Official UK procurement notice
Bridgend Town Heat Network - Design, Build, Operate, Maintain
Authority: Bridgend County Borough Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Council is seeking to procure suitably experienced companies to support the successful development of a heat and private electricity network in Bridgend town centre – the Bridgend Town Heat Network (‘BTHN’).
As part of the project the Council is proposing to create an energy service company (‘ESCO’) to enter into the contracts for the design, build, operation and maintenance of the BTHN with the successful contractor following the procurement process. The ESCO will be a newly created special purpose company which is wholly owned by the Council. The ESCO will own the infrastructure as well as operate the BTHN and enter into contracts with customers for the sale of heat and electricity.
Funding for the project is expected to be provided in part from the Council and in part from the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) Heat Networks Investment Project (HNIP).
CPV: Construction work · Construction works for power plants and heating plants · Distance-heating pipes · District heating · District heating boiler · District-heating mains construction work · District-heating plant construction work · Electrical engineering installation works · Electrical installation work of electrical distribution apparatus · Electricity · Electricity, heating, solar and nuclear energy · Energy and related services · +5 more
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1The Bridgend Town Heat Network project is located adjacent to the centre of Bridgend TownPublished value£6,900,000
The Bridgend Town Heat Network project is located adjacent to the centre of Bridgend Town. The scheme is primarily retrofit connecting the existing Bridgend Life Centre, Civic Offices and Bridgend Bowls Centre.
The scheme will create an Energy Centre in the plant room of the Bridgend Life Centre which will utilise a gas CHP engine to supply heat and power to the buildings involved in the scheme. Bridgend County Borough Council is the primary building owner within the scheme (although the Life Centre and Bowls Hall are operated by Halo Leisure).
It is anticipated that the contract scope shall include (but is not limited to):
(1) Design and build of:
(a) the energy centre to be located in the Bridgend Life Centre including CHP unit, back-up/ top-up boilers, thermal stores, and all ancillary plant and equipment required to provide heat and electricity to customers in the Phase 1 scheme.
(b) the district heating network from the energy centre to all customers in the Phase 1 scheme including the connection of the district heating network to the secondary distribution networks within the customer sites. This may include works on the secondary distribution networks to ensure those networks are suitable for connection to the district heating network.
(c) the private wire electricity network from the energy centre to all customers in the Phase 1 scheme.
(2) Operation, maintenance (planned and reactive) and repair of all of the assets being designed and built as referred to at (1) above including performance monitoring and reporting and optimisation of plant operation to minimise the use of back-up boilers. The successful contractor will be responsible for the cost of consumables required for the operation and maintenance of the assets. Lifecycle risk will be retained by the ESCO. However, the successful contractor may be required to carry out lifecycle replacement works at the ESCO's cost.
(3) Collection and provision of metering data and supporting ESCO with customer interface on operational issues including works and maintenance required at customer premises.
The contract will contain the option for the successful contractor to price and carry out the design and build of network extensions to new customers beyond the Phase 1 scheme but the ESCO will reserve the right to benchmark the price of those works and potentially award those works to third party contracts. The contract will require the successful contractor to operate and maintain the network as extended whether or not the contractor has carried out the extension works. Additional information: The contract value includes an estimated value for Phase 1 (excluding lifecycle) of GBP4.4m (GBP3.4 capex plus O&M) and an allowance of a further GBP1.5m for the value of any network extensions that may be instructed at the Council's option. The contract duration stated represents 5 years of O&M following completion of the works. This may be extended by a further 5 years at the Council's option.
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
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How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
- Legal form for consortia
- If the winning bid is from a consortium the Council will contract either with a lead contractor or an appropriately supported special purpose vehicle; or with consortium members on a joint and several basis.
- Shortlisting
- Please see Qualification Questionnaire which is part of the tender documents available as noted at I.3.
- Successive reduction
- Candidates will be reduced successively across stages
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0025 Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016 (Directive 2014/25/EU)
- Procurement category
- Works
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 5 Feb 2021, 09:24 GMT
- Last source update
- 5 Feb 2021, 09:24 GMT
- Authority reference
B641- FTS notice number
2021/S 000-002319- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-029076Find a Tender- Contract terms summary
To be confirmed at invitation to negotiate stage.
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
- Performance terms
To be confirmed at invitation to negotiate stage.
Publisher note: All dates, timescales and values set out in this notice are estimates only and so subject to change during the tender process, if required. The date and time for tender submission will be confirmed in the invitation to negotiate. The tender evaluation methodology will be published as part of the invitation to negotiate. NOTE: The authority is using eTenderwales to carry out this procurement process. To obtain further information record your interest on Sell2Wales at https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/search_switch.aspx?ID=107988 Under the terms of this contract the successful supplier(s) will be required to deliver Community Benefits in support of the authority’s economic and social objectives. Accordingly, contract performance conditions may relate in particular to social and environmental considerations. The Community Benefits included in this contract are: The Community Benefits included in this contract will be detailed within the invitation to negotiate. (WA Ref:107988)
How it was run
Official noticeTender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk ↗
- Submission deadline
- 8 Mar 2021, 16:00 GMT
- Submission channel
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- Accepted languages
- en, cy
- Participation fee
- document
- Bid validity
- 360 days from the deadline
- Deposits and guarantees
- To be confirmed at invitation to negotiate stage.
Timeline
5 Feb 2021 → 29 Mar 2021 · 3 dates- Notice published5 Feb 2021, 09:24 GMT
- Submission deadline8 Mar 2021, 16:00 GMT
- Invitations to tender expected29 Mar 2021, 00:00 BST
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- High CourtReview body
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria