Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
The Energy Consortium (Education and Public Sector)
The Innovation Centre, 1 Devon Way, Longbridge Business Park
Birmingham
B31 2TS
UK
Contact person: Stephen Creighton
Telephone: +44 01214831963
E-mail: stephen.creighton@tec.ac.uk
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.tec.ac.uk
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.tec.ac.uk
I.2) Joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Other: The Energy Consortium (Education and Public Sector) (TEC) is a central purchasing body as defined in the Public Contract Regulations 2006
I.5) Main activity
General public services
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Provision of Flexible Mains Gas and Electricity Contracts.
Reference number: TECPROC024
II.1.2) Main CPV code
09310000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Supplies
II.1.4) Short description
The contracting authority wishes to establish a framework agreement for the supply of flexible contracts (Main Gas and Electricity) for use by UK contracting authorities (as defined in Article 1(9) of Directive 2004/18/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and implemented by Regulation 3 of The Public contracts Regulations 2006) or its agent(s).
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
Yes
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
580 000 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
Lot No: 2
II.2.1) Title
Half Hourly Electricity (To Include NHH where a member utilises the HH Lot) (Flexible including UMS)
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
09310000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UK
Main site or place of performance:
United Kingdom.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The contracting authority wishes to establish a framework agreement for the supply of flexible contracts (Mains Gas, and Electricity) for use by UK contracting authorities (as defined in Article 1(9) of Directive 2004/18/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and implemented by Regulation 3 of The Public Contracts Regulations 2006) or its agent(s).
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Portfolio actualisation and trading arrangements
/ Weighting: 30 %
Quality criterion: Customer service
/ Weighting: 25 %
Quality criterion: Additional services and innovation
/ Weighting: 5 %
Cost criterion: Portfolio price determination, billing and costing
/ Weighting: 40 %
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
The Contracting Authority is a public authority under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (‘The Act’) and the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (‘EIR’). As part of its duty under the Act and the EIR, the Contracting Authority may disclose information to a person making a request unless the information is covered by an exemption under the Act or the EIR. The Contracting Authority is required to determine whether the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing this information. Tenderers should state in their Tender responses whether or not they consider the information supplied should be exempted from disclosure to third parties under the Act or the EIR and should provide reasons for such views. These views will be taken into consideration by the Contracting Authority when deciding whether to disclose information. (Please see tender documents for further information).
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Restricted procedure
IV.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
No
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2014/S 008-009195
Section V: Award of contract
Lot No: 2
Contract No: 2
Title: Half Hourly Electricity (To Include NHH where a member utilities the HH Lot) (Flexible including UMS)
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
24/03/2016
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 6
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: 6
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
EDF Energy Customers Plc
40 Grosvenor Place, Victoria
London
SW1X 7EN
UK
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 350 000 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
Tenderers should note that the Contracting Authority reserves the right to cancel this procurement at any stage and for any reason and not award a Framework Agreement. In accordance with law and the terms set out in the tender documents, the Contracting Authority reserves the right to change without notice any part of the proposed contract and the procedure for awarding the proposed contract and/or stop the process or cancel the procurement at any time. The Contracting Authority also reserves the right not to award a contract at any time without liability on its part. Please also note that the Contracting Authority will be able to terminate the procurement process for any reason, including but not limited to: if there are not sufficient eligible tenders; (if the funding application(s) relevant to the proposed contract is/are rejected, or is/are approved but with insufficient funding to allow completion of the proposed contract) (If necessary, the Contracting Authority reserves a discretionary right to find alternative sources of funding). Nothing in this Contract Notice, tender documents, contract documents, any other written communication to the potential Tenderer/Tenderers from the Contracting Authority or its representatives and any oral communication to the potential Tenderer/Tenderers from the Contracting Authority or its representatives, shall generate any contractual obligations or intention to create a contract prior to any signature of a final written contract. If the Contracting Authority decides to enter into a Framework Agreement with the successful tenderer(s) this does not mean that there is any guarantee of subsequent contracts being awarded. Any expenditure, work or effort undertaken prior to contract award is accordingly a matter solely for the commercial judgement of the tenderers. Any order placed under this Framework Agreement will form a separate contract under the scope of this framework between the service provider and the specific requesting other contracting body.
Miscellaneous:
The Contracting Authority is a public authority under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (‘The Act’) and the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (‘EIR’). As part of its duty under the Act and the EIR, the Contracting Authority may disclose information to a person making a request unless the information is covered by an exemption under the Act or the EIR. The Contracting Authority is required to determine whether the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing this information. Tenderers should state in their Tender responses whether or not they consider the information supplied should be exempted from disclosure to third parties under the Act or the EIR and should provide reasons for such views. These views will be taken into consideration by the Contracting Authority when deciding whether to disclose information. (Please see tender documents for further information).
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GO Reference: GO-201653-PRO-8154451.
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
TEC (The Energy Consortium)
1 Devon Way
Birmingham
B31 2TS
UK
Telephone: +44 1214831963
VI.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures
The UK does not have any such body for appeal procedures
Birmingham
UK
VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
Tenderers have the right to challenge provided for within regulation 47 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2006 (as amended). Any such proceedings must be brought in the High Court of England and Wales.
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
03/05/2016