CONTRACT NOTICE – OFFICIAL JOURNAL

Section I: Contracting Authority

I.1)

Name, Address and Contact Point(s)

I.2)

Type of contracting Authority and Main Activity or Activities

Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local sub-divisions National or federal agency/Office Regional or local Authority Regional or local Agency/Office Body governed by public law European Institution/Agency or International Organisation

General public services Defence Public order and safety Environment Economic and financial affairs Health Housing and community amenities Social protection Recreation, culture and religion Education

See II.1.5

Section II: Object of the Contract

II.1)

Description

II.1.1)

Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority

II.1.2(a))

Type of works contract

II.1.2(b))

Type of supplies contract

II.1.2(c))

Type of service contract

II.1.2)

Main site or location of works, place of delivery or performance

Sites across England, Wales and Scotland.

II.1.3)

This notice involves

A public contract
The setting up of a Dynamic Purchasing System
The establishment of a framework agreement

II.1.4)

Information on framework agreement (if applicable)

Framework agreement with a single operators
Framework agreement with several operators

Number of participants to the framework agreement envisaged

Duration of the framework agreement

Justification for a framework agreement the duration of which exceeds four years

Estimated total value of purchases for the entire duration of the framework agreement

Frequency and value of the contracts to be awarded

II.1.5)

Short description of the contract or purchase(s)

NSAH (Alliance Homes) Limited (Alliance Homes) is a Registered Provider in North Somerset. It has developed a reputation for enabling the procurement of high quality, cost efficient photo-voltaic solutions via its self-funded photovoltaic panel framework which has been used by numerous public sector entities across the UK to install over 100,000 panels over the past five years.

Alliance Homes is now seeking to appoint one developer partner to a framework agreement, accessible by all UK public sector entities as detailed in Section VI.3, to deliver a fully-funded roof-top photovoltaic solution across the UK public sector property portfolio.

Alliance Homes is currently re-tendering its successful self-funded model framework (see OJEU Notice 2015/S-033-056490) and is currently running an EWI framework agreement (pursuant to OJEU Notice number 2013/S-074-123396).

The framework will provide a complete solution to public sector entities seeking to secure projects for the generation of electricity and will include the development, design, funding, installation and operation of PV installations as a one-stop shop in accordance with DECC and all other legislative requirements. It is envisaged at present that call-off contracts will range from 500 kw to 100 MW+ on individual or linked sites. Accordingly, only developers with current secured funding, a track record of project delivery in roof-top projects at scale and a professional and experienced supply chain should submit an expression of interest.

II.1.6)

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

II.1.7)

Contract covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

II.1.8)

Division into lots

II.1.9)

Will variants be accepted

II.2)

Quantity or Scope of the Contract

II.2.1)

Total quantity or scope

II.2.2)

Options

Provisional timetable for recourse to these options

Number of possible renewals

In the case of renewable supplies or service contracts, estimated time frame for subsequent contracts

II.3)

Duration of the contract or limit for completion

Section III: Legal, Economic, Financial and Technical Information

III.1)

Conditions Relating to the Contract

III.1.1)

Deposits and guarantees required

Details of the deposits, guarantees, bond, insurance or other forms of security will be set out in the Contract Documents.

III.1.2)

Main Terms of financing and payment and/or reference to the relevant provisions

Details of any financing conditions or payment arrangements required will be set out in the Contract Documents.

III.1.3)

Legal form to be taken by the grouping of suppliers, contractors or service providers to whom the contract is to be awarded

A consortium tender is acceptable but Alliance Homes reserves the right to require groupings of suppliers to take a particular legal form or to require a single supplier to take primary liability or to require that each party undertakes joint and several liability.

III.1.4)

Other particular conditions to which the performance of the contract is subject

III.2)

Conditions for Participation

III.2.1)

Personal situation of economic operators, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers

As set out in the pre-qualification questionnaire.

III.2.2)

Economic and financial capacity

III.2.3)

Technical capacity

III.2.4)

Reserved contracts

The contract is restricted to sheltered workshops
The execution of the contract is restricted to the framework of sheltered employment programmes

III.3)

Conditions Specific to Service Contracts

III.3.1)

Is provision of the service reserved to a specific profession?

III.3.2)

Will legal entities be required to state the names and professional qualifications of the personnel responsible for the execution of the service?

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)

Type of Procedure

Open		Restricted
Accelerated restricted		Negotiated
Accelerated negotiated		Competitive dialogue

Justification for the choice of accelerated procedure

IV.1.1)

Have candidates already been selected?

IV.1.2)

Limitations on the number of operators who will be invited to tender or to participate

Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates

IV.1.3)

Reduction of the number of operators during the negotiation or dialogue

Recourse to staged procedure to gradually reduce the number of solutions to be discussed or tenders to be negotiated

IV.2)

Award Criteria

IV.2.2)

An electronic auction will be used

IV.3 Administrative Information

IV.3.1)

Reference number attributed to the notice by the contracting authority

Not applicable

IV.3.2)

Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract

Prior Information Notice
Notice on a Buyer Profile

Other previous publications

IV.3.3)

Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents

IV.3.4)

Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate

IV.3.5)

Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates

IV.3.6)

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

IV.3.7)

Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender 

IV.3.8)

Conditions for opening tenders

Section VI: Other Information

VI.1)

Indicate whether this procurement is a recurrent one and the Estimated timing for further notices to be published

VI.2)

Does the contract relate to a Project/Programme financed by Community Funds?

VI.3)

Additional Information

Alliance Homes is letting this framework agreement for itself and on behalf of other Registered Providers operating within the UK (for a full list, see: www.homesandcommunities.co.uk, http://gov.wales/topics/housing-and-regeneration/publications/registered-social-landlords-in-wales/?lang=en# and http://www.nidirect.gov.uk/index/contacts/contacts-az/housing-associations-contact.htm), Local Authorities within the UK (for a full list see: http://www.idea.gov.uk/idk/org/la-data.do), ALMOs within the UK (for a full list see: www.almos.org.uk/member_list) and other contracting authorities as defined in Part 1 and set out in Schedule 1 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, Fire and Rescue, Police and Crime Commissioners, Joint Authorities, National Parks, any UK, Scottish, Welsh, Northern-Irish, Non-Departmental Public Body, NHS Bodies including NHS England Trusts, Foundation Trusts, CCCs, Special Health Authorities, Education Bodies in the UK including schools, academies, colleges and universities, central government authorities including the Defence Infrastructure Organisation, Cabinet Office, DEFRA, CLG and military organisations. Joint ventures comprising any of the above potential clients (or Alliance Homes) and subsidiary companies of the above potential clients (and those of Alliance Homes) may also utilise the framework agreements.

Alliance Homes reserves the right not to award a framework agreement and/or any call-off contract or to award a framework agreement and/or any call-off contract for part of the works and services advertised under this notice only at its sole discretion and Alliance Homes and/or any additional contracting authorities seeking to use this framework agreement shall have no liability whatsoever to any applicant/tenderer as a result of its exercise or that discretion. All costs incurred by the applicant/tenderer before signature of any framework agreement/ call-off contract with Alliance Homes and/or any other client shall be incurred entirely at the applicant/tenderer's risk, and Alliance Homes/any other client shall not have any liability whatsoever for those costs.

Applicants/tenderers should note that call-off contracts made underneath the framework agreement are likely to be long-term agreements and therefore may last beyond the end-date of the framework agreement. Applicants/tenderers will be required to hold their tenders open for acceptance for a minimum of six (6) months from the deadline for submission of tenders. Applicants/tenderers should note that appointment to the framework agreement is not a guarantee of work and there is no guaranteed minimum number or value of call-off contracts to be awarded under the proposed framework agreement.

VI.4)

Procedures for appeal

VI.4.1)

Body responsible for appeal procedures

Body responsible for mediation procedures

VI.4.2)

Lodging of appeals
Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals:

Alliance Homes will observe a standstill period and conduct itself in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015.

VI.4.3)

Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained

VI.5)

Dispatch date of this Notice