Energy saving Trust Insulation Wales Project

Energy Saving Trust Ltd.

2012/S 26-042391

Contract notice

Services

Directive 2004/18/EC

Section I: Contracting authority

I.1)Name, addresses and contact point(s)

Energy Saving Trust Ltd
21 Dartmouth Street
Contact point(s): Procurement Manager
For the attention of: Gary Phillips
SW1H 9BP London
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 2072220101
E-mail: tenders@est.org.uk
Fax: +44 2076542444

Internet address(es):

General address of the contracting authority: http://www.energysavingtrust.org.uk

Address of the buyer profile: http://www.mytenders.org/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA0231

Further information can be obtained from: Energy Saving Trust Ltd
21 Dartmouth Street
Contact point(s): Local Authority & Housing Programme Manager
For the attention of: Ashley Pearce
SW1H 9BP London
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 2072220101
E-mail: ashley.pearce@est.org.uk
Fax: +44 2076542444
Internet address: http://www.energysavingtrust.org.uk

Specifications and additional documents (including documents for competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained from: Energy Saving Trust Ltd
21 Dartmouth Street
Contact point(s): Procurement Manager
For the attention of: Gary Phillips
SW1H 9BP London
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 2072220101
E-mail: tenders@est.org.uk
Fax: +44 2076542444
Internet address: http://www.energysavingtrust.org.uk

Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: Energy Saving Trust Ltd
21 Dartmouth Street
Contact point(s): Procurement Manager
For the attention of: Gary Phillips
SW1H 9BP London
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 2072220101
E-mail: tenders@est.org.uk
Fax: +44 2076542444
Internet address: http://www.energysavingtrust.org.uk

I.2)Type of the contracting authority

Body governed by public law

I.3)Main activity

Environment

I.4)Contract award on behalf of other contracting authorities

The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting authorities: no

Section II: Object of the contract

II.1)Description

II.1.1)Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority:

The Energy saving Trust’s External Wall Insulation Wales Project.

II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance

Services
Service category No 27: Other services
Main site or location of works, place of delivery or of performance: Wales.
NUTS code UKL

II.1.3)Information about a public contract, a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system (DPS)

The notice involves the establishment of a framework agreement

II.1.4)Information on framework agreement

Framework agreement with several operators
maximum number of participants to the framework agreement envisaged: 6
Duration of the framework agreement

Duration in months: 6
Estimated total value of purchases for the entire duration of the framework agreement

Estimated value excluding VAT: 650 000 GBP

II.1.5)Short description of the contract or purchase(s)

A framework of up to six solid wall insulation installers are required to work in partnership with the Energy Saving Trust (EST).
The successful installers will be passed contact details for potential EWI customers by EST. They will be required to contact the customer directly and arrange survey to:
1 Determine the appropriate insulation solution for the property.
2 Determine the total cost of installing.
3 Verify eligibility for funding support under the terms of the project.
The installer will report the findings of the survey to EST who will confirm the total level of funding available. And seek to link with other funding opportunities where appropriate. If the final cost is agreed EST will give final authorisation for works and the installer will book and complete the work agreed under a direct contract with the customer.
The installer will be responsible for collecting any residual costs from the customer directly.
The installer will be responsible for not undertaking work not eligible for funding as will be clearly laid out in the contract, and also be responsible for submitting all required evidence for payment to EST in a timely manner no later than 1 month after the installation.
EST will verify the information and pass to the funder for payment. There is likely to be a delay of between 30 and 40 days so the successful installer will need to be able to tolerate this delay.
NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the myTenders Web Site at http://www.myTenders.org/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=85511.

II.1.6)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

45320000

II.1.7)Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): yes

II.1.8)Lots

This contract is divided into lots: no

II.1.9)Information about variants

Variants will be accepted: no

II.2)Quantity or scope of the contract

II.2.1)Total quantity or scope:

See service description.
Estimated value excluding VAT: 650 000 GBP

II.2.2)Information about options

Options: no

II.2.3)Information about renewals

This contract is subject to renewal: no

II.3)Duration of the contract or time limit for completion

Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information

III.1)Conditions relating to the contract

III.1.1)Deposits and guarantees required:

III.1.2)Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them:

III.1.3)Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:

III.1.4)Other particular conditions

The performance of the contract is subject to particular conditions: no

III.2)Conditions for participation

III.2.1)Personal situation of economic operators, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers

III.2.2)Economic and financial ability

III.2.3)Technical capacity

III.2.4)Information about reserved contracts

III.3)Conditions specific to services contracts

III.3.1)Information about a particular profession

III.3.2)Staff responsible for the execution of the service

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)Type of procedure

IV.1.1)Type of procedure

Accelerated restricted
Justification for the choice of accelerated procedure: The EST PG Flex project requires an external wall insulation installer to be procured and in place quickly as a matter of urgency. This is because there is a practical deadline for the delivery of all works associated with this project in October 2012 due to the end of the source funding (CERT) later in 2012. Also the project is to fund external wall insulation works, and this requires days of dry weather for its completion. As such installer’s capacity to complete work is only reliable in the summer months, with work typically taking place from April to September. Success in this project will have major beneficial implications for:
— Reducing Fuel poverty,
— Reducing Carbon emissions from housing,
— Boosting the supply chain and supporting employment,
— Helping to achieve Government targets,
— Developing market readiness for the Green Deal.
There is added urgency in this case because if the project proves a successful mechanism for delivering work then there is significant appetite from partners to replicate the project across the entire UK, magnifying the potential social, economic and environmental benefits considerably. A suitable installer must be in place and installing as soon as possible and no later than April 2012 if there is to be any possibility of the project being as successfulas it has the potential to be, and realising the benefits that are associated with this.

IV.1.2)Limitations on the number of operators who will be invited to tender or to participate

Envisaged number of operators: 6
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates: Most economically advantageous tenders in respect of the award criteria.

IV.1.3)Reduction of the number of operators during the negotiation or dialogue

IV.2)Award criteria

IV.2.1)Award criteria

The most economically advantageous tender in terms of the criteria stated in the specifications, in the invitation to tender or to negotiate or in the descriptive document

IV.2.2)Information about electronic auction

An electronic auction will be used: no

IV.3)Administrative information

IV.3.1)File reference number attributed by the contracting authority:

IV.3.2)Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract

IV.3.3)Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents or descriptive document

IV.3.4)Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate

13.2.2012 – 12:00

IV.3.5)Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates

16.2.2012

IV.3.6)Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be drawn up

English.

IV.3.7)Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender

IV.3.8)Conditions for opening tenders

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.1)Information about recurrence

VI.2)Information about European Union funds

VI.3)Additional information

(MT Ref:85511).

VI.4)Procedures for appeal

VI.4.1)Body responsible for appeal procedures

VI.4.2)Lodging of appeals

VI.4.3)Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained

VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice:

3.2.2012