Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
NEPO
Due North Limited, 16/17 Enterprise Court
Cramlington
NE23 1LZ
Contact
Mis Amelia Lock
Telephone
+44 123456789
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UK - UNITED KINGDOM
Internet address(es)
Main address
Buyer's address
one.3) Communication
Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
one.5) Main activity
General public services
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
Test OJEU Amendment
Reference number
DN6157947
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 48000000 - Software package and information systems
two.1.3) Type of contract
Supplies
two.1.4) Short description
This Prior Information Notice is to advise the market of a forthcoming procurement opportunity and suppliers do
not need to express an interest at this time. A further contract notice will be issued as a call for competition; this
is expected to be published in May 2019.
Leicester City Council “the Council” are undertaking a ‘Vehicle to Building’ (V2B) project at their headquarters,
City Hall. Leicester is part of a six centre, EU (Interreg) programme of pilot projects, (Smart, clean Energy and Electric Vehicles for the City – SEEV4-City), studying how to optimise the use of electrical vehicles, renewable
energy resources and smart ICT, in various urban settings; to maximise the amount of renewable energy
available to charge electric vehicles.
This is a small pilot project. However, the Council is aware that with the growth in decentralised energy
generation, the V2B concept has the potential to be upscaled and implemented in a range of urban settings.
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.2) Description
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UK - UNITED KINGDOM
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
The project has three objectives:
1. Maximise electric vehicle’s (EV’s) use of renewable energy; by prioritising PV generation for: a.) EVs; b.) City
Hall.
2. Increase Energy Autonomy; by EVs discharging to City Hall during evening peak.
3. Avoid grid investments; by EVs discharging to City Hall during evening peak and scheduling main EV
recharge for overnight.
The workings of this ‘behind the meter’ project should save money by reducing City Hall’s electrical demand at
peak times.
Vehicle to Building (V2B) system components
Existing components
• 23.4 kWp PV array, with a Schneider Conext TL 20000 E, 20 kVA PV Inverter
• Four Nissan Leaf electric cars
The project will replace the existing chargers with four smart, bi-directional chargers (thus Vehicle to Building
chargers). With the V2B system, the EVs on charge at the end of the working day will initially be available to
provide a controlled discharge to City Hall of the residual energy in their batteries, (to a minimum level). This will
help City Hall to meet its 35-40% baseload energy requirement during the expensive evening electricity peak
demand period. These smart chargers will permit overnight charging of the EVs to be scheduled from midnight
utilising cheaper overnight electricity rates.
However, the Council also requires that the charger hardware is designed to work as standard chargers; then, if
there is a problem with the V2B functionality they can still operate.
An interface/integration piece is required to co-ordinate the workings of both the existing and new elements.
The interface should function upstream of City Hall’s Schneider Struxureware BMS. It must also link with the
BMS, in order to ensure a Mains supply to the EVs when there is no solar supply. V2B chargers do not need to
handshake with the BMS, just with the interface. The interface should be installed and commissioned before the
V2B chargers arrive. The interface will have three operational protocols;
• DAYTIME – top-up EV charging from Solar and/or Mains
• EVENING – controlled discharging by four EVs to City Hall
• OVERNIGHT – principal EV recharging period, from Mains
A Back Office system is required, compliant with the OCPP 1.6 communication protocol. Required functions
include;
• fault reporting,
• remote diagnostics and repair,
• some firmware and software upgrades to the connected chargers.
A comprehensive suite of operational data is also required including;
• connection time and charge time
• energy transferred to EV per charge
• energy transferred from EV per discharge
• EV State of Charge information
The V2B system is required to be operational by the end of summer 2019.
No single supplier is expected to be able to provide all these elements. Therefore, in procuring the V2B system
it is the Council’s preference to receive tenders from consortia, covering all elements; with a Lead Partner
identified.
As V2B chargers are not yet commercially available in the UK, any units purchased will not carry the ‘CE’ mark.
The Council will need assurance from suppliers that the models they are proposing are ones which they can
guarantee will get CE certification. Failure to get this guarantee creates the risk that the Council will have to
remove the chargers, once certified ones are on the market.
two.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice
31 May 2019
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: No