Contract

UK Greenhouse Gas Inventory Improvement programme

  • Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy

F03: Contract award notice

Notice identifier: 2022/S 000-035689

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-031dcb

Published 16 December 2022, 2:23pm



Section one: Contracting authority

one.1) Name and addresses

Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy

1 Victoria Street

London

SW1H 0ET

Email

greenhousegas.statistics@beis.gov.uk

Country

United Kingdom

Region code

UK - United Kingdom

Internet address(es)

Main address

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-business-energy-and-industrial-strategy

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

UK Greenhouse Gas Inventory Improvement programme

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 73110000 - Research services

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.1.4) Short description

BEIS is seeking to procure a consortium to work alongside the existing inventory provider to deliver scientific, technical & digital improvements to its Greenhouse Gas Inventory System.

We require:

- Scientific/technical services which would take existing inventory methodologies and – using the latest available science – update these to improve the transparency, accuracy and completeness.

- Technical/digital services to ensure methodologies in the inventory system use state-of-the-art software and existing software systems can be upgraded where needed

- Programme management, to ensure that the services commissioned through this contract are delivered on time, to quality and delivery risks are identified and managed

two.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

two.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)

Value excluding VAT: £3,000,000

two.2) Description

two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

  • 71351611 - Climatology services

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UK - United Kingdom

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

Our inventory meets domestic & int. reporting requirements. A description of this system can be found at https://naei.beis.gov.uk/about/national-inventory-system and a full description of the methods used is available at https://naei.beis.gov.uk/reports/reports?report_id=1015

In order to allow a pipeline of R&D to underpin inventory improvements as we move to the 2050 net zero target, we require:

• New inventory methodologies which estimate emissions from particular sectors with more accuracy, completeness & transparency

• More reliable, robust and transparent inventory software, to support production of accurate & open inventory estimates

We require

- technical expertise in estimating GHG emissions from sectors, including land-use, industry, waste, energy [& agriculture].

- software expertise around the application of existing analytical tools (e.g. R, Python) to scientific problems, the development of models to process large datasets & SQL database expertise.

- a contractor with strong PPM expertise to manage this work

two.2.5) Award criteria

Price

two.2.11) Information about options

Options: No

two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds

The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No


Section four. Procedure

four.1) Description

four.1.1) Type of procedure

Open procedure

four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes

four.2) Administrative information

four.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure

Notice number: 2022/S 000-005938


Section five. Award of contract

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

five.2) Award of contract

five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

31 October 2022

five.2.2) Information about tenders

Number of tenders received: 1

Number of tenders received by electronic means: 1

The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No

five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

Mott Macdonald Limited

8-10 Sydenham House

Croydon

CR0 2EE

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code
  • UK - United Kingdom
The contractor is an SME

No

five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)

Total value of the contract/lot: £3,000,000

five.2.5) Information about subcontracting

The contract is likely to be subcontracted

Value or proportion likely to be subcontracted to third parties

Proportion: 70 %


Section six. Complementary information

six.4) Procedures for review

six.4.1) Review body

Department for Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy

1 Victoria Street

London

SW1H 0ET

Country

United Kingdom