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Published 4 Jun 2021, 16:34 BST

Official UK procurement notice

DoF COLLABORATIVE ARRANGEMENT - PROVISION OF ENERGY MARKET ADVISORY SERVICES (ID 3346286)

Official notice

Authority: Department of Finance (Central government)

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Published estimate£705,200exc. VAT
Submissions closed 7 Jul 2021awarded 26 Jul 2021
Awarded to HORIZON ENERGY GROUP LIMITED

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Construction and Procurement Delivery (CPD) is a Centre of Procurement Expertise (CoPE). It is responsible for disseminating advice and guidance on the direction and policies on public procurement to the Northern Ireland public sector and monitoring their implementation. It is also responsible for managing procurements on behalf of central government departments, their agencies and arm’s length bodies. In order to establish tender competitions in respect of electricity and gas and to manage the resultant contracts CPD requires energy market intelligence and expertise to provide specialist electricity and gas advisory services to the following bodies;

  • Construction and Procurement Division (CPD)
  • Education Authority (EA)
  • Translink
  • Business Services Organisation (BSO)
  • NI Water (NIW) The Contract will commence on the Commencement Date for two years with two extension options of 12 months each.

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

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£705,200
Extensions: 2 optional extension periods of 12 months each. · This contract may be subject to renewal once the contract period expires.Variant 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: 50%
  • Quantitative: 50%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Qualitative: 50
  • Quantitative: 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
No (one-off requirement)
First published
4 Jun 2021, 16:34 BST
Last source update
26 Jul 2021, 10:24 BST
Award evaluation window
7 Jul 2021 – …
FTS notice number
2021/S 000-017611
Classification (CPV)
Energy and related servicesEnergy-efficiency consultancy servicesEnergy-management services
Delivery area
Northern Ireland (UKN)
Official registry OCID
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Review and risk notes
Review procedure

CPD will comply with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended) and, where appropriate, will incorporate a standstill period (i.e. a minimum of 10 calendar days) at the point information is communicated to tenderers. That notification will provide full information on the award decision. This provides time for the unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract is 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. If a Contractor is subject to a Notice of Unsatisfactory Performance the CPD, at its discretion, can consider the Contractor’s exclusion from future procurement competitions, being undertaken on behalf of bodies covered by the Northern Ireland Public Procurement Policy, for a period of 3 years.

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: eTendersNI · Who buys & how to bid on eTendersNI
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free Northern Ireland registration
Submission deadline
7 Jul 2021, 15:00 BST
Submission channel
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Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
7 Jul 2021, 15:30 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

7 Jul 2021 → 5 Oct 2021 · 4 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    7 Jul 2021, 15:00 BST
  2. Bids opened
    7 Jul 2021, 15:30 BST
  3. Notice published
    26 Jul 2021, 10:24 BST
  4. Bids must remain valid until
    5 Oct 2021, 23:59 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    26 Jul 2021, 10:24 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £705,2001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 11 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 26 Jul 2021
Awarded toValueDateStatus
HORIZON ENERGY GROUP LIMITEDSMEContract£705,200 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
1bids · 1 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

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.