Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2020-08-26
Buyer: Suomen itsenäisyyden Juhlarahasto
Country: FI
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 73000000
Estimated value: 400000 EUR
Submission deadline: 2020-09-23
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The main objective of this study is to provide a holistic view on the potential of electrification in Finland, identify important enablers and key pain points for cost-efficient development and draw policy recommendations.
Through this study, Sitra’s objective is to promote public discussion on and understanding of electrification based on the best available evidence. The study also helps to understand how to best advance electrification. This is a critical time to consider these issues and to put the appropriate policies in place. Hence, the project is scheduled in a way that the findings can feed into the ongoing national strategy update processes, such as the climate and energy strategy.
The tenderer may decide the number of team members. Only four persons' (team leader and three members of the team) experience and skills are taken into consideration when comparison of the tenders is made (Appendix 1. Personal data form).
Below we outline a suggested approach. The service provider can also suggest an alternative approach as long as the objectives and deliverables in this service request are met. Any changes should be clearly justified and explained.
• Based on the possible development of key drivers, form at least two differing scenarios of electricity use. All scenarios should be consistent with the carbon neutrality of Finland in 2035 and full decarbonisation by 2050. For the purposes of the scenarios, the LULUCF net sink may be assumed to be on average -21 MtCO2e/annum during the whole period and negative emissions technologies may be used to compensate for the remaining few tonnes of emissions, but emission reductions must be prioritised. One of the scenarios may be chosen as the main scenario and the rest considered as sensitivity analyses.
• Model the corresponding cost-efficient electricity supply, taking into account the existing energy system, local resources, potential for demand.
Management and the required security of supply. The role and cost competitiveness of green hydrogen must be assessed.
• Identify potential pain points, bottlenecks and items that are unlikely to realise timely with current market mechanisms and policy framework.
• Together with Sitra, discuss and collect input on the assumptions, initial results, identified pain points, policy needs and a potential roadmap forward with the most important stakeholders.
• Based on the stakeholder input and consideration with Sitra, make the necessary adjustments to the assumptions and finalise the analysis.
• Form policy recommendations and a roadmap towards cost-efficient sector integration and decarbonised power supply.
• Inception meeting (can be a teleconference): contractors and the Sitra team to discuss the objectives of the project and the plan forward.
• Inception report: a brief report outlining the methodology, modelling framework and project plan based on the proposal and inception meeting
• An interim report after Phase I: presenting the methodology, draft modelling results and initial analysis.
• Stakeholder meetings together with Sitra (approximately 8-13 meetings/teleconferences): validation of the draft modelling results and analysis and development of policy recommendations.


Award value: 400000