CONTRACT NOTICE - UTILITIES

Section I: Contracting Entity

I.1)

Name, Address and Contact Point(s)

I.2)

Main activity or activities of the contracting entity

	Production, transport and distribution of gas and heat
	Electricity
	Exploration and extraction of gas and oil
	Exploration and extraction of coal and other solid fuels
	Water
	Postal services
	Railway services
	Urban railway, tramway, trolleybus or bus services
	Port-related activities
	Airport-related activities

Section II: Object of the Contract

II.1)

Description

II.1.1)

Title attributed to the contract by the contracting entity

Supply of Non Half Hourly metered electricity.

II.1.2(a))

Type of works contract

II.1.2(b))

Type of supplies contract

Purchase		Rent		Lease
Hire-purchase		Combination of these

II.1.2(c))

Type of service contract

II.1.2)

Site or location of works, place of delivery or performance

Surrey and West Kent.

II.1.3)

This notice involves

A public contract
The setting up of a Dynamic Purchasing System
The establishment of a framework agreement

II.1.4)

Information on framework agreement (if applicable)

Framework agreement with a single operator
Framework agreement with several operators

Number of participants to the framework agreement envisaged

Duration of the framework agreement

Estimated total value of purchases for the entire duration of the framework agreement

Frequency of the contracts to be awarded

II.1.5)

Short description of the contract or purchase(s)

Contract for the supply of non half hourly electricity to 56 non half hourly metered sites. Initial contract will be for 12/24 months with the option to renew for a period of up-to 5 years from initial contract start date.

II.1.6)

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

II.1.7)

Contract covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

II.1.8)

Division into lots

II.1.9)

Will variants be accepted

II.2)

Quantity or Scope of the Contract

II.2.1)

Total quantity or scope

Approximately 3.5GWh of electricity per year delivered to 56 sites. Contract will be for a minimum of 1 year up-to a maximum of 5 years.

II.2.2)

Options

Provisional timetable for recourse to these options

Number of possible renewals

In the case of renewable contracts, estimated time frame for subsequent calls for competition:

II.3)

Duration of the contract or limit for completion

Section III: Legal, Economic, Financial and Technical Information

III.1)

Conditions relating to the contract

III.1.1)

Deposits and guarantees required

Sutton and East Surrey Water will not provide an upfront guarantee or deposit. Suppliers responding to this notice will need to confirm that this is not an issue. We will not select suppliers to tender that ask for an upfront guarantee or deposit.

III.1.2)

Main Terms of financing and payment and/or reference to the relevant provisions

28 days BACs. Suppliers will need to confirm that they accept these terms.

III.1.3)

Legal form to be taken by the grouping of suppliers, contractors or service providers to whom the contract is to be awarded

III.1.4)

Other particular conditions to which the performance of the contract is subject

The supplier will need to be able to accept AMR data for billing purposes and accurate (not estimated) CRC reporting. The supplier should have the ability to invoice in paper format; PDF; and through electronic-means egTradacoms EDI.

III.2)

Conditions for Participation

III.2.1)

Personal situation of suppliers,contractors or service providers

Suppliers responding to this notice will need to show that they are an electricity supplier that has a non domestic supply license registered with OFGEM. You will also need to show that you have a contract structure that allows SESW the ability to secure its NHH volume at a fixed price for a fixed period.

III.2.2)

Economic and financial capacity

Suppliers responding to this notice must confirm that payment of 28 days BAC from date of invoice is acceptable. Supplier must confirm that no upfront deposits or guarantees are required.

III.2.3)

Technical capacity

III.2.4)

Reserved contracts

The contract is restricted to sheltered workshops
The execution of the contract is restricted to the framework of sheltered employment programmes

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)

Type of Procedure

Open		Restricted
Negotiated		Have candidates already been selected?	No

IV.2)

Award Criteria

IV.2.2)

An electronic auction will be used

IV.3) Administrative Information

IV.3.1)

Reference number attributed to the notice by the contracting entity

op/supply/electricity/nhh2015

IV.3.2)

Previous publication concerning the same contract

Periodic indicative notice
Notice on a buyer profile

Other previous publications

IV.3.3)

Conditions for obtaining contract document and additional documents

IV.3.4)

Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate

IV.3.5)

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

IV.3.6)

Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain its tender 

IV.3.7)

Conditions for opening tenders

Section VI: Complementary Information

VI.1)

Indicate whether this Procurement is a Recurrent one and the estimated timing for further notices to be published

1-5 years

VI.2)

Does the contract relate to a Project/Programme financed by Community Funds?

VI.3)

Additional Information

Suppliers interested in participating in this tender should provide the information asked for in section III of this notice. Failure to provide this information by the date stated in section IV 3.4 will mean that the supplier will not be selected. Additional information can be obtained by e-mailing anthonyw@waterplc.com. Please copy alexpayne@utilyx.com into any e-mails.

VI.4)

Procedures for appeal

VI.4.1)

Body responsible for appeal procedures

Body responsible for mediation procedures

VI.4.2)

Lodging of appeals

A standstill period will be incorporated at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. That notification will provide full information on the award decision. The standstill period, which will be a minimum of 10 calendar days, provides time for unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision.

VI.4.3)

Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained

VI.5)

Dispatch date of this Notice