Electricity North West
Notices
Covering a diverse area including rural Lake District and urban Manchester, Electricity North West procure a range of energy flexibility products to help maintain the electricity network consisting of over 13,000 km of overhead power lines and more than 44,000 km of underground electricity cables.
Utilising a variety of energy assets that can vary their energy profile, Electricity North West procure flexibility services to manage constraints, planned outages or disruptive failures as an alternative to reinforcing the network, which can be extremely costly, disruptive and time-consuming.
For further information on the flexibility services sought, refer to the Flexibility Hub, and view the latest flexibility requirements here.
Electricity North West’s (ENW) Spring tender asks flexibility providers for 486MW of flexibility in 29 locations across Cumbria, Lancashire and Greater Manchester (between 2024-28).
The Pre-Qualification window is open from Monday 15 April 2024 – Friday 5 July 2024 and potential providers are encouraged to visit the Piclo platform and complete Pre-Qualification prior to participating in this procurement round.
Full details of these requirements including postcodes, delivery windows, capacity required, response type (product) and ceiling prices can be viewed on Piclo and on Electricity North West’s website.
Electricity North West are procuring two common products for this tender: Operational Utilisation & Variable Availability and Peak Reduction (reinforcement deferral) and Operational Utilisation (post-fault). Energy efficiency measures can also provide flexible services through each of the products, by installing energy efficiency schemes that reduce long term energy demand. Find out more about each of these products in the helpful guides section of ENW’s document library.
Key Dates:
- Commercial qualification closes: 28th June, 16:00
- Technical qualification closes: 5th July, 16:00
- Bidding opens: 22nd July, 12:00
- Bidding closes: 2nd August, 17:00
The Pre-Qualification window is open from Monday 30 October 2023 – Friday 26 January 2024 and potential providers are encouraged to visit the Piclo Flex platform and complete Pre-Qualification prior to participating in this procurement round.
Full details of these requirements including postcodes, delivery windows, capacity required, response type (product) and ceiling prices can be viewed on Piclo Flex and on Electricity North West’s website.
Electricity North West are procuring three common products for this tender: Secure (pre-fault), Dynamic (post-fault) and Restore (post-fault). Energy Efficiency measures can also provide flexible services through each of the three products, by installing energy efficiency schemes that reduce long term energy demand. Find out more about each of these products in the helpful guides section of ENWL’s document library.
Deadline for Pre-Qualification: Friday 19 January 2024
Deadline for Technical Qualification: Friday 26 January 2024
Bidding window open: 12 -23 February 2024
New DSO flexibility opportunities on Piclo Flex, qualify now!
- Total of 218 requirements in 32 locations across Cumbria, Lancashire and Greater Manchester
- Over £10m available for these services
If you're a Flexible Service Provider, with flexible assets such as batteries, EV fleets or demand-side response looking to earn extra income, register your assets for qualification via Piclo Flex now 👉 https://picloflex.com/
Deadline for DPS registration is 16 June 2023
Deadline for PQQ and confirm participation is 23 June 2023
New DSO flexibility opportunities on Piclo Flex, qualify now!
- Over £10million of incentives available
- Flexibility required across 30 locations
If you're a Flexible Service Provider, with flexible assets such as batteries, EV fleets or demand-side response looking to earn extra income, register your assets for qualification via Piclo Flex now 👉 https://picloflex.com/
Deadline for registration is 27 January 2023
New DSO flexibility opportunities on Piclo Flex, qualify now!
- Over £5million of incentives available
- Flexibility required across 57 locations
If you’re a Flex Provider, with flexible assets such as batteries, EV fleets or demand-side response looking to earn extra income, register your assets for qualification via Piclo Flex now 👉 https://picloflex.com/
Deadline for registration is 24 June 2022