Contract award notice – utilities
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
NIE Networks Ltd
120 Malone Road
Belfast
BT9 5HT
UK
Contact person: Betty Robinson
E-mail: betty.robinson@nienetworks.co.uk
NUTS: UKN
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.nienetworks.co.uk
I.6) Main activity
Electricity
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
S1081(2020) Helicopter Patrolling of Overhead Lines
Reference number: S1081 (2020)
II.1.2) Main CPV code
60400000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
NIE Networks seeks to appoint a suitably qualified and experienced organisation onto a framework for helicopter patrolling of overhead lines. The framework will initially be for 5 years with an option, exercisable at the discretion of the contracting entity and subject to the terms of the framework agreement, to extend by a further optional three(3) year period, with a total potential duration of eight(8) years.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
2 192 000.00
EUR
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
60400000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKN
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Provision of Helicopter Patrolling of Overhead Lines.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Quality
/ Weighting: 30 %
Price
/ Weighting:
70 %
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
Negotiated with call for competition
IV.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement with a single operator.
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 198-481351
IV.2.9) Information about termination of call for competition in the form of a prior information notice
The contracting authority will not award any further contracts based on the above prior information notice
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: S1081
Title: Provision of Helicopter Patrolling of Overhead Lines
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
01/04/2021
V.2.2) Information about tenders
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
PLM Dollar Group Ltd t/a PDG Aviation Services
Inverness
UK
NUTS: UKM62
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 2 192 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Northern Ireland Electricity Networks Ltd
120 Malone Road
Belfast
BT9 5HT
UK
VI.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures
High Court of Justice in Northern Ireland
Royal Courts of Justice, Chichester Street
Belfast
BT1 3JY
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
07/06/2021