Provision of Energy Transition Adviser and Project Coordinator for ORION

Tender description

The requirement is for Project Coordination and Energy Transition Advisor Services for a six month period with an option for the Council at its sole discretion to extend for a further period or periods of six months up to a total contract length of 3 years. The services required are for the ORION Project which has broad underlying aims of: making significant progress towards greener forms of fuel as an alternative to fossil fuels; tackling fuel poverty in Shetland by, among other things, creating affordable alternatives to existing energy provision; and for Shetland, particularly Sullom Voe, continuing as an energy hub and maintaining high levels of well-paid employment. The successful tenderer shall contribute to these aims by providing strategy and planning, governance and management support, coordinating and leading on networking, advising on project activity and promotion, all as more fully described in the tender documents. The type of contract to be awarded is a services contract for the provision of advisory and project management services. It will be a regulated procurement in terms of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 and the Procurement Reform (Scotland) Act 2014. The estimated total contract value for the provision of the required services over the maximum term of three years is 300,000 GBP. The tendering process being followed is a restricted procedure with a view to receiving five tenders for evaluation.