Motorway Service Areas Energy Storage Systems

National Highways will be procuring a NEC 4 Engineering Construction Contract (ECC) for a duration of up to 2 years (and is approximately from 11/10/22 to 10/10/24), for the supply and installation of Energy Storage Systems throughout England.

The procurement route to be used will be the Crown Commercial Service's Heat Networks and Electricity Generation Assets Dynamic Purchasing System and tenders are programmed to be invited in April 2022.

The solution is to deliver temporary provision of supplementary electricity capacity as well as load balancing (decreasing demands on the permanent electricity networks) without upgrade of supply, in accordance with National Highways' standards and objectives.

This contract will contribute to the Government's commitment of a minimum of six high powered electric vehicle charge points at all Motorway Service Areas (MSA) in England by the end of 2023, by enabling rollout at locations where existing DNO (Distribution Network Operator) or National Grid capacity is insufficient to support delivering the commitment within the required timescales, up to the value of £8.83m (excluding VAT) and where the cost of adding new capacity is commercially unviable.

Additional information:

In order to tender for this opportunity, suppliers will need to register on the National Highways E-Tendering platform called BRAVO.

If you have a Bravo account;

Please reply with your company Bravo username and the contact name/email address associated with your account to MSA-ESSProcurement@nationalhighways.co.uk.

If you do not have a Bravo account;

Register your company on the National Highways e-sourcing portal BRAVO (this is only required once):

• a)Browse to the e-Sourcing Portal: https://highways.bravosolution.co.uk and click the link to register.
• b)Accept the terms and conditions and click 'continue'
• c)Enter your correct business and user details - Note the username you chose and click 'Save' when complete - You will shortly receive an email with your unique password (please keep this secure)

If you encounter any problems with the above, please contact the Bravo helpdesk who can assist you:

Phone: 0800 368 4850

E-mail: help@bravosolution.co.uk

Note - if your company details change or have a change of email/mailbox then you can update this yourselves via Bravo. National Highways will not have control over your Bravo accounts.

Tenderers will also need to register on Crown Commercial Services HELGA Dynamic Purchasing System. Tenderers can register on the HELGA DPS by emailing rm3824@crowncommercial.gov.uk. We recommend starting registration as soon as possible to ensure you are registered in time for tender invitation.