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Published 2 Dec 2024, 09:47 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

FTS - creation of a specification for an open standardised protocol bridge between OpenADR 3.0 to Matter Bridge

Official notice

Authority: Department for Energy Security & Net Zero (Central government)

ServicesAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Sectors: Research & Development (R&D) (73) Delivery: UK
Awarded value£181,810published contract · exc. VAT
Awarded 1 Oct 2024no call for competition
Awarded to Green Energy Options Ltd

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The purpose of this work is to procure the services of Green Energy Options Ltd. to develop a specification which aligns OpenADR 3.0 to Matter for the purposes of integrating home energy management services (smart home) with domestic demand side response participation (smart grid) to promote the uptake of smart home technologies by consumers.

CPV: Research services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Awarded
Delivery: UK

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
2 Dec 2024, 09:47 GMT
Last source update
2 Dec 2024, 09:47 GMT
Authority reference
con_6784
FTS notice number
2024/S 000-038702
Classification (CPV)
Research services
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04c15c Find a Tender
Why no open competition

No tenders or no suitable tenders/requests to participate in response to restricted procedure; The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator due to absence of competition for technical reasons

Published justification

The work can only be developed by organisations that are both members of the Energy Management Working Group of the Connectivity Standards Alliance (CSA) and the OpenADR Alliance. GEO is the only UK CSA member that is both a member of the Working Group and the OpenADR Alliance.

The specification can only be developed by a UK company because it is relevant to PAS 1878, which is a standard sponsored by the UK Government for the benefit of UK companies.

Becoming a member of CSA and the Working Group requires time and resources and would cost about $105k per year and 6 months for existing members to agree to admission of new members. We are not aware of any UK organisation that wishes to join the CSA and the Working Group, and a new member would be very unlikely as joining has no commercial benefit if not exploited and exploitation can only be done by being members of OpenADR Alliance. Even if other UK organisations are admitted to CSA and the working group, they will need to join OpenADR Alliance to be able to develop the required specification.

While OpenADR Alliance organisation can make changes to the OpenADR specification, OpenADR Alliance is not a member of the CSA and has no experience in Matter Energy Management.

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £181,8101 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 1
Contracts signed 1latest 1 Oct 2024
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Green Energy Options LtdOpenADR 3.0 to Matter Energy Management£181,810 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
1bids · 1 electronic · 1 from abroad———

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentMinistry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisionsEnvironmental protection 3-8 Whitehall Place, London, UK, SW1A 2EGContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • Green Energy Options LtdAwarded supplier05783558 3 St. Marys Court Main Street, Hardwick, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, Cambridge, UK, CB23 7QS

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.