Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Orkney Islands Council
Council Offices, School Place
Kirkwall
KW15 1NY
UK
Contact person: Rosemary Colsell
Telephone: +44 01856873535
E-mail: rosemary.colsell@orkney.gov.uk
Fax: +44 01856876158
NUTS: UKM65
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.orkney.gov.uk
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA00369
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
I.5) Main activity
General public services
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Provision of Owners Engineer for Orkney's Community Wind Farm
Reference number: OIC/PROC/1616
II.1.2) Main CPV code
71311000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Orkney Islands Council is seeking to procure an Owners Engineer required in developing Orkney’s Community Wind Farm Project from consent to construction. It is anticipated that advisers procured under this contract will be engaged long term to provide advice up to operation of the projects.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
1 341 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
71322000
71311000
71311100
71322100
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKM65
Main site or place of performance:
Orkney Islands
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Orkney Islands Council has a requirement for specialist advisors in the form of an owners engineer in relation to the development of three wind farm sites comprising Orkney’s Community Wind Farm Project from the granting of planning consent through to construction. It is anticipated that the owners’ engineer procured under this contract will be engaged long term to provide advice up to the operation of these projects.
The owner’s engineer will be required to undertake the following:
To assist in performing site investigation.
To develop the business case to provide the Council with adequate information to reach a determination regarding a final investment decision.
To provide longer term project management and technical advice during design and construction of Orkney’s Community Wind Farm Project should the project proceed to the construction stage.
Anticipated duration of the contract will be from early spring 2023 until 2031 spanning 8 years.
Requirements for Owner’s Engineer
To progress to the next stage of development of Orkney’s Community Wind Farm Project an Owner’s Engineer is required. The Owner’s Engineer will provide engineering service and specialist expertise pertaining to the development of wind farms to see the project from its current stage through to operation.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Project Understanding
/ Weighting: 10
Quality criterion: Project Methodology
/ Weighting: 40
Quality criterion: Contract Management
/ Weighting: 30
Price
/ Weighting:
20
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
Yes
Description of options:
Given the nature of the projects involved, it is possible that unforeseen additional work may arise during the course of this consultancy, or that the requirements are reduced particularly if projects do not achieve consent. This may give rise to a requirement for a variation in agreed works or a contract extension however this option will be at the sole discretion of the Council and subject to availability of funding
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
Contract duration noted at 11.2.7 of 96 months includes the initial 24 month period of the contract and the options for 3 x 24 contract subsequent extensions. All options to extend the contract will be subject to ongoing investment decisions and relevant consents and all at the discretion of Orkney Islands Council.
The contract value is within the range of 1250000 to 1341000 GBP.
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
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:
2022/S 000-035911
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: OIC/PROC/1616
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
28/04/2023
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 4
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 1
Number of tenders received from tenderers from EU Member States: 1
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 3
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 4
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Mott MacDonald Limited
Floor 1 Greenside, 12 Blenheim Place
Edinburgh
EH7 5JH
UK
Telephone: +44 1412223757
E-mail: dawn.ford@mottmac.com
NUTS: UKM
Internet address(es)
URL: https://www.mottmac.com/
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:
: 1 291 091.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
Orkney Islands Council reserves the right to cancel the procurement at any stage and not award a Contract. The expenditure, work or effort
undertaken by bidders prior to the award of any Contract is accordingly a matter solely for the commercial judgement of bidders. Late
tenders will not be considered by the Council and all questions are to be submitted via the Questions and Answers section of this contract
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VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Kirkwall Sheriff Court
Watergate
Kirkwall
KW15 1PD
UK
Telephone: +44 1856872110
E-mail: kirkwall@scotcourts.gov.uk
Internet address(es)
URL: http://www.scotcourts.gov.uk
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
30/05/2023