development of commercially viable innovative solutions to meet these consumers’ needs. This innovation project follows a commitment in the Smart Systems and Flexibility Plan, published jointly by Government and Ofgem in 2021, to remove barriers for consumers who may otherwise struggle to participate in smart energy. This is important to help ensure the benefits of flexibility are accessible to all consumers. This work sits within the BEIS Net Zero Innovation Portfolio's £65m Flexibility Innovation Programme.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- 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
- 22 Nov 2022, 14:33 GMT
- Last source update
- 22 Nov 2022, 14:33 GMT
- FTS notice number
2022/S 000-033087- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-038752Find a Tender
Publisher note: BEIS is holding a market engagement event at 14:00 on Thursday 8th December 2022 for this opportunity. Please use the following link to register for this event: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/inclusive-smart-solutions-market-engagement-event-tickets-465077508347 £65m Flexibility Innovation Programme – https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/flexibility-innovation
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
22 Nov 2022 → 22 Dec 2022 · 2 dates- Notice published22 Nov 2022, 14:33 GMT
- Tender notice expected22 Dec 2022
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.