Official UK procurement notice
TC1162 Power Purchase Agreement
Authority: Manchester City Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Council has set an ambitious Climate Change Action Plan for the period 2020-25 to achieve reductions of the Council’s direct emissions by at least 50% by 2025, while aiming for a further 50% reduction between 2025 and 2030.
The Council has committed to securing 100% renewable electricity by 2030 and renewable power purchase agreements are considered an integral part of its energy procurement and sustainability strategies.
The Council therefore sought to sign a long-term offsite virtual power purchase agreement (“PPA”) with a wind or solar PV developer with a project that has REGOs that are valid for the Council’s Scope 2 reporting (i.e. REGOs that are valid within Great Britain). In the interest of creating ‘additionality’, the Council sought a “new-to-earth” project, which is not yet constructed but has received permits and consents from local authorities.
CPV: Electricity · Solar energy
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1The council ran a competitive procedure with negotiation to procure a long-term…AwardedPublished value£42,000,000
The council ran a competitive procedure with negotiation to procure a long-term offsite virtual power purchase agreement. Further details on the procurement steps can be found within the procurement documents. Additional information: The Council used the e-business portal known as the Chest. Applicants needed to register their details at the following link www.the-chest.org.uk ↗. Applicants needed to electronically submit their completed Request to Participate documents, including standard selection questionnaire, via the on-line portal by 11am on 26th July 2023 referred to in IV.2.2.
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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 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 (4)
- Quality: 30%
- price: 40%
- Social Value: 20%
- Carbon and Environment: 10%
Published award criteria (4)
- Quality: 30
- Social Value: 20
- Carbon and Environment: 10
- Price: 40
- Successive reduction
- Candidates will be reduced successively across stages
- Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 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
- Competitive procedure with negotiation
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Goods
- 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
- 26 Jun 2023, 15:31 BST
- Last source update
- 19 Dec 2023, 08:58 GMT
- Authority reference
DN675949- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-037217- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03dc90Find a Tender
- Review procedure
The Council observed a 10 calendar day standstill period at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers prior to entering into the contract, which came to an end midnight 18th December 2023. If an appeal regarding the award of a contract has not been successfully resolved, the Public Contract Regulations 2015 provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland)
Publisher note: Manchester City Council’s (“the Council”) mission is to make Manchester a healthy, green, socially just city where everyone can thrive. Our target is to become a zero-carbon city by 2038 at the latest, 12 years ahead of the Government’s target for the UK of 2050. The Council has set an ambitious Climate Change Action Plan for the period 2020-25 to achieve reductions of the Council’s direct emissions by at least 50% by 2025, while aiming for a further 50% reduction between 2025 and 2030. The Council has committed to securing 100% renewable electricity by 2030 and renewable power purchase agreements are considered an integral part of its energy procurement and sustainability strategies. The Council therefore sought to sign a long-term offsite virtual power purchase agreement (“PPA”) with a wind or solar PV developer with a project that has REGOs that are valid for the Council’s Scope 2 reporting (i.e. REGOs that are valid within Great Britain). In the interest of creating ‘additionality’, the Council sought a “new-to-earth” project, which is not yet constructed but has received permits and consents from local authorities. The Council used the e-business portal known as the Chest. Applicants needed register their details at the following link www.the-chest.org.uk . Once registered, applicants were emailed a log-in and password which allowed them to gain access to the documentation relating to this opportunity. Applicants needed to electronically submit their completed Request to Participate documents, including the standard selection questionnaire, via the on-line portal by 11am on 26th July 2023 as referred to in IV.2.2. Any clarification queries were also required to be submitted via the Chest website by the date referred to in the tender documentation. The contract will be for 15 years, expected to commence September 2025 The successful supplier will be required to actively participate in the economic and social regeneration of the locality of, and surroundings of, the place of delivery of the contract. Therefore, selection and award criteria, specification requirements and contract performance conditions related in particular to social and environmental considerations as relevant to the subject matter of this project.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 26 Jul 2023, 16:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
26 Jul 2023 → 19 Dec 2023 · 3 dates- Submission deadline26 Jul 2023, 16:00 BST
- Invitations to tender expected9 Aug 2023, 00:00 BST
- Notice published19 Dec 2023, 08:58 GMT
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete19 Dec 2023, 08:58 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| AGR Power LimitedSME | £48,169,717 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 037217-2023-TC1162-1 · AGR Power LimitedSME
- Signed
- 19 Dec 2023
- Value
- £48,169,717
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6bids · 6 electronic | 2 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- The High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland)Review body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- AGR Power LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria