Provision of Energy Transition Adviser and Project Coordinator for ORION

Concepts

• energy related
• shetland
• existing energy provision
• project activity
• advisory and project management services
• energy transition adviser
• project coordinator
• provision of energy transition adviser
• transition
• energy

Location

Shetland Islands and as required by the Contracting Authority

Description

The requirement is for Project Coordination and Energy Transition Advisor Services for a six month period with an option for the Council at its sole discretion to extend for a further period or periods of six months up to a total contract length of 3 years. The services required are for the ORION Project which has broad underlying aims of: making significant progress towards greener forms of fuel as an alternative to fossil fuels; tackling fuel poverty in Shetland by, among other things, creating affordable alternatives to existing energy provision; and for Shetland, particularly Sullom Voe, continuing as an energy hub and maintaining high levels of well-paid employment. The successful tenderer shall contribute to these aims by providing strategy and planning, governance and management support, coordinating and leading on networking, advising on project activity and promotion, all as more fully described in the tender documents.

Total Quantity or Scope

The type of contract to be awarded is a services contract for the provision of advisory and project management services. It will be a regulated procurement in terms of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 and the Procurement Reform (Scotland) Act 2014. The estimated total contract value for the provision of the required services over the maximum term of three years is 300,000 GBP. The tendering process being followed is a restricted procedure with a view to receiving five tenders for evaluation.

Award Detail

Award Criteria

CPV Codes

• 71314000 - Energy and related services

Other Information

** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. ** Please note that it is an essential requirement of the procurement process that Tenderers fully complete and submit a satisfactory Single Procurement Document (SPD) and satisfy all requirements specified or referred to in the Contract Notice and Procurement Documents. The contract shall be subject to Scots Law and the jurisdiction of the Scottish Courts. GBP means Great British Pounds. III.1.2 - Economic operators who do not obtain a satisfactory financial evaluation may not be considered for contract award. The UK has left the EU and the transition period after EU came to an end on 31 December 2020.From 1 January 2021, relevant references to the EU and EU procurement legislation will either be updated or removed from the Public Contracts Scotland site where appropriate. This will be an ongoing process. Despite the reference to the EU Directives embedded in the header of the Contract Notice, the EU Directives do not apply to this procurement. III.1.2 - A Bank Reference Mandate Form is included with the procurement documents for completion by economic operators where a Bank Reference is not submitted direct by the economic operator. The Council will carry out an Equifax check where a Bank Reference cannot be obtained and this will form part of the economic and financial evaluation of economic operators. For the avoidance of doubt Tenders are not required for Stage 1, the Selection stage. The draft Invitation to Tender document is for information only and will distributed in final form to those economic operators who are to be invited to tender at Stage 2 of the procedure. VI.4.1 - Review body. The review body noted is Lerwick Sheriff Court, but Economic Operators should contact the Contracting Authority in the first instance if any issue needs to be addressed. The court may be contacted where legal proceedings are contemplated. (SC Ref:786995)