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Published 21 Jul 2022, 09:19 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Energy Management Systems for Schools Pilot Prior Information Notice

Official notice

Authority: Department for Education (Central government)

Goods
Planned pipeline value£250,000pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 1 Apr 2023from the planned procurement notice

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Energy Management Systems for Schools Pilot

Schools spend around £630m per annum on energy and collectively, they have a significant carbon footprint, over a fifth of the whole public sector. The Schools Commercial Team (SCT) believe that by developing evidence-based solutions that meet schools needs there is a significant opportunity to reduce utility demand and deliver savings for the sector as well as provide energy efficiency opportunities.

Objective:

This pilot will provide insight into the effectiveness of the best form of energy management intervention package based on data analytics using Smart Meter or Automated Meter Reading (AMR) meter data from a school's own estate. This should lead to an increase in energy savings for schools, behavioural change in sustainability both in school staff and students and learn the benefits of presentation of user-friendly formats of energy data which will be invaluable to inform future decision making.

CPV: Electrical supplies and accessories · Electricity meters · Electricity, heating, solar and nuclear energy · Industry specific software package · Miscellaneous software package and computer systems · Software package and information systems · Software package utilities

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Key Requirements:Planned

Key Requirements:

  • Supply schools with a online energy dashboard which displays near real-time energy usage from a schools own smart meter or AMR
  • The solution should be user-friendly for school staff, teachers, and pupils to help encourage behavioural changes towards reducing energy consumption
  • Dashboard must provide tailored energy-saving advice on usage and no/low-cost interventions (as well as potential savings)
  • Able to benchmark energy performance against other similar schools
  • Online Dashboard must be fully developed and have been tested within a school (off the shelf product).
  • Able to provide individual classroom monitoring to help schools understand where the most energy is being consumed so an action plan can be developed
  • Commitment to providing ongoing advice, support and guidance to schools for the duration of the pilot
  • Provide assemblies, workshops and learning resources to educate staff, teachers and pupils on energy and climate change
  • Previous track record of positive engagement with schools. If there is no previous experience on please provide an engagement plan
  • Monitor, evaluate and report on pilot progress and results
  • Provide end to end campaign and delivery management
  • If this pilot is progressed, post award (subject to internal funding clearance - as detailed below) the provider must be able to mobilise within four weeks.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

The Department wishes to assess market interest, capability, and capacity to administer and deliver a response to the above requirements with immediate effect.

To register your interest, please send an email, with the subject title 'Energy Management Pilot, to: [email protected].

Please include within the email a brief summary of your organisation and confirmation/evidence that you have the capacity and capability to deliver the key requirements stated above (Max 500 words).

Interest must be registered with the Decarbonisation team at the above mentioned email address by 10.08.2022.

Pending the interest and capability demonstrated, progression of this pilot will be subject to internal funding approvals.

SCHEDULED DATE FOR PUBLICATION OF THE CALL FOR COMPETITION: Within FY's 22/23 or 23/24 (Subject to internal funding approvals)

START AND END DATES OF THE GRANT: Within FY's 22/23 or 23/24 (Subject to internal funding approvals) Additional information: This notice does not constitute a call for competition to procure any services for the Department. The procurement of any services will be carried out in accordance with the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. The purpose of this PIN is to stimulate and gauge early market interest.

Delivery: UK

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Goods
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
21 Jul 2022, 09:19 BST
Last source update
21 Jul 2022, 09:19 BST
FTS notice number
2022/S 000-019838
Classification (CPV)
Electrical supplies and accessoriesElectricity metersElectricity, heating, solar and nuclear energyIndustry specific software packageMiscellaneous software package and computer systemsSoftware package and information systemsSoftware package utilities
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-035426 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

21 Jul 2022 → 1 Apr 2023 · 2 dates
  1. Notice published
    21 Jul 2022, 09:19 BST
  2. Tender notice expected
    1 Apr 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

Department For Education

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentBody governed by public lawEducation Piccadilly Gate,Store Street, MANCHESTER, North West, M12WDContact name, email

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.