Contract notice – utilities
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
London Underground Limited
5 Endeavour Square
London
E20 1JN
UK
Contact person: Miss Jasmine Moss
Telephone: +44 7514492010
E-mail: JASMINEMOSS@TFL.GOV.UK
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://tfl.gov.uk
Address of the buyer profile: https://tfl.gov.uk
I.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge at:
https://procontract.due-north.com/
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent electronically to:
https://procontract.due-north.com/
I.6) Main activity
Urban railway, tramway, trolleybus or bus services
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
TfL Renewable Corporate Power Purchase Agreement ('PPA Comet')
Reference number: DN581564
II.1.2) Main CPV code
09000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Supplies
II.1.4) Short description
Transport for London (TfL) (contracting as its subsidiary, London Underground Limited) is seeking to enter into a PPA (‘PPA Comet’) with a renewable generator, and expects to contract for 150-200 GWhs of renewable energy per annum from 'additional' generator assets, pursuant to a 15 year PPA. The new build facility must be able to begin delivering power to TfL under a PPA no earlier than 1 June 2024 and no later than 30 June 2026.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UK
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
TfL is seeking to enter into a PPA, ‘PPA Comet’, with a renewable generator. TfL will purchase the power generated by the renewable facility (or an agreed percentage of the power generated reflecting TfL’s output requirement (i.e. 150-200 GWh per annum)) for the duration of the supply period (i.e. 15 years) as well as the associated environmental attributes and benefits.
The contract structure will be a ‘pay-as-produced’ sleeved ('physical') PPA for the supply of wind power or solar power only, with TfL’s existing utility supplier (or such other licensed supplier that TfL may appoint from time to time) providing the sleeving services.
TfL is conducting a Negotiated Procedure with prior call for competition under the Utilities Contracts Regulations, and therefore some change to the published PPA may be expected. Potential areas of negotiation, and the process for conducting it, are included in the full suite of tender documents.
As indicated in its press release of 19 March 2021, the GLA is exploring collaborative GLA Group new-build PPA procurements, along with the separate development of a long-term asset financing solution to be made available to bidders for those PPAs. The GLA also intends to make a tranche of long-term asset financing available to bidders for this TfL PPA, subject to due diligence. The GLA financing solution, and the GLA Group new-build PPA procurements, are separate from and independent of this TfL PPA procurement. Whether or not bidders take up the GLA financing offer will be solely for bidders to determine and no preference will be given in the evaluation of PPA bids to submissions from bidders who have taken up this offer. TfL has no information on the GLA financing offer; interested potential suppliers should contact PPAfinance@londontreasury.org.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 230
This contract is subject to renewal: No
II.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted:
No
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.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date:
25/07/2022
Local time: 12:00
IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
EN
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement:
No
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
HM High Courts and Tribunal Service
London
WC2A 2LL
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
23/06/2022