Official UK procurement notice
Enquiry Control and Utility Asset Management System
Authority: Firmus Energy (Distribution) Limited
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionfirmus energy is tendering for the provision of an Enquiry Control and Utility Asset Management System. firmus energy is looking for bidders with the experience, skill and technical ability to provide a reliable Enquiry Control and Utility Asset Management System to assist in every day operations of connecting new customers and managing and maintaining the gas network and associated assets.
Estimated total contract value (based on the entire potential contract duration, including any extensions) is anticipated to be between £300,000 and £500,000.
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The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Firmus energy wants to procure a contract for the provision of an Enquiry Control and…RenewalPublished value£500,000
firmus energy wants to procure a contract for the provision of an Enquiry Control and Utility Asset Management System to assist in every day operations of connecting new customers and managing and maintaining the gas network and associated assets.
firmus energy wants to work with a supplier who can successfully deliver a cloud hosted and futureproofed Enquiry Control and Utility Asset Management System for a gas distribution business, which will provide increased staff productivity, improved business intelligence and increased return on investment.
The project will be managed using appropriate project management methodologies to ensure on time and on budget delivery. The end product will be designed through interactive requirements gathering and design workshops, agreed with firmus energy and will be implemented by the supplier to meet the agreed configuration, specifications, designs and quality assurance.
The supplier will lead firmus energy through the transition to the new system and continue to support, maintain and develop the product through the lifetime of the contract.
At the end of the procurement process, firmus energy want to purchase a system that enables firmus energy to reduce opex costs, increase staff productivity, is future proof and is easily configurable.
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).
- Suitability
As stated in the procurement documents.
- Legal form for consortia
- Subject to the status and involvement of the parties, firmus energy may require the parties to commit to joint and several liabilty in respect of the contract. Alternatively firmus energy may require the lead operator to take total responsibility or a consortium to form a legal entity before entering into any framework agreement.
- Shortlisting
- As stated in the procurement documents
- 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
- Services
- 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
- 25 Mar 2024, 16:04 GMT
- Last source update
- 25 Mar 2024, 16:04 GMT
- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-009687- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-044c97Find a Tender- Contract terms summary
As set out in the procurement and contract documents
- Performance terms
As set out in the contract
- Review procedure
firmus energy will incorporate a minimum 10 calendar day standstill period at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to all bidders. The standstill period provides time for review of the award decision by unsuccessful bidders before the contract is entered into.
Publisher note: This contract is being procured competitively in accordance with the Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016 (as amended). The procedure to be followed for this procurement is the negotiated procedure. Bidders who wish to participate in this procurement will be required to provide their contact details to [email protected] upon downloading the procurement documents. Bidders who fail to provide their details or register in this manner will not receive any clarifications or updated information provided by firmus energy during the procurement process. The costs of responding to this notice and participation in the process will be borne by each bidder. All discussions and correspondence will be deemed strictly subject to contract until a formal contract is entered into. The formal contract shall not be binding until it has been signed and dated by the duly authorised representatives of the relevant parties.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 18 Apr 2024, 17:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 120 days from the deadline
- Deposits and guarantees
firmus energy reserves the right to require bonds, deposits, guarantees or other forms of undertaking or security to ensure proper contractual performance.
Timeline
25 Mar 2024 → 18 Apr 2024 · 2 dates- Notice published25 Mar 2024, 16:04 GMT
- Submission deadline18 Apr 2024, 17:00 BST
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- High Court of Justice in Northern IrelandReview body
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria