Forthside District Heating Network Supply of Heat — Supply Contract

Concepts

• electricity and heating
• stirling
• lcitp
• supply contract
• district heating network
• supply of energy
• supply of heat
• operation of a heat network
• forthside district heating network supply of heat
• sc1617-0104b forthside district heating network supply of heat

Location

Forthside, Stirling

Description

This contract was formally finalised in September 2019. This notice is being published to close off the original 15 voluntary ex-ante Transparency (VEAT) Notice — SC1617-0104B Forthside District Heating Network Supply of Heat. The Council has secured LCITP funding of GBP 1 900 000 from the Scottish Government in relation to the construction of an energy centre and district heating network. This contract is for the supply of heat from the energy centre to the district heating network. The contract is for a 20-year term, with the potential to be extended by agreement of the parties.

Total Quantity or Scope

Justification for selected award procedure: The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the Directive Explanation: For the purposes of this contract the Council is regulated as a Utility, as it is a contracting authority engaged in the activity of the provision and operation of a heat network. See Article 8(1) of Directive 2014/25/EU and the corresponding implementing provision of Regulation 8 of the Utilities Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2016. Article 23(1) of Directive 2014/25/EU (and regulation 22 of the implementing regulations referred to above) provides that the Directive/regulations do not apply to procurement for the award of a contract by a utility active in the energy sector (by reference to Article (1)) for the supply of energy.

Award Detail

Award Criteria

CPV Codes

• 09300000 - Electricity, heating, solar and nuclear energy

Indicators

• Award on basis of price.

Legal Justification

For the purposes of this contract the Council is regulated as a Utility, as it is a contracting authority engaged in the activity of the provision and operation of a heat network. See Article 8(1) of Directive 2014/25/EU and the corresponding implementing provision of Regulation 8 of the Utilities Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2016.

Other Information

This contract was formally finalised in September 2019. This notice is being published to close off the original 15 voluntary ex-ante Transparency (VEAT) Notice - SC1617-0104B Forthside District heating network supply of heat. Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition in the Official Journal of the European Union Justification for selected award procedure: The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the Directive Explanation: For the purposes of this contract the Council is regulated as a Utility, as it is a contracting authority engaged in the activity of the provision and operation of a heat network. See Article 8(1) of Directive 2014/25/EU and the corresponding implementing provision of regulation 8 of the Utilities Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2016. Article 23(1) of Directive 2014/25/EU (and regulation 22 of the implementing regulations referred to above) provides that the Directive/regulations do not apply to procurement for the award of a contract by a utility active in the energy sector (by reference to Article (1)) for the supply of energy. (SC Ref:661103).