ESC21188 - Unlocking Clean Energy in Greater Manchester

Tender description

Energy Systems Catapult (ESC) are looking for external suppliers to support the successful delivery of Unlocking Clean Energy in Greater Manchester (UCEGM). UCEGM is part funded by the European Regional Development Fund and will deliver approximately 10 Megawatts (MW) of additional clean energy capacity to supply local authority assets across Greater Manchester. It also aims to demonstrate innovative and scalable energy business models, allowing greater participation in the emerging Local Energy Market, reducing reliance on subsidy and enabling future investment in clean energy. The project commenced in summer 2020 and will run until the end of May 2023. UCEGM is led by ESC in partnership with five Greater Manchester local authorities - Manchester, Rochdale, Salford, Stockport, and Wigan. ESC have entered into a Grant Funding Agreement with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) to deliver the project including certain contracted outputs in the form of kilowatt hours of renewable energy that will be produced and resultant tonnes of carbon dioxide that the project will save. For further information see: https://es.catapult.org.uk/impact/projects/ucegm/ (https://es.catapult.org.uk/impact/projects/ucegm/) Lot 1: For the Full description of the services required, please refer to Appendix 1 - Scope document The activities within this piece of work will include: • Summarise investment options to finance assets by public bodies • Provide 1-2 case studies to demonstrate the investment option • Analyse the suitability of the investment options • Engage with the Project Team on the business model development process to understand how the options would interact with potential investment options Lot 2: For the Full description of the services required, please refer to Appendix 1 - Scope document The aims of this initial piece of work are: • to get a baseline understanding for how energy is procured by partner LAs and other popular procurement methods • to understand the needs of key stakeholders in the procurement process • to identify potential barriers/issues to change or adopting new energy business models Activities • Audit of current energy procurement processes in partner LAs including process diagram • Explore any other predominant energy procurement processes used by other non-partner LAs • Audit of current energy contracts in place for partner LAs • Engagement with LA procurement teams and Crown Commercial Service to understand needs and whether they experience issues with purchasing new energy products/services Lot 3: For the Full description of the services required, please refer to Appendix 1 - Scope document Lot 3 is a call off contract which will be utilised on an ad-hoc basis to support our Local Authority partners procure the contracts required to deliver their capital schemes. Tasks may include, but are not limited to: • Support Local Authorities draft compliant procurement documentation • Review draft documentation to ensure compliance • Identify and/or audit potential frameworks to ensure compliance • Ensure that suitable records are maintained to evidence compliance Lot 4: For the Full description of the services required, please refer to Appendix 1 - Scope document As part of the contractual requirements of ERDF funding, UCEGM is required to procure an external supplier to conduct an impact evaluation of the programme, known as a “Summative Assessment”. We wish to identify a suitably experienced organisation to undertake this summative assessment.