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The terms and conditions of the procurement process for the TT111276 Flexibility Services Spring 2024 tender. |
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Following submission of a successful bid, the flexibility provider will enter into contract with Electricity North West using the latest version of the common flexibility agreement. |
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Outlines the technical requirements an asset would need to provide us with flexible services. |
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Provides details of the individual requirement zones in table format including post codes, capacity, delivery windows, response type, estimated utilisation and availability hours and ceiling price. |
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Half hourly requirements for the next five years in excel spreadsheet format for each zone |
Spring 2024
Our Spring tender asks flexibility providers for 486MW of flexibility in 29 locations across Cumbria, Lancashire and Greater Manchester with £7m revenue available for the provision of these services. This procurement round is taking place on ElectronConnect and Piclo Flex to improve visibility of our requirements and enable Flexibility Service Providers (FSPs) to maximise routes to participation. FSPs can visit either platform at any time to complete company qualification, register assets and confirm participation in competitions.
ElectronConnect will serve as our core market platform offering an end-to-end solution for providers to participate; from registration and qualification all the way through to dispatch and settlement.
FSPs can also participate via the Piclo Max platform which streamlines access to all electricity markets from a single place. FSPs who have already commercially qualified and uploaded assets onto the Piclo Flex platform will not be required to complete these steps again and can expect a smooth transition to ElectronConnect for the bidding stage of this procurement round.
Contact support@electron.net or support@picloflex.com for assistance with registering onto your preferred platform.
Full details of our Spring requirements including postcodes, delivery windows, capacity required, response type (product) and ceiling prices can be viewed on our interactive flexibility map on the right, within Appendix 3 of our Invitation to Tender below, on our Open Data Portal, ElectronConnect and Piclo Max.
Products
Through the ENA Open Networks Project, in 2023 flexibility product definitions were streamlined and standardised across the DNOs to enable flexibility providers and other stakeholder groups to more easily identify the services they’re best placed to offer. We are procuring three of new common products in our Spring 2024 tender:
- Peak Demand
- Operational Utilisation
- Operational Utilisation and Variable Availability
Energy efficiency measures such as LED lighting, improved insulation and solar panels, can provide flexible services through the Peak Demand product by installing schemes that reduce long term energy demand. Find out more about how to participate through Energy Efficiency Measures on our FAQs page.
Full details of our updated technical requirements including product parameters can be found in Appendix 2: Technical Specification as part of this Invitation to Tender (ITT).
Full details of our updated technical requirements including product parameters can be found in Appendix 2: Technical Specification as part of this Invitation to Tender (ITT).
How to get involved
You could provide Flexible Services to the network and receive payment in return if:
- You're an existing metered customer or are interested in building a new flexible asset within an area we have a requirement;
- Capable of adjusting how much electricity you consume or generate;
- And can provide a minimum of 10kW of flexible capacity either individually or via an aggregator (aggregators combine load from multiple customers to provide flexible services).
- Create an account on either ElectronConnect or Piclo Max.
- Submit your Commercial Qualification application by Friday 28 June 2024.
- Register your assets.
- Complete Technical Qualification by Friday 5 July 2024 by confirming the assets you wish to put forward in the competition.
- Assuming your asset(s) meet the requirements of this tender, you will be able to submit a bid for the provision of flexible services during the bidding window in July on the ElectronConnect platform. *Please note if you completed steps 1-4 on Piclo Max, you will need to create an account on ElectronConnect before submitting a bid.
Use this quick and easy tool to check if your asset is located within one of our flexible services requirement zones.
ITT111276- Flexibility Services Spring 2024 Post Code Checker
ITT111276- Spring 2024 Cost Calculator Tool
Use this handy tool to calculate a bid price for utilisation and availability that falls within our budget for the zone and service period before submitting a bid. If you need help, check out the video below which demonstrates how to use this tool.
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