Innovation to De-Carbonise Agricultural Communities while Optimising Rural Grids Challenge

Published facts

What the notice says

Buyer

Cyngor Sir Ceredigion County Council

Published status

complete

Latest release reference

016426-2025

CPV codes

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV) codes: 71314300, 73000000, 73210000, 90713000

Published tags

award, contract

Latest record Bidwake loaded from this source

27 Aug 2026

This Challenge funding competition is part of the first cycle of a Small Business Research Initiative (SBRI or Contracts for Innovation) programme funded by the Welsh Government Smart Living, known as the Whole Systems Research & Innovation for Decarbonisation (WSRID) SBRI 1.0 Challenge. This Challenge is to find a solution to managing the demand on rural grids in more innovative ways could help to reduce the cost of grid infrastructure and facilitate energy transition to net zero.

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1. Award notice observed

   23 Apr 2025

   Latest variant observed by Bidwake on 16 Jul 2026.

   Open this official Find a Tender notice

   Record references

   Release reference

   016426-2025

   Published tags

   award, contract

Awards and suppliers

Published award and contract facts

• Innovation to De-Carbonise Agricultural Communities while Optimising Rural Grids Challenge

  Buyer: Cyngor Sir Ceredigion County CouncilSupplier: CENTRE FOR ENERGY EQUALITY LTD

  End date in notice

  Date not published

  Value shown in notice

  £625,000Value from the linked contract

  Official source

  Open the official Find a Tender notice for Innovation to De-Carbonise Agricultural Communities while Optimising Rural Grids Challenge

  About this figure

  • This award names more than one supplier but does not divide the published value between them. The figure is shown for context and is not assigned to one supplier.
  • This figure comes from the linked contract record. Overall totals continue to use the separately published award value.

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  Source

  Find a Tender

  Award or lot reference

  016426-2025-1

• Innovation to De-Carbonise Agricultural Communities while Optimising Rural Grids Challenge

  Buyer: Cyngor Sir Ceredigion County Council

Related evidence

Published terms and linked processes

• Options are statedLot 1

  There are separate contracts for Phase 1 and Phase 2, both covered under this Notice. The funding for Phase 1 is GBP100k which is to be divided as necessary (unequally) between up to 4 projects. The contract for Phase 1 will terminate upon completion (31st March 2025). Subject to projects being taken forward to Phase 2 and additional funding of up to GBP500k being secured, there will be a restricted bidding process between Phase 1 suppliers for the delivery of Phase 2.

  Published 23 Apr 2025.Open supporting notice 016426-2025

No exact source-published process relationship was found.