Section one: Contracting authority/entity
one.1) Name and addresses
Bridgend County Borough Council
Bridgend County Borough Council, Procurement Unit, Civic Offices, Angel Street
Bridgend
CF31 4WB
Telephone
+44 1656643643
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKL17 - Bridgend and Neath Port Talbot
Internet address(es)
Main address
Buyer's address
https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA0417
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
B852 - Ynysawdre Heat Network Detailed Project Design (DPD)
Reference number
B852
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 71314000 - Energy and related services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
Marubeni Europower Ltd is developing a green hydrogen production facility (called HyBont) drawing on new local solar PV and wind generation via private wire and sleeving. It is proposed this will supply multiple offtakers including a heat network serving Bridgend County Borough Council (BCBC) owned buildings, specifically a primary school, college, and leisure centre complex approximately 1.2km away. Buro Happold produced a feasibility study in 2022 which identified the preferred solution to be that the heat network will draw green hydrogen and waste heat directly from the electrolyser to serve the heat network. Waste heat recovered from the electrolyser will be used to meet the baseload heat demand on the heat network with hydrogen boilers providing top-up heat during peak times and when waste heat is not available, due to the intermittency of renewable energy supply to electrolyser. This innovative project will fully decarbonise the heating of these buildings and make use of a heat source that would otherwise be considered waste and lost. BCBC has been awarded funding from the Heat Network Development Unit (HNDU) to undertake the Detailed Project Development (DPD) phase study to determine whether the heat network opportunity is sufficiently viable to take through to commercialisation and delivery.
Section six. Complementary information
six.6) Original notice reference
Notice number: 2023/S 000-018954
Section seven. Changes
seven.1) Information to be changed or added
seven.1.2) Text to be corrected in the original notice
Section number
IV.2.2
Place of text to be modified
Time limit
Instead of
Date
9 August 2023
Local time
12:00pm
Read
Date
23 August 2023
Local time
12:00pm
Section number
II.2.7
Place of text to be modified
Duration Start
Instead of
Date
31 August 2023
Read
Date
14 September 2023
Section number
II.2.7
Place of text to be modified
Duration End
Instead of
Date
29 February 2024
Read
Date
14 March 2024
Section number
IV.2.7
Place of text to be modified
Conditions for opening of tenders
Instead of
Date
9 August 2023
Local time
2:00pm
Read
Date
23 August 2023
Local time
2:00pm
seven.2) Other additional information
Several Bidders requested additional time to make their returns. The dates following the amended Tender Return date are indicative and reflect a 2-week adjustment to the right.