Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
The University of Northampton
St Georges Avenue,
Northampton
NN2 6JB
UK
Contact person: Julia Gough
Telephone: +44 1604892663
E-mail: julia.gough@northampton.ac.uk
NUTS: UKF24
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.northampton.ac.uk
Address of the buyer profile: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/universityofnorthampton/
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
I.5) Main activity
Education
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
ITT259 Provision of Biomass Wood Chip Fuel for 995 KW biomass boiler.
Reference number: ITT259
II.1.2) Main CPV code
09111400
II.1.3) Type of contract
Supplies
II.1.4) Short description
The University is embarking on a programme to create a wholly new campus on a brown field site providing state-of-the-art facilities and technology, the new campus will open in September 2018 academic year. A 995 KW Herz Biofire biomass boiler has been installed in the Energy Centre at Waterside Campus. This will provide the baseload heat to the campus wide district heating system. The boiler uses and infeed auger to a storage silo. The silo has a usable volume of 88 m3. The University is seeking a reliable high quality supplier of woodchip to fuel the biomass boiler. It should be noted the University is seeking to supply the fuel in a sustainable way and minimize embedded carbon emissions such as through the woodchip delivery and manufacture. The Contract will include the delivery of an estimated annual requirement of 4 750 000 kWh will be required per year.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
300 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKF24
Main site or place of performance:
Northampton
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The University is seeking a reliable high quality supplier of woodchip to fuel the biomass boiler. It should be noted the University is seeking to supply the fuel in a sustainable way and minimize embedded carbon emissions such as through the woodchip delivery and manufacture. The University has a target to reduce C02 emissions by 2020 so it is imperative the biomass boiler continuously stocked during its operation to reduce the use of gas boilers. The Contractor shall make deliveries of biomass fuel before 8:00 am in the morning with an estimated 6-7 per week. Delivery in a 30-40 m3 sized vehicle due to space limitations for an artic lorry. The Contract will include the delivery of an estimated annual requirement of 4 750 000 kWh per year. G50/MC 25 % (+/-5), BSL authorised virgin timber. Under no circumstances will the woodchip contain waste wood, slab wood, pallets, wood shavings, arb chip or other material derived from non-virgin timber Roundwood unless approved by the contract administrator. Tenderers shall provide a detailed methodology in their proposals how and where they will source the wood, manufacture the woodchips, dry them to the specified moisture content and delivery them to site.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Delivery 25/Quality 20/Social Innovation 5
/ Weighting: 50
Cost criterion: Pricing
/ Weighting: 50
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
No
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
II.2.14) Additional information
Tender is published on https://in-tendhost.co.uk/universityofnorthampton/. Please register your organisation, once registration is accepted you can access the tender documents.Contract value in II.1.5 and II.2.6 is an estimate based on 150 000 per year for contract length.The University envisages entering a 2 year contract with the option to extend the contract up to a further 1 year.
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Restricted procedure
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
No
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2018/S 075-166488
Section V: Award of contract
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
09/08/2018
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 6
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 5
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 6
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Wilby Tree Biomass Ltd
Tower Field Farm, Sywell Lane, Ecton
Northampton
NN6 0QT
UK
E-mail: office@wilbytree.co.uk
NUTS: UKF2
Internet address(es)
URL: www.wilbytree.co.uk
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot:
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 300 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
The Procurement process will incorporate a standstill period at the point that notification of the proposed award of the contract is communicated to Tenderers. That notification will provide information on the award decision as is required by the Public Contracts Regulations 2015.
VI.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
The University of Northampton
St Georges avenue,
Northampton
NN2 6JB
UK
Telephone: +44 1604892663
E-mail: julia.gough@northampton.ac.uk
Internet address(es)
URL: http://www.northampton.ac.uk
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
21/08/2018