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Published 27 Sept 2022, 15:56 BST

Official UK procurement notice

DoF Collaborative Arrangement for the Provision of Risk Management Advisory Services (ID 4141813)

Official notice

Authority: Department of Finance (Central government)

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Published estimate£780,000exc. VAT48.4% below published estimate
Submissions closed 2 Nov 2022awarded 13 Dec 2022
Awarded to HORIZON ENERGY GROUP LIMITED

What is being bought

Published requirement description

This contract is for the provision of Energy Market Risk Management Advisory Services for a term of 3 years with the option to extend by up to two years. The anticipated commencement date shall be 1st August 2023 and expire on 31st July 2026, unless extended by the optional extension.

  • Recurrence: The renewal of this contract will be required for August 2028

CPV: Energy and related services · Energy-efficiency consultancy services · Energy-management services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£780,000
Extensions: 2 optional 1 year extension options · Due for renewal August 2028Variant bids: not allowed

What it takes to win
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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).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
How bids were scored
Quality: 50%Price: 50%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Qualitative Criteria: 50%
  • Quantitative Criteria: 50%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Qualitative Criteria: 50
  • Quantitative Criteria: 50
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 50 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 5 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.

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
Yes · The renewal of this contract will be required for August 2028
First published
27 Sept 2022, 15:56 BST
Last source update
13 Dec 2022, 12:15 GMT
Award evaluation window
2 Nov 2022 – …
FTS notice number
2022/S 000-035207
Classification (CPV)
Energy and related servicesEnergy-efficiency consultancy servicesEnergy-management services
Delivery area
Northern Ireland (UKN)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-036be4 Find a Tender
Review and risk notes
Review procedure

CPD complied with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and, where appropriate, incorporated a standstill period (i.e. a minimum of 10 calendar days) at the point information 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: Contract monitoring: 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 Construction and Procurement Delivery 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 12 months from the date of issue of the certificate..

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
2 Nov 2022, 15:00 GMT
Submission channel
{"written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
2 Nov 2022, 15:30 GMT

Timeline

2 Nov 2022 → 31 Jan 2023 · 4 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    2 Nov 2022, 15:00 GMT
  2. Bids opened
    2 Nov 2022, 15:30 GMT
  3. Notice published
    13 Dec 2022, 12:15 GMT
  4. Bids must remain valid until
    31 Jan 2023, 23:59 GMT

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    13 Dec 2022, 12:15 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £402,5001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 31 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 13 Dec 2022
Awarded toValueDateStatus
HORIZON ENERGY GROUP LIMITEDSMEContract£402,500 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
3bids · 3 electronic · 1 from abroad1——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Department of Finance

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentBody governed by public lawGeneral public services 303 Airport Road West, BELFAST, UK, BT3 9EDContact name, email Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • The UK does not have any such bodies with responsibility for review/appeal or mediation proceduresReview body Belfast

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria