PS22138 - Evaluation of the "Vehicle to Grid" and "Beyond Off Street"/"Smart Meter Load Control" programmes - RAF149/2122

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***Please note this is not a call for competition, this is a Prior Information Notice (PIN) for a requirement being run by the Department for Business, Energy and industrial Strategy (BEIS).*** Research Summary The proposed research project is for two discrete evaluations of three flexibility innovation programmes under one contract. The evaluations are for the following programmes: - Vehicle to Grid (V2G) (one evaluation) - Beyond Off Street (BOS) and Smart Meter Load Control (SMLC) (as one evaluation) The evaluations for V2G and BOS/SMLC should be discrete and result in two separate sets of outputs. V2G aimed to design vehicle-to-grid technologies, strengthen UK supply chains, and develop approaches to engage consumers. The Beyond Off Street and Smart Meter Load Control programmes were both intended to design, develop, test and trial smart meter-enabled systems in the context of electric vehicle (EV) loads. The aims of the evaluations are to: - Assess the achievements of the V2G, BOS, and SMLC programmes respectively (impact and economic evaluations) - Provide lessons on the reach and delivery of the three programmes (process evaluations Deliverables would include (for each evaluation): - Revised theory of change and evaluation framework - Research tools for fieldwork (interim and final evaluation phases) - Interim and final reports covering process, impact and economic evaluation findings and case studies - Presentation of findings to BEIS (interim and final evaluation phases) - Technical report - A small number of anonymised interview transcripts for QA It is envisaged that the evaluation activity would take place between Q2/3 of 2022 and Q2/3 of 2024.