Contract award notice – utilities
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
National Grid UK Ltd
04508773
One Strand, Trafalgar Square
London
WC2N 5EH
UK
E-mail: radka.street@nationalgrid.com
NUTS: UKI32
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.nationalgrid.com
I.2) Joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
I.6) Main activity
Other: Actuarial Advisory Services
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Actuarial Advisory Services Framework
II.1.2) Main CPV code
66519600
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Framework agreement for 3 years and an option to extend for 2 years in 12 month increments, effective from 10 November 2020.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Lowest offer:
/ Highest offer:
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UK
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Actuarial advisory services for Group Pensions.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Technical
/ Weighting: 40
Price
/ Weighting:
60
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
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition
Justification for selected award procedure:
The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the Directive
Explanation
Suppliers registered under the 'pension funding services' code on Achilles UVDB, pre-qualification system, were invited to tender. This is in line with UCR.
IV.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement with a single operator.
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
No
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.9) Information about termination of call for competition in the form of a prior information notice
The contracting authority will not award any further contracts based on the above prior information notice
Section V: Award of contract
Title: Actuarial Advisory Services Framework
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
10/11/2020
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 8
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 8
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Aon Solutions UK Ltd
London
UK
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Barnett Waddingham LLP
London
UK
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Hymans Robertson LLP
London
UK
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Isio Group Ltd
London
UK
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Mercer Ltd
London
UK
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
London
UK
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Towers Watson Ltd
Reigate, Surrey
UK
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
National Grid UK Ltd
London
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
08/12/2020