Power Purchase Agreements – Renewable Electricity – for Government Procurement Service
The Authority wishes to appoint either a single or multiple Potential Provider (s) who can supply renewable electricity to Government Procurement Service through a Power Purchase Agreement and Supplier Interface Agreement with the Authority’s registered licensed supplier.
UK-Liverpool: Electricity
2013/S 019-028222
Contract notice
Supplies
Directive 2004/18/EC
Section I: Contracting authority
Government Procurement Service
9th Floor, The Capital Old, Hall Street
Contact point(s): Government Procurement Service
For the attention of: Scott Buckleton
L3 9PP Liverpool
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 3450103503
E-mail: supplier@gps.gsi.gov.uk, eenablement@gps.gsi.gov.uk
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority: http://gps.cabinetoffice.gov.uk
Address of the buyer profile: https://gpsesourcing.cabinetoffice.gov.uk
Further information can be obtained from: The above mentioned contact point(s)
Specifications and additional documents (including documents for competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained from: The above mentioned contact point(s)
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: The above mentioned contact point(s)
Section II: Object of the contract
Main site or location of works, place of delivery or of performance: Primarily in the UK with some limited requirements overseas.
NUTS code UK
The Authority wishes to appoint either a single or multiple Potential Provider (s) who can supply renewable electricity to Government Procurement Service through a Power Purchase Agreement and Supplier Interface Agreement with the Authority’s registered licensed supplier.
This OJEU refers to the EU Definition of Renewable Electricity ‘http://ec.europa.eu/environment/gpp/pdf/criteria/electricity.pdf taken on 24.8.2012
This tender is for the supply of for non-intermittent renewable electricity with a load factor on or above 80 % on average.
09310000, 09000000, 65400000
This is in accordance with the relevant terms and conditions of the PPA and associated Procurement Documents, including any regulated industry requirements.
The Contract is for a period of up to 22 years with start of physical delivery [to commence at any time] from 1.4.2015 (inclusive) up until and no later than 31.3.2017 (inclusive).
The tender will allow different volume, and durations subject to the aggregate maximum of 50MW per annum
The Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) will allow for supply of renewable electricity via a single or multiple Potential Providers under the following requirements:
– Volume
Between 5MW and 50MW of export capacity (net of any parasitic load), in increments of 1MW (whole number only). The total expected annual output cannot exceed 0,44TWh. Partial loads from a single operator will be accommodated as per the meter registration requirements set out in the PPA and Supplier Interface Agreements.
– Duration
Between 5 and up to 22 years, from the Commercial Operations Date (as defined in the PPA).
Must be operational on or before 31.3.2017 and will commence on the start of an Electricity Forward Agreement (EFA) Month (as defined in the PPA) or equivalent market based start date
End date will be at the end of an EFA Month or equivalent date.
Estimated value excluding VAT:
Range: between 552 000 000 and 780 000 000 GBP
Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
This procurement will be managed electronically via the Government Procurement Service’s e-Sourcing Suite. To participate in this procurement, participants must first be registered on the e-Sourcing Suite.
If you have not yet registered on the eSourcing Suite, this can be done online at https://gpsesourcing.cabinetoffice.gov.uk by following the link ‘Register for GPS eSourcing’. Please note that, to register, you must have a valid DUNS number (as provided by Dun and Bradstreet) for the organisation which you are registering, who will be entering into a contract if invited to do so. Full instructions for registration and use of the system can be found at:
http://gps.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/i-am-supplier/respond-tender
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Your email must clearly state: the name and reference for the procurement you wish to register for; the name of the registered supplier; and the name and contact details for the registered individual sending the email. Government Procurement Service will process the email and then enable the supplier to access the procurement online via the e-Sourcing Suite. The registered user will receive a notification email to alert them once this has been done.
As a user of the e-Sourcing Suite you will have access to Emptoris email messaging service which facilitates all messages sent to you and from you in relation to any specific RFX event. Please note it is your responsibility to access these emails on a regular basis to ensure you have sight of all relevant information.
For technical assistance on use of the e-Sourcing Suite please contact Government Procurement Service Helpdesk : Freephone: +44 3450103503
email: supplier@gps.gsi.gov.uk
Responses must be published by the date in IV.3.4.
The ITT can be accessed at: https://gpsesourcing.cabinetoffice.gov.uk using the instructions detailed in III.2.1
Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required: The Authority uses a credit reference agency (currently Experian) as the first step in determining financial risk. The Authority will request an Experian financial risk score based on the information provided in response to the Background Questions. The report provided by Experian will be used to determine the level of financial risk the Potential Provider represents. If the score provided by Experian is 51 or more (where a standard UK score is available), or the risk level is ‘average’ or better (where a standard International score is available) then the Potential Provider will be allocated a ‘pass’ and the Tender will proceed to Stage 3 of the Qualification Stage evaluation process. In all other cases the Authority may request further information and will use this to evaluate financial risk. Full details can be found in section 11.5 (“Stage 3 Section D”) of the ITT.
Candidates will be assessed in accordance with Part 4 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2006, as amended (implementing Title II, Chapter V11, Section 2 of Directive 2004/18/EC), on the basis of information provided in response to an ITT.
The ITT can be accessed at: https://gpsesourcing.cabinetoffice.gov.uk using the instructions detailed in III.2.1
The Contracting Authority may have regard to any of the following means in its assessment:
(a) a list of the works carried out over the past five years, accompanied by certificates of satisfactory execution for the most important works. These certificates shall indicate the value, date and site of the works and shall specify whether they were carried out according to the rules of the trade and properly completed. Where appropriate, the competent authority shall submit these certificates to the contracting authority direct;
(b) a list of the principal deliveries effected or the main services provided in the past three years, with the sums, dates and recipients, whether public or private, involved. Evidence of delivery and services provided shall be given: – where the recipient was a contracting authority, in the form of certificates issued or countersigned by the competent authority, – where the recipient was a private purchaser, by the purchaser’s certification or, failing this, simply by a declaration by the economic operator;
(c) an indication of the technicians or technical bodies involved, whether or not belonging directly to the economic operator’s undertaking, especially those responsible for quality control and, in the case of public works contracts, those upon whom the contractor can call in order to carry out the work;
(d) a description of the technical facilities and measures used by the supplier or service provider for ensuring quality and the undertaking’s study and research facilities;
(e) where the products or services to be supplied are complex or, exceptionally, are required for a special purpose, a check carried out by the contracting authorities or on their behalf by a competent official body of the country in which the supplier or service provider is established, subject to that body’s agreement, on the production capacities of the supplier or the technical capacity of the service provider and, if necessary, on the means of study and research which are available to it and the quality control measures it will operate;
(f) the educational and professional qualifications of the service provider or contractor and/or those of the undertaking’s managerial staff and, in particular, those of the person or persons responsible for providing the services or managing the work;
(g) for public works contracts and public services contracts, and only in appropriate cases, an indication of the environmental management measures that the economic operator will be able to apply when performing the contract;
(h) a statement of the average annual manpower of the service provider or contractor and the number of managerial staff for the last 3 years;
(i) a statement of the tools, plant or technical equipment available to the service provider or contractor for carrying out the contract;
(j) an indication of the proportion of the contract which the services provider intends possibly to subcontract.
Section IV: Procedure
Prior information notice
of 5.10.2012
Place:
Electronically, via web-based portal
Section VI: Complementary information
Estimated timing for further notices to be published: July 2013
http://gps.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/about-government-procurement-service/transparency-and-accountability/transparency-procurement
The Authority expressly reserves the right (i) not to award the contract as a result of the procurement process commenced by publication of this notice; and (ii) to make whatever changes it may see fit to the content and structure of the tendering competition; and in no circumstances will the Authority be liable for any costs incurred by the candidates. If the Authority decides to enter into a Contract with the successful Supplier, this does not mean that there is any guarantee of subsequent contracts being awarded. Any expenditure, work or effort undertaken prior to contract award is accordingly a matter solely for the commercial judgement of potential suppliers.
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UNITED KINGDOM
E-mail: supplier@gps.gsi.gov.uk
Telephone: +44 3450103503
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Government Procurement Service
9th Floor, The Capital, Old Hall Street
L3 9PP Liverpool
UNITED KINGDOM
E-mail: Supplier@gps.gsi.gov.uk
Telephone: +44 3450103503
Internet address: http://gps.cabinetoffice.gov.uk