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VEAT Notice Intention to award a public services contract for the HyDEX Project for the provision of process-engineering consultancy to carry out a feasibility study with initial design, delivery requirements plan, safety assessment and operational support leading to the full execution phase of the project

Feasibility study
advisory service
analysis
+2 more
West Midlands (UKG24)
Published value
Not published
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
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Tenderline Synopsis: The University of Keele: "VEAT Notice Intention to award a public services contract for the HyDEX Project for the provision of process-engineering consultancy to carry out a feasibility study with initial design, delivery requirements plan, safety assessment and operational support leading to the full execution phase of the project". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityThe University of KeeleScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
complete
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)Not published
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Coverage: 7 active published awards; 3 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityThe University of Keele
Procedure methodNot published
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Statuscomplete
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Published19 May 2023, 15:23 BST
Last source update19 May 2023, 15:23 BST
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationFeasibility study, advisory service, analysis, Hydrogen, Vehicle refuelling services
Delivery area
West Midlands (UKG24)
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-03cdfd
What is being bought
Intention to award a Public Services contract under Regulation 32 (2) (b) (iii) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 for the HyDEX Project for the provision of process-engineering consultancy to carry out a feasibility study with initial design, delivery requirements plan, safety assessment and operational support leading to the full execution phase of the project covering: Option a: A hydrogen facility consisting of an on-site, 500kW ITM prototype electrolyser and a gas mixing facility to incorporate a vehicle fuelling capability for a range of vehicles, and a heating boiler supplying an adjacent building, and Option b: A fully integrated vehicle fuelling station incorporating a new electrolyser based on campus and include for a full campus assessment to provide an options appraisal for alternative locations for any packaged fuelling systems for option b. The Negotiated Procedure without Prior Publication is being followed and is justified under Regulation 32 (2) (b) (iii).
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Status changed to complete
    19 May 2023, 15:23 BST
  2. Official notice release published
    19 May 2023, 15:23 BST
  3. Buyer information updated
    19 May 2023, 15:23 BST
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    Status not published
    Published valueNot published
    The service will deliver a full feasibility study including regulatory requirements, initial and ongoing safety assessment and compliance strategy, and cost assessment for conversion from grid injection for a previous trial (HyDEPLOY), to a system for pressurising and storing gas supplying a vehicle fuelling facility for hydrogen vehicles on Keele University Campus. This system will be run according to input from the campus-wide Smart Energy Network Demonstrator (SEND) system and will form a demonstrator as part of a prestigious regional hydrogen accelerator project led by Keele University (HyDEX).
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    19 May 2023, 15:23 BST
  2. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  3. Contract active
    Signed 19 May 2023, 00:00 BST · £303,660
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards
Otto Simon Limited
Not published · Not published · active
Contracts
Contract
£303,660 · signed 19 May 2023, 00:00 BST · active
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

The University of Keele

Contracting authority GB-COH-Company number RC000655
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  • The University of Keele
    buyer

    GB-COH: Company number RC000655
    Procurement Office, Directorate of Finance, Innovation Centre 2, Keele University Science and Innovation Park,, Keele, Staffordshire, UKG24, ST5 5NH
    d.pearce@keele.ac.uk
    +44 1782734124

  • High Court of England and Wales
    reviewBody

    Royal Courts of Justice, Strand, London, WCA2 2LL

  • Otto Simon Limited
    supplier

    GB-COH: Company Number 04656787
    Churchfield House, 5 The Crescent,, Cheadle, Cheshire, UKD6, SK8 1PS
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Procedure rationaleOtto Simon Limited has unique experience with the HyDeploy project undertaken at Keele University, knowledge of the type of equipment used, the interfacing with the University's other systems, and established relationships with university personnel. They also have extensive knowledge and experience of hydrogen related projects delivered at the University. Otto Simon Limited therefore own the proprietary knowledge and experience required to deliver the feasibility study. Specifically services will include: • Provision of specialist knowledge, data and design details of the on-site prototype ITM electrolyser, developed during the Keele HyDEPLOY trial. • A project user requirements assessment for a hydrogen production, storage and vehicle fuelling facility, repurposing the on-site ITM prototype hydrogen production system, and a standard commercially available end-to-end system. • A project technical requirements review for the construction and build phase including a plan of tie-in points and schedule. • Assessment of the prototype ITM electrolyser and site facilities to define any modifications needed for safe and compliant repurposing from the initial bespoke design for grid injection, to controlled production and storage for use in vehicles and heat production. • A site selection assessment, facility delivery plan and delivery of a process flow design and diagrams to inform the overall design, subject to HAZOP review. • Mass flow calculation to inform application parameters of plant technical and safety requirements for the repurposed facility to fuel on-site vehicles. • A full survey and specification of required standards and planning applications to be used for the planning, construction and operation. • Assistance to Keele Estates team to identify and apply for required planning permission, and necessary compliance procedures. • A site evaluation and review of site safety to include but not limited to: consideration of redundant HyDEPLOY, and new HyDEX demonstrator infrastructure, the need for site segregation zones and reinforcement of current compound, access to services and proximity to connections to services and access for vehicles. • CAD drawings of the system, site details, and connected services, for use in planning, regulatory processes, and the construction phase. • A full capital cost estimate with options appraisal for Option a and Option b, with additional option for 350bar installation against a 700bar installation with specification detail for tendering of capital equipment and services. • Development of a project risk assessment and risk register to be used during planning, construction and operation.