Non Domestic Smart Energy Management (NDSEM) Innovation SBRI Competition

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Notice summary: The Small Business Research Initiative (SBRI) is a quick, simple and well-established process that enables the development of innovative products and services in response to specific challenges faced by government departments and public sector bodies. Successful business partners receive finance to develop their innovative ideas, generating new business opportunities and routes to market. This Competition focuses on energy management products and services based on data analytics using smart meter data, for smaller non-domestic sites. Its aim is to develop the market for, and maximise the overall uptake and impact of, such products and services, in order to help secure energy demand reduction within target segments of the non-domestic sector. The total potential value of the Competition is up to £8.8m (up to £7.3m for the Competition and up to £1.5m for a research and evaluation contractor), although BEIS may allocate less than this depending on the quality of the applications. The Competition will be delivered in three main phases: Phase 1 - Feasibility studies developing smart meter software/data tools. A maximum of £1.8m will be available in total for Phase 1 feasibility studies, with a maximum expected value of £200k per project (or more if proposals cover more than one target segment/strand). Phase 2 - Initial testing with customer organisations. Approximately £50-100k per project will be available for initial feasibility testing (a maximum of £675k will be available in total for Phase 2). Phase 3 - Roll out/further testing of the tools, with supporting energy management advice and engagement approaches. A maximum of £4.825m will be available in total for the Phase 3 projects. There is additional information on the Technological focus of the Competition in the attachment.