CONTRACT AWARD NOTICE – OFFICIAL JOURNAL

Section I: Contracting Authority

I.1)

Name, Address and Contact Point(s)

I.2)

Type of contracting Authority and Main Activity or Activities

Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local sub-divisions National or federal agency/Office Regional or local Authority Regional or local Agency/Office Body governed by public law European Institution/Agency or International Organisation

General public services Defence Public order and safety Environment Economic and financial affairs Health Housing and community amenities Social protection Recreation, culture and religion Education Other (Please specify): Marine Energy Test Centre

Section II: Object of the Contract

II.1)

Description

II.1.1)

Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority

Provision of Hydrogen Electrolyser for use at Tidal Test Site.

II.1.2(a))

Type of works contract

II.1.2(b))

Type of supplies contract

Purchase		Rent		Lease
Hire-purchase		Combination of these

II.1.2(c))

Type of service contract

II.1.2)

Main site or location of works, place of delivery or performance

Eday, Orkney Islands.

II.1.3)

This notice involves a framework agreement

II.1.4)

Short description of the contract or purchase(s)

The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) runs the world's first tidal generation testing centre on the island of Eday in the Orkney Islands. EMEC has a 4 MW connection to the electricity grid for exporting power. However, this capacity is likely to be exceeded with planned business expansion.

EMEC has conducted several studies which demonstrate that a hydrogen electrolyser is a suitable mechanism for absorbing excess power generated. This Schedule describes the equipment required to generate, compress and store the hydrogen, and to use some of the compressed gas to power critical EMEC systems via a fuel cell.

The core system required by EMEC comprises four main components:

— an electrolyser,

— hydrogen compression equipment,

— gas storage,

— (optional) fuel cell for site back-up power — to be costed separately.

II.1.5)

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

II.1.6)

Contract covered by the government procurement agreement (GPA)

II.2)

Total final value of the contract(s)

II.2.1)

Total final value of the contract(s)

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)

Type of procedure

IV.1.1)

Type of procedure

IV.2)

Award criteria

IV.2.1)

Award criteria

IV.2.2)

An electronic auction has been used

IV.3)

Administrative information

IV.3.1)

File reference number attributed by the contracting authority

20150115 ITT-01-15

IV.3.2)

Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract

Other previous publications

Section V: Award of contract

Contract No:

V.1)

Date of contract award:

V.2)

Numbers of offers received:

V.3)

Name and address of economic operator to whom the contract has been awarded

V.4)

Information on value of contract

V.5)

The contract is likely to be subcontracted

Short description of the value/proportion of the contract to be subcontracted

Section VI: Complementary Information

VI.1)

Contract related to a project and/or programme financed by community funds?

ERDF.

VI.2)

Additional Information

(SC Ref:399155).

VI.3)

Procedures for appeal

VI.3.1)

Body responsible for appeal procedures

Body responsible for mediation procedures

VI.3.2)

Lodging of appeals

VI.3.3)

Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained

VI.4)

Dispatch date of this Notice