Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
Department of Business Energy and Industrial Strategy
1 Victoria Street
London
SW1H 0ET
Telephone
+44 2072152558
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UK - United Kingdom
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.delta-esourcing.com
Buyer's address
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-business-energy-and-industrial-strategy
one.3) Communication
Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Ministry or any other national or federal authority
one.5) Main activity
General public services
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
Winter Grant Funding
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 66600000 - Treasury services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
*Please note this is not a call for competition, this is a PIN notice for a BEIS requirement. *
The Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) wishes to commission work to distribute small grants to households.
This work would support an ongoing scheme and would be to reach households across Great Britain which do not have a domestic electricity meter and a direct relationship with an electricity supplier. This would include park homes paying a site owner, properties on a private electricity network, those not connected to the electricity network, etc.
In order to achieve this outcome BEIS are looking for a potential delivery partner who would be able to distribute funds to households in line with the policy. We have examined similar schemes such as the Park Homes Warm Home Discount but we would be interested in hearing of other similar approaches.
An appropriate delivery partner for this scheme would be suitable to handle public money and distribute it to households who do not have a domestic electricity meter and a direct relationship with an electricity supplier. We expect this to involve the creation of a customer application system in accordance with policy guidelines and to collect proof that the residents meet the eligibility criteria laid out by the policy and to undertake suitable fraud prevention. Once eligible households have been identified the delivery body would need to distribute the funds in an appropriate fashion (BACs, cheques, vouchers, etc) and to monitor and report on the amounts of funds being dispersed, applications received, etc.
Given the time constraints of this project as the intention of the grant is to assist with winter bill payments we would prefer to use a business partner through a Crown Commercial Framework, the CCS Grants Framework is a DPS framework and can be onboarded onto.
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.2) Description
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 75000000 - Administration, defence and social security services
- 75130000 - Supporting services for the government
- 75131000 - Government services
- 75131100 - General personnel services for the government
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UK - United Kingdom
Main site or place of performance
UNITED KINGDOM
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Please see the above description
two.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice
1 October 2022
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes
Section six. Complementary information
six.3) Additional information
We would like to invite prospective bidders to attend a pre-market engagement session on Thursday 4th August at 14:00-15:30 via MS Teams. This session will provide an opportunity for potential suppliers to find out more about the aims of the procurement and the process.
Suppliers wishing to attend need to RSVP by 29th July at 12:00 stating their name, company and email. This information should be sent to the following email address: stewart.kemsley@beis.gov.uk for the attention of Stewart Kemsley. Suppliers wishing to attend will need to sign an NDA which will be sent out after interest is registered.
To view this notice, please click here:
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=707689325
GO Reference: GO-2022721-PRO-20648021