Contract notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Department for Energy Security & Net Zero
London
UK
E-mail: mercedes.ekanem@energysecurity.gov.uk
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-energy-security-and-net-zero
I.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge at:
https://beisgroup.ukp.app.jaggaer.com/go/37219272018CD4EB504C
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent electronically to:
https://beisgroup.ukp.app.jaggaer.com/go/37219272018CD4EB504C
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to the abovementioned address
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
I.5) Main activity
General public services
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Fuel Poverty Modelling
II.1.2) Main CPV code
71314000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero is legally bound to monitor and publish
estimates of fuel poverty by the Warm Homes and Conservation Act 2001, as amended by the Energy Act 2013.
Fuel poverty is measured based on a combination of energy efficiency, energy costs and
household income. All the fuel poverty indicators used in England and the other UK nations
use these core three measurements to calculate the individual metrics used by each nation todetermine whether a household is fuel poor, how deep into fuel poverty it is and what changesin energy efficiency or income/costs would be needed to remove the household from fuel
poverty.
The objective of this modelling project is to model those three estimates for households
taking part in the English Housing Survey physical survey. While the current metric for fuel
poverty in England will be reviewed in the fuel poverty strategy update next year the vast
majority of the proposed contracted work is to derive these core measurements that will
underpin any likely metric choice. The project will involve developing a detailed understandingof the data sources, energy demand modelling and the fuel poverty metric(s). The modellingneeds to continually evolve over time as building technologies, household behaviour and
changes in energy demand, energy pricing and impacts of Government policy all have impactson the number and type of fuel poor households that need to be understood.
The modelling will be used to deliver the annual Fuel Poverty National Statistics consistentwith the latest English Housing Survey. The modelling will be used for subsequent in-houseprojections by DESNZ:
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/fuel-poverty-statistics
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UK
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The Department for Energy Security & Net Zero (DESNZ) are looking for the provision of annualmodelling of the fuel poverty status of households using the secondary modelling of income,energy efficiency and energy costs for households taking part in the English Housing Survey
(EHS) survey.
The work will be used to identify households in fuel poverty under the Low Income Low EnergyEfficiency and 10% affordability metrics, together with calculation of the fuel poverty gap. Themodel needs to capture the impact of established and temporary policy effects.
Three key outputs required for the fuel poverty modelling:
• A fuel poverty dataset: with raw EHS and fuel poverty inputs data, as well as new modelledvariables.
• Documentation of quality assurance processes and assumptions logs used in the modelling.• A methodology report outlining the key steps and processes used to model fuel poverty,
including key assumptions and models used.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Start:
11/03/2024
This contract is subject to renewal: No
II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
II.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted:
No
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
No
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date:
07/02/2024
Local time: 12:00
IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
EN
IV.2.7) Conditions for opening of tenders
Date:
07/02/2024
Local time: 12:00
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement:
No
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Department for Energy Security & Net Zero
London
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
04/01/2024