CONTRACT NOTICE – NATIONAL

1 Authority Details

1.1

Authority Name and Address

1.2

Address from which documentation may be obtained

As in 1.1

1.3

Completed documents must be returned to:

As in 1.1

2 Contract Details

2.1

Title

Framework of Services Relating to Survey and Whole House Assessment to support Arbed 3

2.2

Description of the goods or services required

Arbed 3 is a Welsh energy efficiency scheme funded by the Welsh Government which aims to help reduce fuel poverty and improve the energy efficiency of homes in Wales.

Arbed am Byth, a new joint venture between Energy Saving Trust and Everwarm, has been appointed by the Welsh Government to manage this scheme on its behalf and will develop and deliver area-based energy efficiency projects across Wales.

The programme has an estimated value of GBP55m across the next three years, with potential extensions of two one-year periods.

This PIN is to advise that Arbed am Byth will be carrying out a tender exercise to establish a framework of local contractors across Wales to support the delivery of the scheme.

Arbed am Byth is seeking expressions of interest from contractors with the capability to:

- Carry our Surveys/ Whole House Assessments of properties selected to receive installation of energy efficiency measures in any or all parts of Wales.

We would particularly like to hear from Wales-based SMEs with an interest in participating in this framework. Successful tenderers will be able to demonstrate existing infrastructure in Wales to service the scheme, and experience of operating locally in Wales to the zones for which they are applying.

We currently envisage that installers will be appointed to one or more of the four main zones under the framework, detailed in the table below:

North Wales:

Anglesey, Gwynedd, Conwy, Denbighshire, Flintshire, Wrexham

Mid-Wales:

Ceredigion, Powys

South West Wales:

Pembrokeshire, Carmarthenshire, Swansea, Neath and Port Talbot

South East Wales:

Bridgend, Vale of Glamorgan, Rhondda Cynon Taff, Cardiff, Newport, Caerphilly, Torfaen, Monmouthshire, Merthyr Tydfil, Blaenau Gwent

NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Sell2Wales Web Site at https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=82847.

The buyer has indicated that it will accept electronic responses to this notice via the Postbox facility. A user guide is available at https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/sitehelp/help_guides.aspx.

Suppliers are advised to allow adequate time for uploading documents and to dispatch the electronic response well in advance of the closing time to avoid any last minute problems.

2.3

Notice Coding and Classification

2.4

Total quantity or scope of tender

The programme has an estimated value of GBP55m across the next three years, with potential extensions of two one-year periods.

3 Conditions for Participation

3.1

Minimum standards and qualification required

Specified in the tender documentation

4 Administrative Information

4.1

Type of Procedure

Single stage

4.2

Reference number attributed to the notice by the contracting authority

AAB/ITT/WHA/0618

4.3

Time Limits

4.5

Language or languages in which tenders or requests to participate can be drawn up

4.6

Tender Submission Postbox

5 Other Information

5.1

Additional Information

(WA Ref:82847)

Under the terms of this contract the successful supplier(s) will be required to deliver Community Benefits in support of the authority’s economic and social objectives. Accordingly, contract performance conditions may relate in particular to social and environmental considerations. The Community Benefits included in this contract are:

A main focus of the Arbed 3 programme is to provide economic and social benefits to the Welsh communities we work alongside. All organisations working as part of the Arbed 3 fulfilment programme must contribute to the Community Benefits commitment. We invite tenderers to provide information on how they can contribute to Community Benefit as a successful Framework Contractor

Relates to the following project/programme financed by EU Community Funds: Arbed 3

5.2

Additional Documentation

5.3

Publication date of this notice