Official UK procurement notice
Delivery of an Energy Advice Service (EAS)
Authority: Energy Security and Net Zero
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe British Energy Security Strategy (BESS), published in April 2022, committed to establishing a dedicated energy advice offering for smaller businesses to provide trusted advice on improving energy efficiency and decarbonisation.
Following evaluation of similar schemes operating in Scotland and Northern Ireland, the Contracting Authority is considering offering subsidised energy assessments and small-scale grants to small and medium sized enterprises to encourage implementation of energy efficiency measures.
The Contracting Authority is looking to perform a market engagement exercise to better understand the landscape of suppliers who could deliver this service, and to gather further evidence to inform the scheme's design.
In particular, the Contracting Authority is keen to test the following:
- Capacity of the market to supply good quality energy assessments and at what price range;
- How energy assessments might be delivered in an efficient way, such as virtually and/or based on region;
- Ways to ensure that the scheme is fair and representative to ensure it is a good basis for future policy development (e.g. through targeting and/or eligibility);
- Likely demand from Small and Medium Enterprises and ways to drive demand;
- ensure the additionality/added value of any government intervention;
- The cost of delivering such a scheme;
- The speed with which a pilot could be set up and start delivering;
- Challenges to delivery e.g. capacity in the energy efficiency supply chain.
CPV: Energy-efficiency consultancy services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1If the Contracting Authority were to deliver the service through a third-party…Planned
If the Contracting Authority were to deliver the service through a third-party supplier, the delivery partner would be expected to:
- Market the grant scheme to participants;
- Check the eligibility of those applying for energy assessments and/or grants;
- Facilitate or undertake the delivery of energy assessments and provide bespoke advice to participants on recommended energy efficiency improvement measures;
- Signpost participants towards the grant scheme and/ or other sources of funding and support/handle stakeholder enquiries relating to the pilot.
Where participants are in receipt of grant funding, the delivery partner would also ensure that there is sufficient evidence that the participant has implemented the measures in accordance with the grant agreement before payments are made. The delivery partner would be required to carry out monitoring and evaluation to measure the energy savings achieved.
Where participants do not apply for, or do not receive, grant funding, the delivery partner would be required to determine what, if any, energy efficiency measures have been implemented without funding and/or why recommended measures from the energy assessment have not been implemented.
As the central objective of the scheme would be to gain insight into future policy design, the delivery partner would be required to collect and possibly analyse data on participation and impact and take part in an evaluation exercise to determine lessons learned.
The geographical scope of the scheme is subject to confirmation. Options include: England only; England and Wales; England, Wales, and Northern Ireland; or, a regional pilot.
The contract value is indicative at this stage and subject to review. The contract value would cover the supply of energy assessments, running costs and (the majority) capital for grants with the exact split to be determined.
The timetable remains to be confirmed, but the Contracting Authority would likely look for the first energy assessments to be delivered in Autumn/Winter 2023, with grants to follow in early 2024.
Interested organisations are encouraged to attend the stakeholder event detailed in the "Other Information" section. Additional information: A stakeholder engagement event for organisations interested in this procurement will provisionally take place from 1:30-4:00pm on Wednesday 1 March. The event will be held online via Microsoft Teams, exact details will be shared with participants in due course.
Please register your interest by emailing [email protected] with the subject line [Industry Engagement - Energy Efficiency].
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
- 9 Feb 2023, 16:19 GMT
- Last source update
- 9 Feb 2023, 16:19 GMT
- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-004076- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03a474Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- —
Timeline
9 Feb 2023 → 1 May 2023 · 2 dates- Notice published9 Feb 2023, 16:19 GMT
- Tender notice expected1 May 2023, 00:00 BST
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.