Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
North East Procurement Organisation (Central Purchasing Body)
Guildhall
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE1 3AF
UK
Telephone: +44 7768817978
E-mail: marie.perriam@nepo.org
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.nepo.org
I.1) Name and addresses
Darlington Borough Council (Framework Contract Participant)
Town Hall, Feethams
Darlington
DL1 5QT
UK
E-mail: customerservices@darlington.gov.uk
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.darlington.gov.uk
I.1) Name and addresses
Durham County Council (Framework Contract Participant)
County Hall
Durham
DH1 5UL
UK
E-mail: help@durham.gov.uk
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.durham.gov.uk
I.1) Name and addresses
Gateshead Council (Framework Contract Participant)
Civic Centre, Regent Street
Gateshead
NE8 1HH
UK
E-mail: customerservices@gateshead.gov.uk
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.gateshead.gov.uk
I.1) Name and addresses
Hartlepool Borough Council (Framework Contract Participant)
Civic Centre, Victoria Road
Hartlepool
TS24 8AY
UK
E-mail: customer.service@hartlepool.gov.uk
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.hartlepool.gov.uk
I.1) Name and addresses
Middlesbrough Borough Council (Framework Contract Participant)
Civic Centre, Albert Road
Middlesbrough
TS1 9FX
UK
E-mail: contactcentre@middlesbrough.gov.uk
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.middlesbrough.gov.uk
I.1) Name and addresses
Newcastle City Council (Framework Contract Participant)
Civic Centre, Barras Bridge
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE1 7RS
UK
E-mail: csc@newcastle.gov.uk
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.newcastle.gov.uk
I.1) Name and addresses
North Tyneside Council (Framework Contract Participant)
Quadrant, Silverlink North
North Tyneside
NE27 0BY
UK
E-mail: contactus@northtyneside.gov.uk
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.northtyneside.gov.uk
I.1) Name and addresses
Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council (Framework Contract Participant)
Redcar and Cleveland House, Kirkleatham Street
Redcar
TS10 1RT
UK
E-mail: contactus@redcar-cleveland.gov.uk
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.redcar-cleveland.gov.uk
I.1) Name and addresses
South Tyneside Council (Framework Contract Participant)
Hawthorne House, Viking Business Park
Jarrow
NE32 3DP
UK
E-mail: customerhelp@southtyneside.gov.uk
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.southtyneside.gov.uk
I.1) Name and addresses
Stockton Borough Council (Framework Contract Participant)
Municipal Buildings
Stockton
TS18 1LD
UK
E-mail: customer.comments@stockton.gov.uk
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.stockton.gov.uk
I.1) Name and addresses
Sunderland City Council (Framework Contract Participant)
Civic Centre, Burdon Road
Sunderland
SR2 7DN
UK
E-mail: enquiries@sunderland.gov.uk
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.sunderland.gov.uk
I.2) Joint procurement
The contract involves joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
I.5) Main activity
General public services
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
NEPO301 Electricity Supply and Demand Framework Agreement
Reference number: NEPO301
II.1.2) Main CPV code
09000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Supplies
II.1.4) Short description
The Association of North East Councils Trading as the North East Procurement Organisation (NEPO) is seeking tenders for electricity supply and demand side services. Tenderers must hold a Non-Domestic Supply License as issued by OFGEM.
The Framework Agreement supply side services will include NEPO trading electricity on a fully flexible basis (amongst other products) and the subsequent supply of electricity to the NEPO portfolio to Half Hourly (HH), non-Half Hourly (NHH) and Street Lighting (both HH and Unmetered Supply (UMS). Included in the supply side of the scope is Data Collector (DC) and Data Aggregator (DA). Also included in the scope of the Framework Agreement is the provision of Automatic Meter Reading and associated services and systems.
The Framework Agreement demand side services will include the intelligent management and reduction of required electricity demand.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
500 000 000.00
EUR
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
09310000
65000000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UK
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
NEPO are using a 2-stage Competition with Negotiation procedure to procure this Framework Agreement. The first stage is a Selection Questionnaire which will be used to shortlist organisations. It should be noted that one of the key mandatory criteria at Selection Questionnaire stage is for organisations to hold a non-domestic electricity supply licence. Shortlisted organisations will then be invited to tender in January 2018. The Selection Questionnaire document also contains an ITT Overview that sets out the high-level requirements of the Framework Agreement. This document will allow organisations to determine if they are interested in this opportunity and consider whether they have the required capability and capacity to deliver the Framework Agreement prior to submitting a Selection Questionnaire. The Framework Contract will be a sole supplier Framework Contract with one Lot. Those organisations shortlisted from Selection Questionnaire and invited to tender will be evaluated in accordance with the Award Criteria contained within the Invitation to Tender documents. NEPO may then negotiation with an organisation(s) in line with the requirements of the Competition with Negotiation procedure. NEPO also reserve the right not to enter into negotiation and accept an initial Tender. The opportunity can be accessed via the NEPO eTender system. Suppliers wishing to be considered for this contract must register their expression of interest and submit a tender through the NEPO eTender system. If not already registered, candidates should register on the NEPO eTender system at https://procontract.due-north.com/register?openform
Tenders must be submitted using the link above. Tenders submitted via postal or email methods will not be accepted. If you require time-critical assistance on submitting your Tender please contact the System Support Team on 0330 0050352. For non-time critical issues, such as passwords, general account queries and location of information etc.please contact Proactis Supplier Support Helpdesk Ticketing System (http://proactis.kayako.com) and select ProContract V3 support. You will then need to login or submit a ticket to register your issue. Alternatively, you can email ProContractSuppliers@proactis.com
This will automatically log a support ticket on the Proactis Supplier Support Helpdesk. NEPO does not give any guarantee and/or warrant the actual value of the goods (if any) which will be placed with the successful suppliers by any Contracting Authority using the Framework Contract pursuant to this process and accepts no liability thereof.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Framework agreement management
/ Weighting: 20 %
Quality criterion: Electricity supply product
/ Weighting: 20 %
Quality criterion: Buying and risk management
/ Weighting: 20 %
Quality criterion: Demand side services
/ Weighting: 10 %
Quality criterion: Social value
/ Weighting: 5 %
Cost criterion: Cost
/ Weighting: 25 %
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
Competitive procedure with negotiation
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:
Yes
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2017/S 214-444338
Section V: Award of contract
Title: NEPO301 Electricity Supply and Demand Framework Agreement
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
27/06/2018
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 5
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: 5
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
EDF Energy Customers PLC
40 Grosvenor Place, Victoria
London
SW1X 7EN
UK
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
URL: www.edfenergy.com
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:
: 500 000 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
It is understood the following NEPO Associate Members will use the Framework Contract from its commencement: Cestria Housing, Cleveland Fire Brigade, Cleveland Police, Derwentside Housing, Durham Constabulary, East Durham Homes, Gateshead College. Livin Housing, Middlesbrough College, Nexus, Northumbria Police, St Hildas Academy and Sunderland College. The NEPO Member Authorities that will use the Framework Contract are listed at the start of this Contract Notice.
NEPO is a Central Purchasing Body as defined in the Public Contract Regulations 2015 (PCR15). This means that NEPO may provide central purchasing activity on behalf of Contracting Authorities. The agreement will be available for use by all NEPO Members within the North East, North Yorkshire and Cumbria regions. A list of member organisations is available in the About section of the NEPO website at: www.nepo.org
This agreement will also be made available to all current and future NEPO Associate Members throughout the North East, North Yorkshire and Cumbria regions. Current Associate Members are listed in the Associate Member section of the NEPO website at: www.nepo.org/associate-membership/list
NEPO intends to make the resulting agreement available for use by all Contracting Authorities throughout the North East, North Yorkshire and Cumbria regions (as defined by the Public Contracts Regulations 2015) including but not limited to Government Departments and their Agencies, Non-Departmental Public Bodies, Central Government, NHS Bodies, Local Authorities, Emergency Services, Coastguard Emergency Services, Educational Establishments, Registered Social Landlords and Registered Charities.
Please see the following websites for further details:
— http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Dl1/Directories/Localcouncils/index.htm http://www.education.gov.uk/edubase/
Home.xhtml
— http://www.schoolswebdirectory.co.uk/localauthorities.php
— http://www.ukschoolsdirectory.net
— https://www.gov.uk/find-school-in-england
— http://apps.education-ni.gov.uk/appinstitutes/default.aspx
— https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/open-academies-and-academy-projects-in-development
— http://unistats.direct.gov.uk/institutions/
— http://www.hefce.ac.uk/workprovide/unicoll/heis/
— http://www.hefce.ac.uk/workprovide/unicoll/fecs/
— http://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/AcuteTrustListing.aspx
— http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Dl1/Directories/A-ZOfCentralGovernment/index.htm
— https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations
— https://www.communities-ni.gov.uk/contact
— https://www.ons.gov.uk/
— http://www.police.uk/forces.htm
— http://www.police-information.co.uk/index.html
— http://www.mcga.gov.uk/c4mca/mcga07-home.htm
— http://www.fireservice.co.uk/information/ukfrs
— http://www.fire.org.uk/fire-brigades.html
— http://www.charity-commission.gov.uk/About_us/Regulation/Registering_charities_index.aspx
— http://www.oscr.org.uk/
— http://www.idea.gov.uk/idk/core/page.do?pageId=7175736
— http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/Showcharity/RegisterOfCharities/registerhomepage.aspx
— http://www.communities.gov.uk/newsroom/factsandfigures/housingplanning1/facts/socialhousing/?id=1822644
A complete list of permissible users is shown on the NEPO website below:
http://www.nepo.org/associate-membership/permissable-users
Organisations wishing to access the NEPO agreement will be required to register as a NEPO Associate Member in the first instance.
Further information can be found at: www.nepo.org
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
North East Procurement Organisation
Guildhall, Quayside
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE1 3AF
UK
Telephone: +44 7768817978
E-mail: marie.perriam@nepo.org
Internet address(es)
URL: www.nepo.org
VI.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures
North East Procurement Organisation
Guildhall, Quayside
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE1 3AF
UK
Telephone: +44 7768817978
E-mail: marie.perriam@nepo.org
Internet address(es)
URL: www.nepo.org
VI.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
North East Procurement Organisation
Guildhall, Quayside
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE1 3AF
UK
Telephone: +44 7768817978
E-mail: marie.perriam@nepo.org
Internet address(es)
URL: www.nepo.org
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
27/07/2018