# UK ETS Service Design and Assurance

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Business Energy and Industrial Strategy](/buyers/business-energy-and-industrial-strategy/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: [PA Consulting Services Limited](/contract-winners/pa-consulting-services/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £750,000
- Tender value: £750,000
- Award date: 7 September 2020
- Published: 26 August 2021
- Contract start: 7 September 2020
- Contract end: 7 March 2022
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 4d634d61-9196-4c1a-8d33-3bd8f5124537-430157
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-18cfc29f-8e0d-4502-a093-fbbed95dd0e1

## Description

UK ETS Service Design and Assurance • The government has confirmed that its preference is to implement a UK Emissions Trading Scheme linked to the EU ETS from 1 Jan 2021 - this is dependent on negotiations with the EU • BEIS has awarded contracts to Trasys Unisystems to design build and test o a UK emissions trading registry with the first functional release to be completed for January 2021, o a replacement system for ETSWAP, the permitting, monitoring, reporting and verification tool for carbon pricing \(currently used for ETS, but would also have a role if carbon tax was implemented\. • BEIS has established an internal delivery team to develop the requirements, lead procurement activity, manage and assure delivery of projects\. • The team is not equipped to provide the full range of service design and assurance that is necessary to deliver this high profile and strategically important project\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/4d634d61-9196-4c1a-8d33-3bd8f5124537-430157)