The University of Essex is looking to establish an Energy Management Solutions Dynamic Market under the Procurement Act 2023 for the provision of utility supplies, net zero, energy management and infrastructure solutions across the United Kingdom. The Dynamic Market will provide eligible contracting authorities and their agents, and any other organisation permitted by the Contracting Authority (hereafter known as Participating Bodies) with a flexible and compliant route to procure such supplies, services and works. The scope, structure and specification of the dynamic market includes the following categories: 1. Electricity and Gas Supply, Procurement and Contract Management, including licensed supply, procurement support, contract management and import and export arrangements. 2. Utility Infrastructure and Connections, including electricity, gas, water and multi-utility connections, ICP and IDNO services, DNO liaison, project management and technical advice. 3. Metering and Data Services, including MOP, DC, DA, AMR and smart metering, meter asset management, data platforms, portfolio data services and metering consultancy. 4. Energy Compliance, Auditing and Assurance, including ESOS, TM44 and SECR support, energy auditing, bill validation, compliance services and technical assurance. 5. Net Zero, Carbon Management, ESG and Emissions Data, including decarbonisation strategies, carbon accounting, emissions reporting, ESG support, funding advice and delivery planning. 6. Renewable and Low Carbon Technologies, including the design, funding, installation, operation and maintenance of solar PV, battery storage, heat pumps and associated technologies. 7. Electric Vehicle Infrastructure, including feasibility and fleet advice, ChargePoint supply and installation, ChargePoint operation, maintenance and back-office platforms. 8. Flexibility, Storage and Demand Side Response, including aggregation, battery optimisation, demand-side response, flexibility market participation, asset management and supporting software. 9. Water and Wastewater Supply and Services, including licensed water and sewerage retail services for eligible non-household customers. auditing, leak detection, metering, efficiency services, surveys, wastewater advice and associated technical support. 10. Heat Networks, District Energy and Thermal Infrastructure Services, including feasibility, design, funding, delivery, operation, billing, maintenance and technical advisory services. 11. Smart Buildings, Energy Optimisation & Specialist Technical Advisory Services, including including building energy management systems, controls, monitoring and analytics, commissioning, optimisation and specialist consultancy The Contracting Authority carried out a Preliminary Market Engagement exercise for this procurement; the notice can be found at https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/077597-2026 The University of Essex has engaged Dukefield Energy Limited to undertake the Dynamic Market establishment process on its behalf, and thereafter to contract manage the Dynamic Market throughout its term. For more information about this opportunity, please visit the eSourcing portal at: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-Colchester:-Energy-and-related-services./B8S3D2G48T To respond to this opportunity, please click here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/B8S3D2G48T

Selectable service streams for licensed electricity and gas supply and for independent procurement, bureau, risk, billing and contract-management support.

Feasibility, design, enabling civils, HV/LV works, delivery and project management for electricity, gas, water and multi-utility connections, diversions, capacity changes and associated infrastructure.

Fiscal and sub-metering, market-agent services, AMR and smart metering, data collection, validation, analytics and platform integration. CPV codes also included: 38551000 Energy meters, 72268000 Software supply services, 72600000 Computer support and consultancy services

Statutory and voluntary compliance, accredited inspections, energy audits, bill validation, bureau and utility assurance, technical assurance and measurement and verification.

Consultancy, organisation-wide carbon accounting, emissions and supply-chain data services, software platforms, ESG reporting, climate-risk and resilience advisory, whole-life/embodied carbon, training and implementation support.

Feasibility, design, delivery, finance, commissioning and lifecycle support for renewable and low-carbon technologies. CPV codes also included: 42511110 Heat pumps, 31121300 Wind-energy generators

EV charging strategy, home/workplace/depot and fleet-driver programmes, grid and electrical works, hardware, smart-charging software, ChargePoint operations, payment, back-office services and lifecycle support. CPV codes also included: 45231400 Electricity power-line construction; 45310000 Electrical installation work; 45315100 Electrical engineering installation works

Demand flexibility, aggregation, market access, battery optimisation, virtual power plants, software platforms, control integration, forecasting, dispatch and settlement. CPV Codes also included: 48921000 Automation system

Licensed non-household water and sewerage retail supply, switching, billing, account management and wholesaler liaison. Independent water-efficiency audits, products, installation, data, leak and pressure management, metering, customer engagement and wastewater technical services outside licensed retail supply.

Strategy, feasibility, development, funding, design, delivery, ownership, adoption/acquisition, operation, metering, billing, maintenance and assurance for communal and district heat networks. CPV Codes also included: 42511110 Heat pumps; 42510000 Heat-exchange, air-conditioning, refrigerating and filtering equipment

Building controls and BEMS engineering across hardware, embedded firmware, sensors, IoT connectivity, cloud/data platforms, AI analytics, fault detection and diagnostics, automated/continuous commissioning, automated optimisation and specialist advice. CPV Codes also included: 38551000 Energy meters; 45310000 Electrical installation work; 45315100 Electrical engineering installation works; 48921000 Automation system; 51610000 Installation of computers/information-processing equipment; 72268000 Software supply services

Procurement Act 2023

Dynamic market

Submissions of Applications can be made at any time throughout the duration of the Dynamic Market via: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/B8S3D2G48T