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OpenStage · planning

Highways England

Energy Storage Systems

ConstructionCPV 31158100
Value£60.0m
Deadline
Published16 Aug 2021
RegionNationwide
Who to contact
MSA-ESSProcurement@highwaysengland.co.uk

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

Contract value in context
£60.0mtotal contract value
median £94k
this tender£0£64.8m

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The brief

Highways England is developing a procurement strategy to procure the supply, installation and maintenance of Energy Storage Systems throughout England.

Energy Storage Systems deliver temporary provision of supplementary electricity capacity as well as load balancing (decreasing demands on the permanent electricity networks) at various locations without upgrade of supply, in accordance with Highways England’s standards and objectives.

Initial thinking is that such Energy Storage Systems will have capacity of between 0.5MW and 2.5MW at each location targeted.

Once procured, the first project utilising this contract will contribute to the Government’s commitment of a minimum of six high powered electric vehicle charge points at all Motorway Service Areas (MSA) in England by 2023 by enabling rollout at locations where existing DNO (Distribution Network Operator) or National Grid capacity is insufficient to support delivering the commitment within the required timescales up to the estimated value of £11m (Tranche 1), and the cost of adding new capacity is commercially unviable.

This market engagement seeks to discuss both specification and service requirement with contractors to fully develop the procurement strategy prior to tender.

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

Highways England is developing a procurement strategy

Highways England is developing a procurement strategy to procure the supply, installation and maintenance of Energy Storage Systems throughout England.

02

Energy Storage Systems deliver temporary provision

Energy Storage Systems deliver temporary provision of supplementary electricity capacity as well as load balancing (decreasing demands on the permanent electricity networks) at various locations without upgrade of supply, in accordance with Highways England’s standards and objectives.

Derived from the notice text — always confirm against the original documents.

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Source & provenance
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02d59a
Stage
planning · Planning
Source
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Buyer ref
020012-2021
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