Official UK procurement notice
DfE - Renewable Electricity Team - Renewable Electricity Support Scheme Design
Authority: DfE: The Renewable Electricity Team RET (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionDfE - Renewable Electricity Team wishes to appoint a “Contractor” who will be responsible for delivering the three key outcomes set out in the specification in order to support DfE in meeting its Energy Strategy Climate Change Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 ambitions. The 3 outcomes include developing a high-level support scheme design, Conducting quantitative modelling exercises and a financial impact assessment. It is anticipated this contract will commence early October 2023 and initially run for 12 months. The Accelerated Open Procedure has been chosen as there is an urgent requirement for the service to be set up. The Executive’s new Energy Strategy - Path to Net Zero Energy was published in December 2021, followed by the Energy Strategy Action Plan in March 2023. Action point 7 of the plan commits the Department for the Economy to publishing the final design of renewable electricity support by the end of the year, along with a pathway and timeline for the support being in place. Delivery of the support scheme design for Northern Ireland cannot occur without a solid evidence base to support policy decisions. There is therefore a need for timely and relevant expert advice in order to shape an incentive scheme to meet current and anticipated levels of demand in Northern Ireland in this new decade and beyond. In order to meet the target set by the 2023 Energy Strategy Action Plan the Renewable Electricity Team requires urgent consultancy support to be completed by early December 2023 at the latest.
CPV: Development consultancy services · Research and development services and related consultancy services · Research consultancy services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedPublished value£200,000
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).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
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).
Published sub-criteria (7)
- Outcome 1: Develop the high-level support scheme design: 17.5%
- Outcome 2: Modelling: 11.2%
- Outcome 3 Financial Impact Assessment: 11.2%
- Key Personnel Experience: 11.2%
- Contract Management: 8.4%
- Total Contract Price: 30%
- Social Value: Supporting Health Wellbeing: 10.5%
Published award criteria (7)
- Outcome 1: Develop the high-level support scheme design: 17.5
- Outcome 2: Modelling: 11.2
- Outcome 3 Financial Impact Assessment: 11.2
- Key Personnel Experience: 11.2
- Social Value: Supporting Health Wellbeing: 10.5
- Contract Management: 8.4
- Total Contract Price: 30
- Suitability
As detailed in the tender documents
- Economic & financial standing
As detailed in the tender documents
- Technical & professional ability
As detailed in the tender documents
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- 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
- 6 Sept 2023, 09:58 BST
- Last source update
- 31 Oct 2023, 14:31 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 27 Sept 2023 – …
- Authority reference
ID: 4917719- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-032155- Accelerated
The Accelerated Open Procedure was chosen as there is an urgent requirement for the service to be set up in order to meet the target set by the 2023 Energy Strategy Action Plan. The Renewable Electricity Team requires urgent consultancy support to be completed by early December 2023 at the latest.
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03fa54Find a Tender
- Performance terms
As detailed in the tender documents.
- Review procedure
CPD complied with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended) and incorporated a standstill period (i.e. a minimum of 10 calendar days) at the point information on the award of contract was communicated to tenderers. That notification provided full information on the award decision. This provided time for the unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract was entered into
Publisher note: The successful contractor’s performance on the contract will be regularly monitored. Contractors not delivering on contract requirements is a serious matter. It means the public purse is not getting what it is paying for. If a contractor fails to reach satisfactory levels of contract performance they will be given a specified time to improve. If, after the specified time, they still fail to reach satisfactory levels of contract performance, the matter will be escalated to senior management in CPD for further action. If this occurs and their performance still does not improve to satisfactory levels within the specified period, it may be regarded as an act of grave professional misconduct and they may be issued with a Certificate of Unsatisfactory Performance and the. contract may be terminated. The issue of a Certificate of Unsatisfactory Performance will result in the contractor being excluded from all procurement competitions being undertaken by Centres of Procurement Expertise on behalf of bodies covered by the Northern Ireland Procurement Policy for a period of twelve months from the date of issue of the certificate.
How it was run
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- Submission deadline
- 27 Sept 2023, 15:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 27 Sept 2023, 15:30 BST
Timeline
27 Sept 2023 → 26 Dec 2023 · 4 dates- Submission deadline27 Sept 2023, 15:00 BST
- Bids opened27 Sept 2023, 15:30 BST
- Notice published31 Oct 2023, 14:31 GMT
- Bids must remain valid until26 Dec 2023, 23:59 GMT
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete31 Oct 2023, 14:31 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aurora Energy ResearchSMEContract | £174,989 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract · Aurora Energy ResearchSME
- Signed
- 31 Oct 2023
- Value
- £174,989
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5bids · 5 electronic · 1 from abroad | 1 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- The UK does not have any such bodies with responsibility for appeal/mediation procedures. Instead; any challenges are dealt with by the High Court, Commercial Division, to which proceedings may be issued regarding alleged breaches of the PCR 2015 as amendedReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Aurora Energy ResearchAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.