Energy Technical Specialist Advisor

The Scope of work is to assist BEIS with such tasks for each project as may be required as follows:

• Provide a technically informed review of project reports in writing to BEIS.

• Confirm in writing to BEIS the extent to which milestones agreed in the Grant Offer Letter have been achieved.

• For each claim for payment, provide verification of project progress in writing to enable BEIS to authorise payments.

• Provide briefing BEIS on technical aspects and likely project deliverability, including risks.

• Attending meetings with grant holders (and others) as required and briefing to BEIS on issues relating to or arising from such meetings.

• Monitor project development and provide a technical assessment of progress against the project plan.

• Provision of independent technically informed advice on proposed changes to the project, however they arise.

• Direct engagement with grantholders in the capacity of an "independent technical advisor contracted to BEIS" as may be required by BEIS (a troubleshooting role).

• For DemoWind, work with the grant recipients to develop a robust assessment of the expected reduction in Levelised Cost Of offshore wind Energy (LCOE).

• Any other tasks BEIS may reasonably request the contractor to undertake relating to the DemoWind and BESTF programmes.

The DemoWind and BESTF programmes are about 60% and 50% complete respectively and comprise a total of 13 projects. The BEIS project manager assign these projects to the successful bidders to that the work is shared equally

Tender Documents

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