Official UK procurement notice
Consultancy Services Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS)
Authority: ENERGY SYSTEMS CATAPULT LIMITED·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought5 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionThis Framework will aim to support ESC's mission to unleash innovation and open new markets to capture the clean growth opportunity.
ESC was set up to accelerate the transformation of the UK's energy system and ensure businesses and consumers capture the opportunities of clean growth.
ESC is an independent, not-for-profit centre of excellence that bridges the gap between industry, government, academia and research - with around 200 staff covering a variety of technical, commercial and policy expertise.
ESC takes a whole system view - from power, heat and transport to industry, infrastructure digitalisation and consumers - helping us identify and address innovation priorities and market barriers to decarbonise the energy system and deliver value to energy consumers.
ESC supports various organisations to develop, market test and scale the products, services and value chains required to get to Net Zero.
In the application pack you will find the details of how to apply to be an appointed supplier with the minimum criteria you must meet in order to be appointed.
All suppliers who meet the selection criteria will be appointed to the DPS and there is no limit on the number of suppliers who can be appointed. Suppliers can apply to join the DPS at any point during its lifetime. It is currently envisaged to run for at least 4 years and may well be extended providing it is still fit for purpose.
ESC operates from offices in Birmingham. Project Meetings may be required. Appointed Suppliers may be required to attend kick off meetings at ESC Office in Birmingham or any suitable location in the UK and/or via a Conference call using one of the conferencing services such as MS Teams, Skype or Global Meet whichever ESC is using at that time.
Lot Structure
Lot 1 - Business Strategy, Policy and Thought Leadership
Lot 2 - Energy System Expertise
Lot 3 - Modelling and Support
Lot 4 - Project Support & Ancillary Services
Lot 5 - Multi-Disciplinary Consultancy Services
All Suppliers who are successfully appointed to the DPS will be automatically added to Lot 5 - Multi-Disciplinary Services. This Lot will be used where ESC has a requirement that is not specifically suited to any other Lots detailed in the Scope document.
You can if you wish to, apply solely for Lot 5 if you do not want to apply to any other Lot.
To receive the application pack for this DPS, you must email [email protected]
CPV: Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security · IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support · Research and development services and related consultancy services
How this dynamic market works
From the published notice- Type
- Dynamic market
Lots and requirements (5)Procurement structure
5 lots · all with a published valueEvery one of these 5 lots carries the same published figure, £1: it is the dynamic market's maximum for the whole notice, not each lot's own budget, and no share per lot is published. The cards below say ceiling above rather than repeat it.
Lot #1Business Strategy, Policy and Thought LeadershipCancelledceiling above
not applicable. Additional information: n/a
Lot #2Energy System Expertiseceiling above
This Lot is broken down into 3 sub lots, please refer to the Scope document in the application pack for further details.
Lot #3Modelling and Supportceiling above
This Lot is broken down into 3 sub lots, please refer to the Scope document in the application pack for further details.
Lot #4Project Support & Ancillary Servicesceiling above
This Lot is broken down into 2 sub lots, please refer to the Scope document in the application pack for further details.
Lot #5Multi-disciplinary advisory servicesceiling above
Multidisciplinary advisory services cover a broad range of consultancy services, it is anticipated that this lot will be used for general management consultancy. In addition, where the scope of work is particularly wide ranging and broad in nature and the scope of service does not fall under any of the other lots.
The skills required in this lot are to provide expertise to support the scoping and concept design of energy system projects highlighted but not limited to the projects on the ESC web pages. To qualify for this lot you must be able to clearly demonstrate the skills and experience your organisation offers aligns to ESC projects on our web site.
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).
- “Consultancy Services Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS)” is a dynamic market: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Dynamic market
- Who may use this agreement
- Any qualifying supplier may apply while the market is open
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 20 Jul 2022, 10:18 BST
- Last source update
- 30 Jan 2025, 15:22 GMT
- Authority reference
ESC23218- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-003142- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0353b1Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- electronic payment
Publisher note: DPS is no longer open for applications
How it was run
Official notice- Admission period ends
- 31 Jul 2026
- Submission channel
- {"written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
ESC, [email protected], Birmingham, United Kingdom. NUTS code: UK. [email protected], es.catapult.org.uk ↗
Timeline
30 Jan 2025 → 31 Jul 2026 · 2 dates- Notice published30 Jan 2025, 15:22 GMT
- Admission / appointment period ends82 days ago · period end, not a bid countdown31 Jul 2026
Notice history
3 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 30 Jan 2025- Status changed to complete30 Jan 2025, 15:18 GMT
- Procurement method changed30 Jan 2025, 15:18 GMT
- Buyer details updated30 Jan 2025, 15:18 GMT
Published amendments (1 · 1 deadline change)
| When | What | Before | After | Shift |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | DeadlineIV.2.2 | — | 30 Jan 2025 |
No longer accepting applications to this DPS
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastContracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeDispute resolution & review bodies
- RCoJReview body
- The Royal Courts of JusticeReview body
Process and specification contact points (1)
- ESCProcess contact point
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Technical selection criteria
- Economic and financial selection criteria