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As part of the £385m Advanced Nuclear Fund, the AMR RD&D programme aims to demonstrate High Temperature Gas Reactor (HTGR) technology by the early 2030s, in time for any potential commercial AMRs to support Net Zero by 2050. This fund is aligned with the Department's £1 billion Net Zero Innovation Portfolio (NZIP) which aims to accelerate the commercialisation of innovative clean energy technologies and processes through the 2020s and 2030s. This HTGR demonstration, which will be sited in the UK, should be shaped by end-user requirements, and should incentivise private investment in HTGRs by removing technical risk. It should have innovation at the centre of its design, build, and application. Through a pre-commercial, fully funded procurement Small Business Research Initiative (SBRI), this Phase A competition aims to fund up to 6 Pre-FEED (Front End Engineering Design) studies across two key technology lots. These are: Lot 1: Reactor Demonstration (up to 4 Pre-FEED studies will be awarded) for projects developing Advanced Modular HTGR technologies, with up to £500k available for each project. Lot 2: Fuel Demonstration (up to 2 Pre-FEED studies will be awarded) for projects developing Coated Particle Fuel (CPF) for HTGR technologies, with up to £250k available for each project. Please visit the main AMR RD&D Phase A webpage for further information on the programme: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/advanced-modular-reactor-amr-research-development-and-demonstration-programme For more information on the Net Zero Innovation Portfolio please visit this website: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/net-zero-innovation-portfolio Update: Please note that the supplier Q&A document was added to this notice on 13/05/2022. Please refer to this and the other bidding documents when drafting your submission. Additional information: Update: Please note that the supplier Q&A document was added to this notice on 13/05/2022 How to Apply If you wish to take part in this procurement, please see the Phase A Competition Guidance Notes attached to this Notice for further details. Application must be made via the online application form. The link to this form is included within the notice. Please see the relevant link above. Prospective applicants must submit a complete submission via the online form by 2pm, 1 June 2022. Any late submissions will not be considered. BEIS will not be held liable for recovery of costs from unsuccessful bids if a contract is not awarded. All costs will be borne by the bidding organisations. If a contract is created it will be upon BEIS Terms and Conditions, which are available on Contracts Finder with this Notice. If successful and upon contract signature, the contract will commence week commencing 11 July 2022. Project completion for Phase A is by 13 January 2023. A briefing event is due to take place week commencing 25 April 2022, to register your interest in this event, please complete the Briefing Event Registration Form to register your interest. The link to this form is included as part of this notice. The deadline for registration to enter the Phase A SBRI competition is 2pm, 16 May 2022. However, please register as soon as possible to receive relevant competition updates. This form is used to gauge interest in the competition. Please note that it is not compulsory to register via this form in order to submit an application to this competition, but we would encourage applicants to do so. Questions on the competition can be submitted using the Q&A Form. Please submit any questions by 2pm, 2 May 2022. Questions submitted after this date may not be answered. BEIS will respond to any queries which, in our judgement, are of material significance through an anonymised Q&A sheet published on the AMR RD&D Webpage week commencing 9 May 2022, to ensure there is sufficient time to include the responses in the applications. Please note: A new version of the competition guidance was uploaded at 4:30pm on the 8th of April. This version replaces the previous version attached to this notice. No text content has changed. The previous version contained broken links - these links have been fixed in the new version. Please refer to this document for guidance on the competition.

Programme Overview TRN: 5685/02/2022 Project Reference: prj_162 The Industrial Hydrogen Accelerator is a £26m programme funding the demonstration of end-to-end industrial fuel switching to hydrogen, including the full technology chain from hydrogen generation and delivery to industrial end-use, and the integration of the components in a single project. Dates indicated here are subject to change. The Industrial Hydrogen Accelerator (IHA) is an innovation funding programme to support the demonstration of end-to-end industrial fuel switching to hydrogen, through funding provided by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS). The scope will include the full technology chain, from hydrogen generation and delivery infrastructure through to industrial end-use, including the integration of the components in a single project. The IHA will provide up to £26 million funding for demonstration projects and, where needed, feasibility studies. Industrial Hydrogen Accelerator will be delivered through 3 streams: Stream 2A: This opportunity, detailed below. Stream 1: Demonstration - Grant (up to £17 million available) A grant funding competition for demonstration projects, with a maximum of £10 million funding for each project; applicants will need to provide match funding. The demonstration projects will construct end-to-end industrial hydrogen systems, from hydrogen production to end-use, to prove their feasibility and provide further evidence on the real-world performance and costs. Stream 2B: Demonstration and FEED - Grant (up to £7 million available) A grant funding competition for demonstration and FEED projects, with a maximum of £7 million funding for each project; applicants will need to provide match funding. Open only to projects who have completed feasibility studies in Stream 2A. It is anticipated the Stream 2B competition will open to successful applicants from 2A in December 2022. BEIS anticipates that contracts will start in March 2023 and end in March 2025. Stream 2A - THIS OPPORTUNITY Stream 2A: Feasibility - Small Business Research Initiative SBRI (up to £2 million available) A Small Business Research Initiative (SBRI) competition for feasibility studies, with a maximum of £400,000 funding for each project. No match funding is required for this stream. The feasibility studies will explore how systems could be designed and provide information on the technical requirements and costs. Winners will be able to bid for a demonstration grant, see Stream 2B. Over 50% of the funded project work (by value) must be conducted in the UK. Dates included within this notice are provisional and are subject to change. For information on the other streams, please visit https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/industrial-hydrogen-accelerator-programme Additional information: UPDATE 3 (27.05.22): Stream 2A Competition Guidance, page 45, has been updated to add "For applicants considering applying to Stream 2A and then Stream 2B for a FEED study, the FEED study can be completed on a hydrogen supply route that would not be operational by January 2025, but we would expect Final Investment Decision (FID) to be taken shortly after the FEED study is complete, with a view to implementing by the end of 2026 to support IHA programme objectives. The FEED study in IHA must be on an innovative end-to-end project." UPDATE 2 (27.05.22): Stream 2A Competition Guidance, page 22, has been updated to say "To access the IHA Stream 2A online application form, bidders will be required to complete an online Stream 2A Registration Form by 14:00 BST, 9 June 2022" UPDATE 1 (13.05.2022): the Competition Guidance notes for Stream 1 and Stream 2A have been updated to clarify the position on eligibility of the construction and mining and quarrying sectors. Please see section 2.2 Project scope (page 17) for the updated scope. The new sentence is "However, the use of hydrogen for industrial heat in an industrial process (e.g. industrial boiler/kiln) on a construction, mining or quarrying site is considered an industrial process for the purposes of this competition, and is not excluded on the basis of the sector." No other changes have been made to the guidance. If you wish to take part in this procurement please see the Tender documents attached to this Notice and apply via the online submission form linked here: https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/IHA_Stream2A_Application_Form/ In order to apply for the Industrial Hydrogen Accelerator Stream 2A competition, you must have completed the online registration form by 14:00 BST 9 June 2022. Online registration form available here: https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/IHA_Stream2A_Registration_Form/ Completed tender submissions for Stream 2A must be returned by 14:00 BST 23 June 2022. Any late submissions will not be considered. If a contract is created it will be upon BEIS Pre-Commercial Terms and Conditions of Contract for Services, which are available on Contracts Finder with this notice. After reviewing and evaluating the written proposals, BEIS may reach out to applicants via email with bid clarifications. If successful and upon contract signature, the supplier is expected to attend a kick-off meeting taking place in September 2022. Project completion is required by February 2023 for Stream 2A.