Technical Third Party Support (TTPS) for the Net-Zero Innovation Portfolio (NZIP)

Tender description

The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) requires Technical Third Party Support to assist with the delivery of the Net-Zero Innovation Portfolio (NZIP). The objective of the NZIP portfolio is to facilitate delivery of the UK’s Net-Zero commitments, continuing to invest in climate science and energy innovation to reduce human impact on climate change. BEIS therefore intends to procure Support, Advisory and Engineering-related scientific and technical services to assist with the delivery of the portfolio. BEIS intends to procure advisory and engineering-related services which may include some or all of the following: -Programme development support -Bid review and selection -Programme management support -Monitoring -Evaluation -Technical advisory support A supplier information day will be held in mid-April 2021 (most likely the w/c 12th April). Lot 1: Management Lot This lot would provide BEIS the single point of contact for any new requirements, focusing contract management activities. The management contractor would be responsible for monitoring the delivery contractors of Lots 2-4, allocating and managing work pipelines, management reporting and performance reporting. Lot 2: Carbon Control and Storage This lot will focus on 'big engineering', large scale projects, storage including Hydrogen storage and the alignment with technical support. Primary technical themes -Long Duration Energy Storage -Industry & CCUS (including biomass conversion) -Greenhouse Gas Removal -Hydrogen & Fuel Switching -Systems, networks and integration -Energy markets and regulatory expertise -Manufacturing expertise Lot 3: Energy Consumption This lot will focus on SMART and Built Environment technical themes, including hydrogen that fits consumer/consumption definition e.g. domestic and commercial hydrogen. Primary technical themes -Hydrogen (where appropriate) -AI -New build -SMART and in-home energy management systems -EEF – Energy Entrepreneurs Fund Lot 4: Energy Generation and Distribution This lot will focus on the following technical themes. -Bioenergy -Nuclear -Floating Offshore Wind -Onshore wind -Manufacturing expertise -Biomass boilers -Solar Heating -Hydrogen Supply -Heat Pumps + Retrofit -Manufacturing expertise -Heat distribution