Provision of a Pre-payment & Credit (Natural Gas) Metering Solution and Associated Services - Data Management & Electronic Cash Collection
A Tender Notice
by PHOENIX NATURAL GAS LTD
- Source
- Find a Tender
- Type
- Framework (Goods)
- Duration
- 8 year
- Value
- £83M
- Sector
- INDUSTRIAL
- Published
- 24 Jan 2022
- Delivery
- To 05 Jan 2030 (est.)
- Deadline
- 16 Feb 2022 12:00
Concepts
Location
Various locations throughout Northern Ireland
1 buyer
- Phoenix Natural Gas Belfast
Description
This tender process is being led by Phoenix Natural Gas Limited in conjunction with, and for the benefit of, all of the clients specified in Section VI.3 below. The clients are seeking to establish a framework agreement (with a potential maximum 8 year duration) under which the clients may (at their discretion) enter into separate call-off contracts for the provision of supplies and services (including optional support services) by the successful suppliers/service providers. Further details of the supplies and services required are set out in the specification, made available with this notice, however at a headline level, this opportunity relates to the provision of an overall pre-payment and credit solution in connection with the supply of natural gas metering equipment (domestic) and associated services - i.e. data management and electronic cash collection services/ online payment platform. The framework agreement is divided into Lots, as follows: Lot 1: Supply of Pre-payment enabled & Credit Metering Equipment Only Lot 2: Provision of Meter Management/ Data Collection System Only Lot 3: Provision of Electronic Cash Collection Services Network Only
Lot Division
| 1 | Supply of Pre-payment Enabled and Credit Metering Equipment Only
Lot 1 is for the supply of pre-payment enabled & credit natural gas metering equipment to be utilised by domestic customers. The meter will be a stand-alone gas metering solution without the requirement for a wired connection for power supply or connectivity. The meter must be compatible with a Meter Management System to facilitate the provision of both online and physical payment via retail outlets, in accordance with Lot 2 and Lot 3 of the framework agreement, as detailed in this contract notice. Further details of the clients’ requirements are available in the Specification released with this contract notice. Additional information: Phoenix Natural Gas Ltd reserve the right at any time to: reject any, or all, responses and to cancel or withdraw from this procurement process at any stage; award a Contract without prior notice; change the basis, the procedures and timescales set out - or referred to - within the tender documentation; require any Applicant or subsequent Tenderer, to clarify any submissions. |
| 2 | Provision of Meter Management/Data Collection System Only
Lot 2 is for the supply of a data management system capable of reading customer usage, meter reading and meter health data for transmission back to either the Network Operators and/or Gas Suppliers and includes options in relation to the provision of ongoing support services. The system must be compatible with the accompanying meter, to have the provision of both online and physical payment via retail outlets. It must provide or fully interact with an online payment facility. The system must be user friendly and intuitive. Further details of the clients’ requirements are available in the Specification released with this contract notice. Additional information: Phoenix reserve the right at any time to: reject any, or all, responses and to cancel or withdraw from this procurement process at any stage; award a Contract without prior notice; change the basis, the procedures and timescales set out - or referred to - within the tender documentation; require any Applicant or subsequent Tenderer, to clarify any submissions |
| 3 | Provision of Electronic Cash Collection Services Network Only
Lot 3 is for the supply of an electronic/ online payment platform from which payment for gas can be made by domestic customers in advance of gas usage and includes options in relation to the provision of ongoing support services. The platform must have the capability of remote top-up technology (i.e. web portal and mobile phone application) whilst retaining flexibility for consumers to top-up remotely via retail outlets using commonly used payment methods (including cash). Further details of the clients’ requirements are available in the Specification released with this contract notice. Additional information: Phoenix reserve the right at any time to: reject any, or all, responses and to cancel or withdraw from this procurement process at any stage; award a Contract without prior notice; change the basis, the procedures and timescales set out - or referred to - within the tender documentation; require any Applicant or subsequent Tenderer, to clarify any submissions |
CPV Codes
- 38552000 - Electronic meters
- 38551000 - Energy meters
- 48612000 - Database-management system
- 72314000 - Data collection and collation services
- 79941000 - Toll-collection services
Indicators
- Restrictions apply to the lot award allocation.
- This is a one-off contract (no recurrence)
- Options are available.
- Renewals are not available.
Other Information
** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. ** The clients who may ultimately avail of any Framework Agreement(s) consist of Natural Gas Network Operators and Natural Gas Suppliers. The Network Operators consist of: 1. Phoenix Natural Gas Limited. 2. Firmus Energy (Distribution) Limited. 3. SGN Natural Gas Limited. The Gas Suppliers consist of: 1. Firmus Energy (Supply) Limited. 2. SSE Airtricity Gas Supply (NI) Limited. Not all of the clients shall require all of the Supplies/ Services referred to in the above Lots. The clients’ potential purchase requirements are anticipated to be as follows: • Lot 1: all 3 Network Operators • Lot 2: all 3 Network Operators and both Gas Suppliers. Due to applicable data protection requirements, it is however anticipated that the Network Operators and Gas Suppliers will require different functionality from the Meter Management/Data Collection System. • Lot 3: both Gas Suppliers only. Applicants are permitted to apply for one or more (or any combination of) Lots. It is the clients’ intention, following conclusion of the tender process, to appoint a single supplier (whether a consortium or a single legal entity) to each Lot. The clients reserve the right however to terminate the tender process for all or any Lots, at any time, at their discretion. Applicants wishing to be considered, must first complete a Pre-qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) which - amongst other criteria - will require them to state which Lot they are interested in tendering for. Only those Applicants that successfully pass the PQQ stage shall be invited to complete the relevant tender documentation. This framework agreement is being procured competitively in accordance with the Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016 (as amended). The procedure to be followed for this procurement is the negotiated procedure. The costs of responding to this notice and participation in the process will be borne by each participating entity. All discussions and correspondence will be deemed strictly subject to contract until a formal contract is entered into. Any subsequent formal contract(s) shall not be binding until they have been signed and dated by the duly authorised representatives of each of the participating parties. Note also additional text to para. III.1.4) which is continued here due to limitations in text space at previous section: Whilst Phoenix reserves the right to terminate the tender process for all or any Lot(s) or award a contract for each of the Lot(s) at different times at its discretion, it is currently anticipated that, to ensure the viability of the overall project, any contracts for each of the Lots will most likely be awarded at the same time.
Reference
- ocds-h6vhtk-030ec3
- FTS 002090-2022