Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2019-01-17
Buyer: Together Housing Association Ltd
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 09330000: Solar energy | 09331000: Solar panels | 09331200: Solar photovoltaic modules | 09332000: Solar installation
Estimated value: 1750000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2019-02-13
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Changes in the energy sector offer the potential to add value to Together Housing’s main assets — its properties. To do this at any strategic scale would require a very large investment commitment that will not be considered without robust evidence of project operation and return and a realistic assessment of the risks involved in a dynamic market place.
— produce market data on the revenue generation potential based on the data working with a range of market intermediaries.
The project and its findings are intended to be shared with the social housing sector and stimulate further investment in the low carbon economy by removing risk and providing an operating model.
Together Housing is a registered provider of social housing and owns and manages 37000 properties across the north of England.
Together Housing’s Energy team has a rolling five year energy plan that aims to manage the impacts of a rapidly changing energy sector on its core business. In doing so, it will mitigate threats to the affordability of its properties, impact on the well being of its tenants and minimise operational costs. It will also take advantage of new market opportunities to generate additional revenue from its energy assets and seek to consistently reduce its carbon impact.
Together Housing already has around 5Mgw of solar PV installed on its properties. Since the rapid regression in Feed in Tariff rates, the Energy Team has been developing alternative commercial models that would enable a longer-term rolling programme of investment on a much larger proportion of its stock.
A key element of that solution is the use of solar PV with associated battery storage. The application of these systems provides an opportunity to consider the best ways:
Changes in the energy sector offer the potential to add value to Together Housing’s main assets — its properties. To do this at any strategic scale would require a very large investment commitment that will not be considered without robust evidence of project operation and return and a realistic assessment of the risks involved in a dynamic market place.
— produce market data on the revenue generation potential based on the data working with a range of market intermediaries.
The project and its findings are intended to be shared with the social housing sector and stimulate further investment in the low carbon economy by removing risk and providing an operating model.
The project is being co-funded by European Union Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF) Managed by Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government and detailed monitoring will last until March 2021.
The project is being co-funded by European Union Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF) Managed by Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government and detailed monitoring will last until March 2021. The project reference number is 19R18P02471
All solar PV installations must adhere to the following MCS standards:- http://www.microgenerationcertification.org/mcs-standards/installer-standards

Eligibility requirements: MCS registration for solar PV NICEIC registration Electricians qualified to 18th edition CSCS registration Appropriate minimum insurance cover for public liability (10 000 000 GBP) All solar PV installations must adhere to the following MCS standards:- http://www.microgenerationcertification.org/mcs-standards/installer-standards www.microgenerationcertification.org/mcs-standards/installer-standards/solar-pv/pv-book-electronic/

Award value: 1750000