Find a TenderPast planning notice
Published 18 Jan 2023, 15:02 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

hydrogen supply market engagement to commercial agreements

Official notice

Authority: Aberdeen City Council (Local council)

2 lotsGoods
Planned pipeline value£1,000,000total for 2 lots · pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 19 Jan 2023from the planned procurement notice
Lots 2see the lot list below

What is being bought2 lots · detail below

Published requirement description

The purpose of this market sounding exercise is to seek responses from those parties who may be interested in exploring a commercial supply of hydrogen from Aberdeen City Council production facilities (TECA/ACHES) in 2023 and beyond.

CPV: Hydrogen

Lots and requirements (2)Procurement structure

2 lots · no lot values published
Lot #1hydrogen supply from TECAPlanned

Aberdeen City Council (The Council) offers to supply Green and Grey hydrogen fuel as required to different customers who are aiming to reduce their emissions and transition towards a net zero economy. The hydrogen offered is of fuel cell grade meeting at least one of the

following standards: SAE:J2719_20151, ISO14687:2019, grade D. Fuel can either be collected or offered to be delivered using tube trailers and be available for supply from Spring 2023 from an initial supply location.

We are seeking through this PIN to identify potential customers who are commercially interested in entering into discussions about being an off-taker for the hydrogen available from the Council in 2023 from its local production assets.

This interest can be a range of options including:

  1. Collection from production site in Aberdeen
  2. Delivery to usage site
  3. The Council are willing to discuss other options that may be of interest to you

An Expression of Interest form is attached to the PIN notice and we request that those interested complete and return this to the nominated contact point.

The potential customer must commit to the creation of an acceptable agreement to cover the supply of hydrogen and if required, engage in a supplementary agreement for the delivery of fuel to usage site. It is estimated the initial volume of hydrogen available to potential customers is between 700 Kg – 800 Kg green hydrogen per week, with further supply available Winter 2023 increasing potential available to customer to up to 2,100 Kg green and grey hydrogen per week.

The potential customer will have the option of fuel availability 7 days per week, 24 hours per day – subject to operational need.

The Council will ensure that any requirement for hydrogen fuel transport delivery support is provided and will be in accordance with existing and future health and safety and legislative requirements.

The Council is undertaking early market research to inform itself of the potential demand and to ensure industry feedback is used to shape, as appropriate, the overall strategy.

All interested organisations are therefore encouraged to provide feedback via a survey response, the link to which is noted below.

By providing your information, and unless advised by you that you wish this not be happen, you consent to it being shared with the Council’s hydrogen joint venture partner (bp Aberdeen Hydrogen Energy Limited).

All details are for information only.

Please note, this prior information notice does not relate to a future procurement exercise planned by Aberdeen City Council, in this instance the Council are looking for notes of interest for entering into a Commercial arrangement with the Council for the supply of Hydrogen Additional information: please see attached questionnaire

Delivery: Scotland · The Event Complex Aberdeen, Bucksburn, Aberdeen, AB219SB
Lot #2Hydrogen supply from ACHESPlanned

Aberdeen City Council (The Council) offers to supply Green and Grey hydrogen fuel as required to different customers who are aiming to reduce their emissions and transition towards a net zero economy. The hydrogen offered is of fuel cell grade meeting at least one of the

following standards: SAE:J2719_20151, ISO14687:2019, grade D. Fuel can either be collected or offered to be delivered using tube trailers and be available for supply from Spring 2023 from an initial supply location.

We are seeking through this PIN to identify potential customers who are commercially interested in entering into discussions about being an off-taker for the hydrogen available from the Council in 2023 from its local production assets.

This interest can be a range of options including:

  1. Collection from production site in Aberdeen
  2. Delivery to usage site
  3. The Council are willing to discuss other options that may be of interest to you

An Expression of Interest form is attached to the PIN notice and we request that those interested complete and return this to the nominated contact point.

The potential customer must commit to the creation of an acceptable agreement to cover the supply of hydrogen and if required, engage in a supplementary agreement for the delivery of fuel to usage site. It is estimated the initial volume of hydrogen available to potential customers is between 700 Kg – 800 Kg green hydrogen per week, with further supply available Winter 2023 increasing potential available to customer to up to 2,100 Kg green and grey hydrogen per week.

The potential customer will have the option of fuel availability 7 days per week, 24 hours per day – subject to operational need.

The Council will ensure that any requirement for hydrogen fuel transport delivery support is provided and will be in accordance with existing and future health and safety and legislative requirements.

The Council is undertaking early market research to inform itself of the potential demand and to ensure industry feedback is used to shape, as appropriate, the overall strategy.

All interested organisations are therefore encouraged to provide feedback via a survey response, the link to which is noted below.

By providing your information, and unless advised by you that you wish this not be happen, you consent to it being shared with the Council’s hydrogen joint venture partner (bp Aberdeen Hydrogen Energy Limited).

All details are for information only.

Please note, this prior information notice does not relate to a future procurement exercise planned by Aberdeen City Council, in this instance the Council are looking for notes of interest for entering into a Commercial arrangement with the Council for the supply of Hydrogen. Additional information: please see attached questionnaire

Delivery: Scotland · The Aberdeen City Hydrogen Energy Storage facility, (ACHES) , Langdykes road, Cove.

What it takes to win
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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 more
How bids were scored
Lot distribution rule: Contracts would be entered into on the basis that Hydrogen supply was from one of the Aberdeen City Production facilities at either TECA or ACHES.

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
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
18 Jan 2023, 15:02 GMT
Last source update
18 Jan 2023, 15:02 GMT
FTS notice number
2023/S 000-001574
Classification (CPV)
Hydrogen
Delivery area
Scotland (UKM50)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03989a Find a Tender

Publisher note: NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Public Contracts Scotland Web Site at https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=719531. (SC Ref:719531)

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

18 Jan 2023 → 19 Jan 2023 · 2 dates
  1. Notice published
    18 Jan 2023, 15:02 GMT
  2. Tender notice expected
    19 Jan 2023

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

Aberdeen City Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services Woodhill House, Westburn Road, Aberdeen, Scotland, AB16 5GBContact name, email, phone

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.