ENERGY RESEARCH AND POLICY SUPPORT
Estimated value
£50k
Awarded value
—
Suppliers
0
Lots
1
Published
20 Mar 2026
Description
The Commissioner is exploring the application of his statutory powers and duties to provide informed advice and recommendations to Welsh Ministers and public bodies on energy issues. The successful provider will be expected to deliver the following: Stage 1 • The first stage will require the successful bidder to undertake desk research to consider the options for providing advice to Welsh Ministers and public bodies on energy issues; Stage 2 • An involvement and consultation exercise on behalf of the Commissioner to refine and decide on the objectives of the work programme and appropriate output(s), including the potential of a review; Stage 3 • Research and analysis work to meet the work programme objectives and outputs agreed at Stage 2; Stage 4 • Writing up of advice and/or a report or a series of reports with findings and recommendations, to be signed off by the Commissioner and then published. Further detail on each stage is provided in the downloadable specification document (in Welsh and English).
Scope
- Reference
- ENERGY RESEARCH AND POLICY SUPPORT
- Total value
- £50,000 excluding VAT£60,000 including VATBelow the relevant threshold
- Commercial tool
- Standalone contract
- Contract dates
- 31 May 2026 to 31 Mar 2027Possible extension to 30 Jun 2027
Allowing possible contingency
- Main category
- services
- CPV classifications
- 7131400073000000
- Contract locations
- Wales, United Kingdom
- Particular suitability
- Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)Voluntary, community and social enterprises (VCSE)
Award criteria
Criteria the buyer will use to evaluate bids.
| Name | Description | Type | Weighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| Relevant experience and expertise | Your responses to the following: (maximum of 30 marks available): 1. A brief overview of yourself or your organisation and why you would be the most suitable person or organisation to deliver this contract; 2. Detailed information about the experience and expertise that you can offer in delivering this kind of work or of similar projects; and about the subject area of energy in Wales. Please include information about the skills and experience of the people that would be involved in delivering the contract and what their roles would be; | quality | 30.00% |
| Outline plan | Your response to the following (maximum of 30 marks available): 3. An outline plan setting out your approach and methodology for delivering each of the four phases of the contract, along with an assessment of the potential risks and how to mitigate them; | quality | 30.00% |
| Price | Your response to the following (maximum of 20 marks available): 4. A price plan (including VAT) showing clearly your costs including daily rates for key personnel and the estimated time allocated for each team member. Please indicate if there are any value-added elements that you would also provide over and above what is included in the scope of the work. | price | 20.00% |
| Responses to well-being questionnaire | Your response to the following (maximum of 20 marks available): 5. A completed “well-being” questionnaire as provided in Annex A of the tender specific document (downloadable) | quality | 20.00% |
Submission & procedure
- Enquiry deadline
- 06 Apr 2026, 11:00 am
- Submission deadline
- 16 Apr 2026, 11:00 am
- Submission address
- https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/ Bid submissions must be made through Sell2Wales. ↗
- Electronic submission
- Yes
- Procedure
- Below threshold - open competition