Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Strategic Investment Board Ltd
Fifth Floor, 9 Lanyon Pl
Belfast
BT1 3LP
UK
Contact person: Collaboration.CPDfinance-ni.gov.uk
E-mail: Collaboration.CPD@finance-ni.gov.uk
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps
Address of the buyer profile: https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps
I.2) Joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
I.5) Main activity
General public services
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
TEO SIB — Provision of Energy Market Risk Management Advisory Services (ID 2621210)
II.1.2) Main CPV code
71314000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
In order to inform and support tender competitions and contracts in respect of electricity and natural gas SIB requires energy expertise to provide specialist electricity and natural gas risk management advisory services. These services are required by SIB and a number of CoPEs across the Northern Ireland public sector. For illustration purposes only, the maximum number of electricity meter points is approximately 5 700, the number of gas meter points is approximately 1 500 and the number of unmetered electricity supply points is approximately 1 250.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
296 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
71314200
71314300
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKN
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
In order to inform and support tender competitions and contracts in respect of electricity and natural gas SIB requires energy expertise to provide specialist electricity and natural gas risk management advisory services. These services are required by SIB and a number of CoPEs across the Northern Ireland public sector. For illustration purposes only, the maximum number of electricity meter points is approximately 5 700, the number of gas meter points is approximately 1 500 and the number of unmetered electricity supply points is approximately 1 250.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Qualitative
/ Weighting: 50
Cost criterion: Quantitative
/ 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
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
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:
2020/S 015-030386
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: 1
Title: Contract
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
28/07/2020
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from EU Member States: 1
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Horizon Energy Group Ltd
4400 Airport Business Park
Cork
T12 N84F
IE
Telephone: +35 3212029135
E-mail: sandra.quinn@heg.ie
NUTS: IE
Internet address(es)
URL: https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps
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:
: 296 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
Contract monitoring: the successful contractor’s performance on the contract will be regularly monitored. Contractors not delivering on contract requirements is a serious matter. It means the public purse is not getting. what it is paying for. If a contractor fails to reach satisfactory levels of contract performance they will be given a specified time to improve. If, after the specified time, they still fail to reach satisfactory levels of contract performance, the matter will be escalated to senior management in Construction and Procurement Delivery (CPD) for further action. If this occurs and their performance still does not improve to satisfactory levels within the specified period, it may be regarded as an act of grave professional misconduct and they may be issued. with a certificate of unsatisfactory performance and the contract may be terminated. The issue of a certificate of unsatisfactory performance will result in the contractor being excluded from all procurement competitions being undertaken by centres of procurement expertise on behalf of bodies covered by the Northern Ireland. Procurement Policy for a period of 12 months from the date of issue of the certificate.
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
The UK does not have any such bodies with responsibility for review/appeal or mediation
Belfast
UK
VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
CPD complied with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and, where appropriate, incorporated a standstill. period (i.e. a minimum of 10 calendar days) at the point information was communicated to tenderers. That. notification provided full information on the award decision. This provided time for the unsuccessful tenderers to. challenge the award decision before the contract was entered into.
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
28/07/2020