Utility Supply and Energy Management Solutions Framework

A Tender Notice
by UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX

Source
Find a Tender
Type
Framework (Supply)
Duration
4 year
Value
£400M
Sector
INDUSTRIAL
Published
31 Jan 2024
Delivery
To 10 Jun 2028 (est.)
Deadline
04 Mar 2024 12:00

Concepts

Location

United Kingdom

Geochart for 3 buyers and 0 suppliers

3 buyers

Description

The Contracting Authority wishes to establish a Framework Agreement to meet the Utility Supply and Energy Management Solutions needs of the the University of Essex, https://www.essex.ac.uk/ and it is also open for use by all contracting authorities across the UK public sector (and any future successors to these organisations). These include (but not limited to) central government departments and agencies, Non Departmental Public Bodies, NHS bodies, Local Authorities, Police Authorities, Emergency Services, Educational Establishments, Hospices, Registered Charities, National Parks and Registered Social Landlords. Full details of the classification of eligible end user establishments and geographical areas is available at: https://www.dukefieldenergy.co.uk/fts-eligible-users There will be let across four Lots. There will be a maximum of 6 suppliers awarded a place on each of the Lots 1, 2 and 3 and a maximum of 15 suppliers on Lot 4.

Lot Division

1 Provision of Electricity Supply
  • Value: £200M

The Lot will provide organisations across the entire public sector with access to electricity supply and additional services including Fixed, Passthrough and Flexible, Metered and UMS electricity supplies - Unmetered, Half Hourly and Non-Half Hourly electricity. The Lot will also provide access to other additional related services.
2 Provision of Natural Gas Supply
  • Value: £100M

This framework Lot will provide organisations across the entire public sector with Natural Gas Supply including Non-Daily Metered and Daily Metered. The Lot will also provide access to a suite of Additional Services.
3 Supply of Metered and Unmetered Water, Metered and Unmetered Wastewater, Trade Effluent Services and Ancillary Services
  • Value: £40M

Supply of Metered and Unmetered Water, Metered and Unmetered Wastewater, Trade Effluent Services and Ancillary Services
4 Energy Management Solutions
  • Value: £60M

This Lot involves the delivery of a suite of Energy Managements Solutions including but not limited to the following Energy Management Solutions : • Energy Management Consultancy Services • Alternative Power: Heat Pumps • Alternative Power: Solar Photovoltaics • Alternative Power: Wind • Electric Vehicle Charging • Energy Efficiency Solutions o LED Lighting o Lighting Sensors o Zone Control Units o Voltage Optimisation o Power Optimisation o Central Control Units o Emergency Lighting

Renewal Options

48 month(s) from the commencement date, with 36 initial month(s) and option to extend 1x12 month(s)

CPV Codes

  • 09000000 - Petroleum products, fuel, electricity and other sources of energy
  • 09310000 - Electricity
  • 31682000 - Electricity supplies
  • 50411300 - Repair and maintenance services of electricity meters
  • 71314000 - Energy and related services
  • 09300000 - Electricity, heating, solar and nuclear energy
  • 71314200 - Energy-management services
  • 38554000 - Electricity meters
  • 71314300 - Energy-efficiency consultancy services
  • 38550000 - Meters
  • 09123000 - Natural gas
  • 50411200 - Repair and maintenance services of gas meters
  • 45333200 - Gas meter installation work
  • 38421100 - Water meters
  • 39370000 - Water installations
  • 50411100 - Repair and maintenance services of water meters
  • 65100000 - Water distribution and related services
  • 71800000 - Consulting services for water-supply and waste consultancy
  • 65130000 - Operation of water supplies
  • 71631430 - Leak-testing services
  • 42124310 - Parts of air pumps
  • 31174000 - Power supply transformers
  • 31156000 - Interruptible power supplies
  • 31681200 - Electric pumps
  • 42511110 - Heat pumps
  • 31518200 - Emergency lighting equipment
  • 31682510 - Emergency power systems
  • 09332000 - Solar installation
  • 72212421 - Facilities management software development services
  • 42122130 - Water pumps
  • 42122460 - Air pumps
  • 44622000 - Heat-recovery systems
  • 30234000 - Storage media
  • 09331100 - Solar collectors for heat production
  • 45261215 - Solar panel roof-covering work
  • 44622100 - Heat-recovery equipment
  • 31154000 - Uninterruptible power supplies
  • 51112000 - Installation services of electricity distribution and control equipment
  • 30232700 - Central controlling unit
  • 09331000 - Solar panels
  • 31527260 - Lighting systems
  • 71314100 - Electrical services
  • 50232000 - Maintenance services of public-lighting installations and traffic lights
  • 31121300 - Wind-energy generators
  • 45251160 - Wind-power installation works
  • 50111110 - Vehicle-fleet-support services
  • 71315210 - Building services consultancy services
  • 31422000 - Battery packs
  • 31121320 - Wind turbines
  • 09330000 - Solar energy
  • 50232110 - Commissioning of public lighting installations
  • 42511100 - Heat-exchange units
  • 31682530 - Emergency power supplies
  • 42530000 - Parts of refrigerating and freezing equipment and heat pumps
  • 79411000 - General management consultancy services
  • 31321000 - Electricity power lines
  • 09331200 - Solar photovoltaic modules
  • 31121110 - Power converters
  • 43134100 - Submersible pumps
  • 31121330 - Wind turbine generators
  • 31320000 - Power distribution cables
  • 31158100 - Battery chargers
  • 31200000 - Electricity distribution and control apparatus
  • 48421000 - Facilities management software package
  • 31221100 - Power relays
  • 42122000 - Pumps
  • 42533000 - Parts of heat pumps
  • 31000000 - Electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting
  • 71315200 - Building consultancy services

Indicators

  • Restrictions apply to the lot award allocation.
  • Bids should cover a maximum number of lots.
  • Bids may cover one or more lots.
  • Options are available.
  • Renewals are not available.
  • Award on basis of price and quality.

Other Information

The University of Essex's Internal Reference Number is ESSEX/DE/ENERGY/03. The framework is being delivered by the University of Essex and its partners Dukefield Energy Ltd (who are a subsidiary of Dukefield Ltd). Dukefield Energy Ltd are acting as agents of the University of Essex in the development and ongoing contract management of this framework. The contracting authority will be using an eTendering system to conduct the procurement exercise. To access the procurement documentation suppliers must register their company details on the Sourcing Cloud system at: https://suppliers.multiquote.com the tender is available from the opportunities menu on the login page of the site. The contracting authority shall not be under any obligation to accept the lowest tender or indeed any tender. The University of Essex expressly reserves the rights: (a) to terminate the procurement process and not to award any contract as a result of the procurement process at any time; (b) to make whatever changes it may see fit to the content and structure of the procurement as detailed within the tender documentation; (c) to award a contract covering only part of the it's requirements if explicitly detailed within the tender documentation; (d) to disqualify any organisation from the process that canvasses any employee of the Contracting Authority during the procurement process or standstill period if applicable; (e) seek clarifications to tender responses on the basis that any clarification sought will not confer any undue competitive advantage in the favour of any supplier from whom such clarifications are being sought; (f) where the contracting authority can evidence that there is a conflict of interest, either personal or in consideration of any organisation bidding for the contract, the contracting authority shall have the explicit right to immediately exclude that person or organisation from the tender process entirely; (g) where the contracting authority has engaged in any pre-market soft testing prior to the commencement of the procurement process, the contracting authority reserves the right to name any organisation that has been involved in these discussions and release any and all specifications/ discussion documents to the market where appropriate to the subject matter of this procurement; (h) the contracting authority will not be liable for any costs incurred by tenderers; (i) the value of the framework provided in section II.1.5) is only an estimate and the contracting authority will not guarantee any business through this framework agreement; and (j) the contracting authority wishes to establish a framework agreement open for use by all Public Sector Bodies as stated in II.1.4). Tenderers should note, in reference to section IV.1.3), envisaged maximum number of participants to the framework: Where, following the evaluation of bids, more than one tenderer on a Lot is tied with the same final evaluation score and are ranked in the last supplier award position, each of these tenderers shall be deemed to occupy the last framework agreement contract award position for the Lot in question for the purpose of calculating the maximum number of suppliers under the framework. The contracting authority will award a framework agreement to additional tenderers on a particular Lot beyond the stated maximum number for that Lot, where their final evaluation score (s) is within 0.5% of the last placed position only on the particular Lot. For the avoidance of doubt, the last placed position in respect of this framework on each lots 1, 2 and 3 is sixth, and in respect of Lot 4 is fifteenth place. Therefore, tenderers within 0.5%, along with the tenderer in last placed position on a lot, shall be deemed to occupy the last framework agreement contract award position for that particular lot.

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