Early Engagement Notice - Sleeved Pool for Zero-Carbon Electricity Tender, United Kingdom - 105541053

Procurement Summary

Country : United Kingdom

Summary : Early Engagement Notice - Sleeved Pool for Zero-Carbon Electricity

Deadline : 19 Aug 2024

Other Information

Notice Type : Tender

TOT Ref.No.: 105541053

Document Ref. No. : BRISTOLCC001-DN737259-93545317

Financier : Self Financed

Purchaser Ownership : Public

Tender Value : Refer Document

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Tender Details

Bristol City Council (BCC) is formulating a requirement for a 'sleeved pool' to route locally generated zero-carbon electricity from generators in and around Bristol to BCC and other customers. We would like to seek input from the market and gain interest from potential bidders, prior to formulating a formal procurement opportunity. This will provide early insight into the likely level of interest from that market and will help shape the requirement.



The proposed structure for the requirement is in two parts. The first would be a Generation Pool, managed by a Pool Manager, whose role would be to aggregate generation across multiple local renewable energy systems (wind turbines, solar farms, rooftop solar, etc) to provide a 'Firming Service', passing baseload blocks to a second pool. The Generation Pool Manager would also be responsible for co-ordinating generation, export of surplus power, and paying Generators for power provided to the pool.



The second pool would be a Demand Pool, managed by a second Pool Manager, whose role would be to manage a basket of demand customers, providing billing and accounting services for these customers. The Demand Pool Manager would also need to pay and manage non-commodity costs, and source additional power from the grid to make up any shortfalls from the Generation Pool.



It is proposed that the two pools would be separately competed as two Lots in a single tender. An outline specification for the service as currently env...
Location Of Contract : South West
Industry : Electricity distribution and related services - 65300000
Published Date : 9 August 2024
Closing Date : 19 August 2024

Documents

 Tender Notice