VEAT Notice Intention to award a public services contract for the HyDEX Project for the provision of process-engineering consultancy to carry out a feasibility study with initial design, delivery requirements plan, safety assessment and operational support leading to the full execution phase of the project

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Intention to award a Public Services contract under Regulation 32 (2) (b) (iii) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 for the HyDEX Project for the provision of process-engineering consultancy to carry out a feasibility study with initial design, delivery requirements plan, safety assessment and operational support leading to the full execution phase of the project covering: Option a: A hydrogen facility consisting of an on-site, 500kW ITM prototype electrolyser and a gas mixing facility to incorporate a vehicle fuelling capability for a range of vehicles, and a heating boiler supplying an adjacent building, and Option b: A fully integrated vehicle fuelling station incorporating a new electrolyser based on campus and include for a full campus assessment to provide an options appraisal for alternative locations for any packaged fuelling systems for option b. The Negotiated Procedure without Prior Publication is being followed and is justified under Regulation 32 (2) (b) (iii). Lot 1: The service will deliver a full feasibility study including regulatory requirements, initial and ongoing safety assessment and compliance strategy, and cost assessment for conversion from grid injection for a previous trial (HyDEPLOY), to a system for pressurising and storing gas supplying a vehicle fuelling facility for hydrogen vehicles on Keele University Campus. This system will be run according to input from the campus-wide Smart Energy Network Demonstrator (SEND) system and will form a demonstrator as part of a prestigious regional hydrogen accelerator project led by Keele University (HyDEX).