# FM20115 - Participation of Low Income and Vulnerable Consumers in a Smart Energy System

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

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED](/buyers/uk-shared-business-services-limited/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: [ENERGY SYSTEMS CATAPULT LIMITED](/contract-winners/energy-systems-catapult/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £47,207
- Tender value: £50,000
- Award date: 23 September 2020
- Published: 15 January 2021
- Contract start: 23 September 2020
- Contract end: 22 March 2021
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 0264d2c9-6c4f-43aa-9179-f59a78d05686-389226
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-c5272fd3-0f80-4285-a1e6-30f0363a9b2c

## Description

\*\*Please note this is an Award Notice and not a call for competition, this Contract has been awarded via the CCS Heat Networks and Electricity Generation Assets Dynamic Purchasing System\.\*\* The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy had a requirement for a consultant to provide technical and social research services to review the domestic and international evidence base, including current innovation activities to identify the barriers to to i\) identify the barriers to low income and vulnerable consumers participating in a smart energy system and ii\) where innovation can help enable low income and vulnerable consumers participate in a smart energy system\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/0264d2c9-6c4f-43aa-9179-f59a78d05686-389226)