Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Wave Energy Scotland Limited
An Lòchran, 10 Inverness Campus
Inverness
IV2 5NA
UK
Telephone: +44 1463245245
E-mail: wesprocurement@hient.co.uk
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.waveenergyscotland.co.uk/
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA24283
I.2) Joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local agency/office
I.5) Main activity
Economic and financial affairs
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Control Systems — R&D Services Call.
II.1.2) Main CPV code
79314000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Wave Energy Scotland (WES) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Highland and Islands Enterprise and is taking an innovative approach to supporting the commercialisation of the wave energy sector until the technical and commercial risks are low enough for the private sector to re-enter the sector.
This call was for Feasibility Studies on Control Systems for Wave Energy Converters (WECs), including detailed definition of follow-up Design and Development Project proposals. The call took the form of a three stage programme with applications limited to Stage 1 at this time.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
566 069.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
73100000
71241000
71320000
71314200
73300000
38970000
73000000
71300000
71335000
73110000
73112000
73210000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKM6
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
WES offered up to 100 % of project costs, via a contract for Research and Development services for Stage 1 activities.
This included up to 47 000 GBP (excl. VAT) per project of up to 3 month duration, with applicants free to contribute further funds if desired.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Technical description of proposed control system methodology
/ Weighting: 20
Quality criterion: Potential benefits of control methodology
/ Weighting: 15
Quality criterion: Development status and technical readiness
/ Weighting: 13
Quality criterion: Work packages and deliverables
/ Weighting: 15
Quality criterion: Project team
/ Weighting: 15
Quality criterion: Project plan
/ Weighting: 2
Quality criterion: Project management
/ Weighting: 5
Price
/ Weighting:
15
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
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:
2017/S 067-126460
Section V: Award of contract
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
08/11/2017
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 35
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 26
Number of tenders received from tenderers from EU Member States: 6
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 2
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 35
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Cheros Srl
Via Canavari 11
Pisa
56127
IT
Telephone: +39 0508753618
NUTS: ITI17
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
CPower Alba Ltd
272 Bathn Street
Glasgow
G2 7JR
UK
Telephone: +143 42206127
NUTS: UKM
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
EPF Elettrotecnica Srl
Via Langhe 24
Carrù (Cn)
12061
IT
Telephone: +393 017375106
NUTS: ITC16
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Fundacion Tecnalia Research and Innovation
C/ Geldo. Edificio 700
Derio
48160
ES
Telephone: +34 946430850
NUTS: ES
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Industrial Systems and Control Ltd
Culzean House, 36 Renfield Street
Glasgow
G2 1LU
UK
Telephone: +44 1412250127
NUTS: UKM82
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Innosea Ltd
ETTC, Alrick Building, The King's Buildings
Edinburgh
EH9 3BF
UK
Telephone: +44 1314724823
NUTS: UKM75
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
MarynSol Ltd
5th Floor, 125 Princes Street
Edinburgh
EH2 4AD
UK
Telephone: +44 7462495553
NUTS: UKM75
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
MaxSim Ltd
4/6 Murieston Road
Edinburgh
EH11 2JH
UK
Telephone: +44 1314782253
NUTS: UKM
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Queen Mary University of London
Mile End Road
London
E1 4NS
UK
Telephone: +44 2078826116
NUTS: UKI4
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
SgurrControl limited
15 Justice Mill Lane
Aberdeen
AB11 6EQ
UK
Telephone: +44 01412271473
NUTS: UKM
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
University of Bath
Claverton Down
Bath
BA2 7AY
UK
Telephone: +44 1225384977
NUTS: UKK
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
University of Bath
Claverton Down
Bath
BA2 7AY
UK
Telephone: +44 1225384977
NUTS: UKK
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Wave Venture Ltd.
Unit 6 Penstraze Business Centre
Truro
TR4 8PN
UK
Telephone: +44 1872309877
NUTS: UKK3
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 566 069.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
This was the procurement of R&D services and is, accordingly, exempt from the requirements of The Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015. This Notice is, therefore, published in the OJEU on a voluntary basis.
Contracts awarded are to the law of Scotland.
WES reserves the right to assign all or part of any contracts resulting from this process.
Successful entities will be required to enter into the contractual documents and licence arrangements specified in the accompanying documents.
Bidders which enter the early Programme Stages of the Call and complete that stage with outputs that meet the required performance expectations and satisfy the stage gate criteria can apply for further funding to progress to the next development stage.
Successful bidders which satisfy the stage gate criteria can apply for further funding to progress to the next development stage.
Section II.1.7 relates to the combined funding offered to all successful applicants. Individual contracts were awarded with values up to 47 000 GBP.
(SC Ref:511008).
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Wave Energy Scotland Limited
An Lòchran, 10 Inverness Campus
Inverness
IV2 5NA
UK
Telephone: +44 1463245245
E-mail: wesprocurement@hient.co.uk
Internet address(es)
URL: http://www.hie.co.uk/growth-sectors/energy/wave-energy-scotland/2015.html
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
14/11/2017