Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Suffolk County Council
Endeavour House, Russell Road
Ipswich
IP1 2BX
UK
Contact person: Martin Jennings
Telephone: +44 1473260450
E-mail: martin.jennings@suffolk.gov.uk
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.suffolksourcing.uk
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
I.5) Main activity
General public services
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Supply of Natural Gas
Reference number: CD1283
II.1.2) Main CPV code
09123000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
We require a flexible risk managed natural gas contract on a rolling basis for 3 years, for the period 1 October 2020 to 30 September 2023. Operating as an aggregated portfolio of natural gas consumption for dailymetered (DM), metered and non-daily metered meters (NDM) forming part of a combined portfolio. We will operate a rolling 3-year purchasing strategy for multiple customers, where gas will be purchased and sold on the traded wholesale energy market via OFGEM licenced suppliers. The portfolio may be split into purchasing in advance of year and purchasing within year. Natural gas is to be priced to the customers on a fixed cost basis for a fixed term period which will have been purchased in advance of delivery and may be greater than one year and as short as one month. The supplier will execute trades via a shared set strategy and customers will be aligned to a common contract start 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:
10 000 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
09123000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UK
Main site or place of performance:
Suffolk and the wider UNITED KINGDOM.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
This procurement exercise is being carried out by Suffolk County Council and the resulting contract will be in Suffolk County Council's name. Suffolk County Council has appointed Vertas Group Ltd to undertake the evaluation and subsequent contract management as part of their duties to Suffolk County Council. Vertas is a limited company wholly owned by Suffolk County Council. The contract portfolio has around 500 sites with an annual consumption of 95 GWh.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price
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
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
IV.1.6) Information about electronic auction
An electronic auction will be used
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:
2019/S 206-502295
Section V: Award of contract
Lot No: 1
Contract No: CD1283
Title: Supply of Natural Gas
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
17/03/2020
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 2
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: 2
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Gazprom Marketing and Trading Retail Ltd
London
UK
NUTS: UKI
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:
: 10 000 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Suffolk County Council
Endeavour House, 8 Russell Road
Ipswich
IP1 2BX
UK
VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
VI.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Suffolk County Council
Endeavour House, Russell Road
Ipswich
IP1 2BX
UK
Telephone: +44 1473260450
E-mail: martin.jennings@suffolk.gov.uk
Internet address(es)
URL: www.suffolksourcing.uk
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
19/06/2020