Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
YPO
41 Industrial Park
Wakefield
WF2 0XE
UK
Contact person: Contracts Team
Telephone: +44 1924664685
E-mail: contracts@ypo.co.uk
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.ypo.co.uk/
Address of the buyer profile: https://procontract.duenorth.north.com/register?ReadForm
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
YPO - 000791 The Flexible Procurement and Supply of Electricity for NHH, HH and UMS
Reference number: 000791
II.1.2) Main CPV code
09310000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Supplies
II.1.4) Short description
YPO are looking for a Supplier to be appointed onto a Framework Agreement for the supply of non-half hourly, half hourly and unmetered electricity supplies, as well as related ancillary services, primarily for use in the local authority sector, education sector and emergency services sector. This Framework is designed to meet the needs of both YPO and Other Contracting Authorities by establishing an agreement where the end customer will enter into an electricity supply agreement with the supplier and the supplier will supply electricity, as well as any ancillary services that the customer requires, direct to the end customer.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
1 200 000 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UK
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The Procurement and Supply of Electricity for Non-Half Hourly, Half Hourly and Unmetered Supplies.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Trading support
/ Weighting: 15
Quality criterion: Customer onboarding, exiting, billing process
/ Weighting: 10
Quality criterion: Customer service and customer transition
/ Weighting: 20
Quality criterion: Innovation and sustainability
/ Weighting: 15
Cost criterion: Cost
/ Weighting: 40
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.1.3) 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 241-499917
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: 000791
Title: YPO - 000791 The Flexible Procurement and Supply of Electricity for NHH, HH and UMS
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
03/05/2018
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 6
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
Npower Limited
Wiltshire
UK
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:
: 1 200 000 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
YPO are purchasing on the behalf of other contracting authorities. Please see the below link for details: https://www.ypo.co.uk/about/customers/ojeu-permissible-users.aspx.
YPO incorporated a standstill period at the point of notification of the award of the contract is provided to all bidders. The standstill period was for a minimum of 10 calendar days, and provides time for unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract is entered into. The public contracts regulations 2015 provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland).
As per the original notice The terms and price structures of the framework agreement was agreed between YPO and the preferred bidder and some public sector boiler plate clauses were included.
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
High Court of England and Wales
London
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
31/05/2018