Research services

Tender description

The Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) wishes to appoint a Supplier(s) to undertake the following work, in the form of two contracts: one covering the Energy Technology List Scheme Delivery; the other the combined Energy Technology List Scheme Research Programme Services and Products Policy Support Services. This contract is divided into 2 lots: Lot 1: Energy Technology List Scheme Delivery; Lot 2 —Work strand A: Products Policy Support Services —Work strand B: Energy Technology List Research Programme Services. Lot No 1: Delivery of the Energy Technology List The Authority is seeking a supplier to deliver the Energy Technology List (ETL). The ETL's purpose is to promote business energy-efficiency by: influencing the design, availability, and uptake of the most energy-efficient equipment types within the remit of the scheme; getting businesses of all sizes to use the ETL as a principal procurement tool for purchasers of energy-saving capital equipment; and supporting existing energy saving technologies that have not deeply penetrated the customer markets into which they are sold. The main responsibilities include:- 1.Delivery of the scheme, including its continued development and improved performance, working closely with the supplier for Lot 2; 2.Maintaining the ETPL by processing applications and adding/removing new products on a monthly basis based on the qualifying criteria; 3.Annual revision: updating the ETPL and guidance documents to ensure continued level of compliance with the annual revision to the ETCL; 4.Responding to written or verbal stakeholder enquiries about the ECA/ETL schemes. The contract will be offered for 3 years and the Authority reserves the right to offer a further year's extension. Maximum value of the Lot 1 contract over 3 years is 1 230 000 GBP Lot No 2: Work strand A: Products Policy Support Services BEIS's policy work on energy-using products seeks to improve the environmental performance (energy-efficiency in particular) for specific products and product groups and better inform end users about energy efficiency and other relevant environmental impacts. The Authority is seeking a supplier to provide policy support services to help the UK Government develop and implement policies to improve the energy efficiency and other environmental impacts of energy using products, in particular by supporting the development of energy efficiency and energy labelling standards. Products policy covers a large number of domestic and non-domestic energy-using product groups, and provides information on markets and performance of products to inform the development of policy. Work strand B: Energy Technology List Research Programme and Technical Analysis. The Authority is seeking a supplier to conduct the ETL research programme to support the annual review of the ETL's criteria. They will also be required to provide technical assessments in support of the successful bidder for Lot 1 above. The ETL is underpinned by a rolling programme of research that assesses each technology type on a three to four year cycle. The programme should also identify technologies with cost-effective carbon emissions reduction potential and provide the evidence base to develop appropriate interventions for BEIS. This research should provide the technical and market knowledge and analysis to inform the maintenance of the ETL qualifying criteria, including justifications for criteria updates and technology removals. In the case of new technologies, it should scope out support for, and, if appropriate, build a case for their inclusion on the ETL. The programme should deliver robust, high quality evidence bases that can be used to form recommendations on the implementation of policy interventions. The main responsibilities include:- 1.Providing technical briefing and analysis on specific energy-related products, including applications for ETL product listing and new technology proposals; 2.Developing cost-benefit analysis; 3.Updating the Products Policy model; 4.Maintaining the Products Policy evidence base; 5.Conducting a research programme to make recommendations for annual revisions to the Energy Technology List including detailed proposals for updating the ETCL and updating claim values where the ECA does not apply to the full cost of the equipment; 6.Managing and conducting a proportionate annual testing regime to ensure the continued integrity of the ETL and to support the applications appeals process. 7.Responding to ad hoc requests. The maximum value of Lot 2 for 3 years is 3 387 000 GBP