Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Northumberland Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust C/O The Inenco Group
St Nicholas Hospital, Jubilee Road, Gosforth
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE3 3XT
UK
E-mail: tenders@cirruspurchasing.co.uk
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.ntw.nhs.uk/
I.2) Joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Other: central purchasing body
I.5) Main activity
Other: central purchasing body
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Gas Portfolio Services Framework.
II.1.2) Main CPV code
09121200
II.1.3) Type of contract
Supplies
II.1.4) Short description
The Invitation to tender (ITT) was issued to establish a gas portfolio services framework for a central purchasing body covering the UK. The lead contracting authority for this tender was Northumberland Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust. The tender process and resulting framework agreement was managed by Inenco, acting as the agent for the central purchasing body. The framework is available for use by all National Health Service (NHS) organisations across England, Scotland and Wales and is also available for use by all current and future members of the central purchasing body. The client sought bids from suppliers to participate in a single lot gas portfolio services framework. The framework agreement is to be 4 years in duration from the commencement date.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
160 000 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UK
Main site or place of performance:
The framework is to cover call-off contracts made across the United Kingdom, excluding Northern Ireland.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The framework is to cover call-off contracts made within England, Scotland and Wales, but excludes Northern Ireland.
The framework is available for use by all NHS organisations including, but not limited to, the following defined groups:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nhs-foundation-trust-directory/nhs-foundation-trust-directory
http://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/NHSTrustListing.aspx
http://our.property.nhs.uk/
http://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/NHSTrustListing.aspx
http://our.property.nhs.uk/
http://www.scot.nhs.uk/organisations/
http://www.nhsdirect.wales.nhs.uk/localservices/localhealthboards/
http://www.nhs.uk/pages/home.aspx
Where an entity listed in the above defined groups is succeeded by another entity, the successor entity shall be deemed to be included in the defined groups list.
The framework is also available to all current and future members of the central purchasing body.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Volume tolerance levels
/ Weighting: 16 %
Quality criterion: Monitoring portfolio volume levels and portfolio breaches
/ Weighting: 18 %
Quality criterion: Working to short deadlines
/ Weighting: 16 %
Price
/ 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
The primary requirement for this framework is a gas procurement solution, where clients are aggregated into a trade shape to enable consolidated trading of the commodity via the wholesale market.
The established framework and all associated documents are subject to any future legislation and regulatory changes applicable to the supply of utilities.
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
IV.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement
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:
2016/S 209-377957
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: 1
Title: Gas Portfolio Services Framework
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
28/12/2016
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 4
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 4
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Gazprom Marketing & Trading Retail Limited
20 Triton Street
London
NW1 3BF
UK
Telephone: +44 1618290037
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 160 000 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
The contract is likely to be subcontracted
Value or proportion likely to be subcontracted to third parties
Proportion: 5 %
Short description of the part of the contract to be subcontracted:
Provision of AMR services.
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest mental health and disability Trusts in England. The Inenco Group is one the UK's largest energy consultancies. The primary requirement for this framework is a gas procurement solution, where clients are aggregated into a trade shape to enable consolidated trading of the commodity via the wholesale market.
The established framework and all associated documents are subject to any future legislation and regulatory changes applicable to the supply of utilities.
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Royal Courts of Justice
The Strand
London
WC2A 2LL
UK
Telephone: +44 2079476000
VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
This tender process incorporated a minimum 10 calendar day standstill period at the point information on the award was communicated to tenderers. Tenderers could have raised appeals directly via the contact points detailed in section VI.4.1 of the contract notice. The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 #102 provided for aggrieved parties who had been harmed or were at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland).
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
19/01/2017