United Kingdom-Liverpool: National Fuels 3

Type of document: Contract Notice
Country: United Kingdom
Publication Ref: (2023/S 000-000860/EN)
Nature of contract: Supply contract
Procedure: Not applicable
Type of bid required: Not applicable

Prior information notice without call for competition
Supplies

This notice is for prior information only
Section I: Contracting authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Official name: The Minister for the Cabinet Office acting through Crown Commercial Service
Postal address: 9th Floor, The Capital Building, Old Hall Street
Town: Liverpool
Postal code: L3 9PP
Country: United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 3450103503
Email: supplier@crowncommercial.gov.uk
Internet address(es):
Main address:

The contract is awarded by central purchasing body
Additional information can be obtained from:
the above mentioned address
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local sub-divisions
I.5) Main activity
General public services

Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement:
II.1.1) Title: National Fuels 3

Reference number: RM6305
II.1.2) Main CPV code: 09100000
II.1.3) Type of contract: Supplies
II.1.4) Short Description:
Crown Commercial Service (CCS) as the Authority intends to put in place a Pan Government Collaborative Agreement for the provision of Supply of fuel to be utilised by Central Government Departments and all other UK Public Sector Bodies, including Local Authorities, Health, Police, Fire and Rescue, Education and Devolved Administrations. [It is intended that this commercial agreement will be the recommended vehicle for all national fuels required by UK Central Government Departments.] ● This will be carried out by the Open Procedure and tenders will be accepted in English only.
OR
● Crown Commercial Service, as the Authority intends to put in place an agreement for the provision of Fuels and will include but may not be limited to heating oil, automotive fuel, marine fuel, aviation fuel, biomass fuels, and liquefied petroleum gas. CCS are also considering the inclusion of associated services such as tank cleaning and maintenance, fuel testing, lubes and greases, fuel additives, tank metering and telemetry and any other associated services.
The exact details of the requirement, contractual arrangements and whether these requirements will be split into further lots has yet to be decided.
● The value stated below is estimated and for guidance purposes only
● This estimate is based on an approximation of potential public sector and current demand via existing CCS arrangements
● The estimate stated does not factor in potential future increase or decrease in requirements
II.1.5) Estimated total value:
Value excluding VAT: 2000000000.00 Currency: GBP
II.1.6) Information about lots:
The contract is divided into lots: no
II.2) Description:
II.2.2)Additional CPV code(s)
Main CPV code: 09111400
Main CPV code: 09120000
Main CPV code: 09122110
Main CPV code: 09122200
Main CPV code: 09122210
Main CPV code: 09131000
Main CPV code: 09131100
Main CPV code: 09132000
Main CPV code: 09132100
Main CPV code: 09132200
Main CPV code: 09132300
Main CPV code: 09133000
Main CPV code: 09134000
Main CPV code: 09134100
Main CPV code: 09134200
Main CPV code: 09134210
Main CPV code: 09134220
Main CPV code: 09134230
Main CPV code: 09134231
Main CPV code: 09134232
Main CPV code: 09135000
Main CPV code: 09135100
Main CPV code: 09135110
Main CPV code: 09210000
Main CPV code: 09211000
Main CPV code: 09211100
Main CPV code: 09211200
Main CPV code: 09211300
Main CPV code: 09211400
Main CPV code: 09211500
Main CPV code: 09211600
Main CPV code: 09211610
Main CPV code: 09211620
Main CPV code: 09211630
Main CPV code: 09211650
Main CPV code: 09211800
Main CPV code: 09211810
Main CPV code: 09211820
Main CPV code: 09211900
Main CPV code: 09240000
Main CPV code: 24111600
Main CPV code: 24322220
Main CPV code: 24951000
Main CPV code: 24951200
Main CPV code: 24951310
Main CPV code: 24951311
Main CPV code: 44611410
Main CPV code: 44612000
Main CPV code: 44612100
Main CPV code: 44612200
Main CPV code: 50500000
Main CPV code: 50510000
Main CPV code: 50511000
Main CPV code: 50511100
Main CPV code: 50514100
Main CPV code: 51810000
Main CPV code: 60100000
Main CPV code: 71610000
Main CPV code: 90913000
Main CPV code: 90913100

II.2.3) Place of performance
Nuts code:
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Liquid fuels, heating oil and automotive fuel – Liquid, biomass and associated services
II.2.5) Award criteria

II.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice:2023-10-31
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement(GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: yes
IV.2) Administrative information

Section VI: Complementary information
VI.2) Information about electronic workflows
VI.3) Additional information:
This Prior Information Notice is to signal an intention to commence market engagement with those within the fuels and associated services market.
Crown Commercial Service intends to hold market engagement sessions during January 2023 with industry experts and suppliers interested in potentially bidding for the resulting framework contract. If you are interested in attending a market engagement session please express your interest by emailing RM6306@crowncommercial.gov.uk] no later than midday on 10th March 2023. Further details will be provided to you.
Your email must clearly state: the name of your organisation, and contact details for the individual(s) who will participating in the market engagement.
Crown Commercial Service (CCS) will use an eSourcing system for this competition and reserves the right to use an electronic auction. The eSourcing system we will use is [].
Please note that, to register, you must have a valid DUNS number (as provided by Dun and Bradstreet) for the organisation which you are registering, who will be entering into a contract if invited to do so.
The value in II.1.5 is an indicative value over 4 years.
The date in II.3) is the estimated date of publication, please refer to the CCS website page Crown for updates and monitor Find A Tender Service for the publication of the contract notice.
The Cyber Essentials scheme is mandatory for Central Government Contracts which involve handling personal information and providing certain ICT products and services. The Government is taking steps to further reduce the levels of cyber security risk in its supply chain through the Cyber Essentials scheme. The scheme defines a set of controls which, when properly implemented, will provide organisations with basic protection from the most prevalent forms of threat coming from the internet.
To participate in this procurement, bidders will be required to demonstrate that they are Cyber Essentials certified for the services under and in connection with the procurement.
[The bidder may be awarded a contract but shall not enter into any call off contracts with buyers until they are able to demonstrate to CCS that they meet the technical requirements prescribed by the Cyber Essentials Scheme for services under and in connection with this procurement.] The service that arise from this framework will involve the supplier holding material that has been assigned a protective marking under the Government Security Classifications Scheme (April 2014) of OFFICIAL/SENSITIVE. Bidders will be required to implement their solution in accordance with the Framework Agreement Schedule, “Security Requirement and Plan”, to meet Framework Agreement requirements. This will be released at the ITT stage.
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VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice:2023-01-11