CONTRACT NOTICE – NATIONAL

1 Authority Details

1.1

Authority Name and Address

1.2

Address from which documentation may be obtained

As in 1.1

1.3

Completed documents must be returned to:

As in 1.1

2 Contract Details

2.1

Title

Direct Energy Purchase II

2.2

Description of the goods or services required

This is an Invitation to Tender for the Provision of consultancy services to develop, design and oversee the delivery of Direct Energy Purchase: Phase II to Bridgend County Borough Council (BCBC).

Brief Outline: The ITT describes 3 work stages (Packages of Work) namely Preparation, Procurement and Client Representative. There are also 2-options to be considered by the Bidder for the Private Wire Connection as follows:

Option 1: – provide power to Caerau Primary School and an energy centre in close proximity (for a small mine water heat scheme).

Option 2: – Option 1 plus providing power to a community building and an additional energy centre located at the Tudor Estate, to the west of the School.

An appraisal of these Options and final decision by BCBC is currently underway. For the purpose of this Tender, bidders should provide costings for both Options

The Tenderer should note that the Authority, for whatever reason, reserves the absolute right NOT to invoke all work stages of this contract.

See Tender Documents for full details.

NOTE: The authority is using eTenderwales to carry out this procurement process. To obtain further information record your interest on Sell2Wales at https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/search_switch.aspx?ID=107989

2.3

Notice Coding and Classification

2.4

Total quantity or scope of tender

See previous Description of Contract and Tender Documents for full details.

3 Conditions for Participation

3.1

Minimum standards and qualification required

Although not essential, the Authority is ideally looking for Providers with experience of working on District Heating Schemes.

4 Administrative Information

4.1

Type of Procedure

Single stage

4.2

Reference number attributed to the notice by the contracting authority

Q796

4.3

Time Limits

4.5

Language or languages in which tenders or requests to participate can be drawn up

Welsh

4.6

Tender Submission Postbox

5 Other Information

5.1

Additional Information

The Tender Document suite is located on ETenderWales. (Reference: ITT_85783).

Contract Term: The contract awarded to the successful Tenderer will be as follows (these dates are indicative):

Work stage 1: Circa. 22nd March 2021 to 31st August 2021.

Work stage 2: Circa. 1st September 2021 to 17th December 2021.

Work stage 3: Circa. 3rd January 2022 to 30th September 2022.

The Tenderer should note that the Authority, for whatever reason, reserves the absolute right NOT to invoke all work stages of this contract.

(WA Ref:107989)

Relates to the following project/programme financed by EU Community Funds: The proposed Caerau Heat Scheme is supported by the European Regional Development Fund through the Welsh Government.

The buyer considers that this contract is suitable for consortia bidding.

5.2

Additional Documentation

5.3

Publication date of this notice