United Kingdom-Belfast: Natural gas

Type of document: Invitation to tender
Country: United Kingdom
OJEU Ref: (2017/S 017-027201/EN)
Nature of contract: Supply contract
Procedure: Open procedure
Regulation of procurement: EU – with participation by GPA countries
Type of bid required: Global bid

Contract notice
Supplies
Directive 2014/24/EU

Section I: Contracting authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Official name: Department of Finance
Postal address: 303 Airport Road West
Town: Belfast
Postal code: BT3 9ED
Country: United Kingdom
Contact Person: mark2.mckennafinance-ni.gov.uk
Email: Collaboration.CPD@finance-ni.gov.uk
Nuts code: UK
Internet address(es):
Main address:
Address of the buyer profile:

The contract is awarded by central purchasing body
I.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge,at:
Additional information can be obtained from:
the above mentioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted:
to the above mentioned address
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
I.5) Main activity
General public services

Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title: Collaborative Supply of Natural Gas to Public Sector Buildings 2017 / 2018.

Reference number: 606816
II.1.2) Main CPV code: 09123000
II.1.3) Type of contract: Supplies
II.1.4) Short Description: This procurement is on behalf of the NI Public sector and is being progressed in conjunction with the Department of Finance, Energy Unit. EU. . The current contract for the supply of Natural gas will expire on 31.3.2017. This procurement will establish a 2 year framework through which arrangements for the supply of Natural gas will be entered into. This procurement exercise involves collaboration across a number of public sector organisations and the framework arrangement will be open to all bodies covered by the NI Public Procurement Policy. NIPPP. Furthermore, the framework will be open for the Ministry of Justice as they operate a number of sites within Northern Ireland. Further information is contained in the tender documents.
II.1.5) Estimated total value:
Value excluding VAT: 32000000.00 Currency: GBPII.1.6) Information about lots:
The contract is divided into lots: Yes
Tenders may be submitted for maximum number of lots:5
II.2) Description
II.2.1) Title: Lot1 — Greater Belfast and Larne distribution licensed area

Lot No:1
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
09121000, 09121200

II.2.3) Place of performance
Nuts code: UKN
II.2.4) Description of the procurement:
This procurement is on behalf of the NI Public sector and is being progressed in conjunction with the Department of Finance, Energy Unit. EU. . The current contract for the supply of Natural gas will expire on 31.3.2017. This procurement will establish a 2 year framework through which arrangements for the supply of Natural gas will be entered into. This procurement exercise involves collaboration across a number of public sector organisations and the framework arrangement will be open to all bodies covered by the NI Public Procurement Policy. NIPPP. Furthermore, the framework will be open for the Ministry of Justice as they operate a number of sites within Northern Ireland. Further information is contained in the tender documents.
II.2.5) Award criteria

II.2.6) Estimated value:
Value excluding VAT: 923077.00 Currency: GBP
II.2.7) Duration of the contract,framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 24
This contract is subject to renewalyes Description of renewals:Renewal due 2019.

II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
II.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted: no
II.2.11) Information about options
Options: no
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:no
II.2.1) Title: Lot 2 — Ten towns distribution licensed area.

Lot No:2
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
09121000, 09121200

II.2.3) Place of performance
Nuts code: UKN
II.2.4) Description of the procurement:
This procurement is on behalf of the NI Public sector and is being progressed in conjunction with the Department of Finance, Energy Unit. EU. . The current contract for the supply of Natural gas will expire on 31.3.2017. This procurement will establish a 2 year framework through which arrangements for the supply of Natural gas will be entered into. This procurement exercise involves collaboration across a number of public sector organisations and the framework arrangement will be open to all bodies covered by the NI Public Procurement Policy. NIPPP. . Furthermore, the framework will be open for the Ministry of Justice as they operate a number of sites within Northern Ireland. Further information is contained in the tender documents.
II.2.5) Award criteria

II.2.6) Estimated value:
Value excluding VAT: 5025641.00 Currency: GBP
II.2.7) Duration of the contract,framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 24
This contract is subject to renewalyes Description of renewals:Renewal due 2019.

II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
II.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted: no
II.2.11) Information about options
Options: no
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:no
II.2.1) Title: Lot 3- Greater Belfast and Larne distribution licensed area and Ten towns distribution licensed area — Fixed commodity price

Lot No:3
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
09121000, 09121200

II.2.3) Place of performance
Nuts code: UKN
II.2.4) Description of the procurement:
This procurement is on behalf of the NI Public sector and is being progressed in conjunction with the Department of Finance, Energy Unit. EU. . The current contract for the supply of Natural gas will expire on 31.3.2017. This procurement will establish a 2 year framework through which arrangements for the supply of Natural gas will be entered into. This procurement exercise involves collaboration across a number of public sector organisations and the framework arrangement will be open to all bodies covered by the NI Public Procurement Policy. NIPPP. . Furthermore, the framework will be open for the Ministry of Justice as they operate a number of sites within Northern Ireland. Further information is contained in the tender documents.
II.2.5) Award criteria

II.2.6) Estimated value:
Value excluding VAT: 8717949.00 Currency: GBP
II.2.7) Duration of the contract,framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 24
This contract is subject to renewalyes Description of renewals:Renewal due 2019.

II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
II.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted: no
II.2.11) Information about options
Options: no
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:no
II.2.1) Title: Lot 4 — Greater Belfast and Larne distribution licensed area and Ten towns distribution licensed area — Variable commodity price

Lot No:4
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
09121000, 09121200

II.2.3) Place of performance
Nuts code: UKN
II.2.4) Description of the procurement:
This procurement is on behalf of the NI Public sector and is being progressed in conjunction with the Department of Finance, Energy Unit. EU. . The current contract for the supply of Natural gas will expire on 31.3.2017. This procurement will establish a 2 year framework through which arrangements for the supply of Natural gas will be entered into. This procurement exercise involves collaboration across a number of public sector organisations and the framework arrangement will be open to all bodies covered by the NI Public Procurement Policy. NIPPP. . Furthermore, the framework will be open for the Ministry of Justice as they operate a number of sites within Northern Ireland. Further information is contained in the tender documents.
II.2.5) Award criteria

II.2.6) Estimated value:
Value excluding VAT: 17333333.00 Currency: GBP
II.2.7) Duration of the contract,framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 24
This contract is subject to renewalyes Description of renewals:Renewal due 2019.

II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
II.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted: no
II.2.11) Information about options
Options: no
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:no
II.2.1) Title: Lot 5- West distribution licensed area

Lot No:5
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
09121000, 09121200

II.2.3) Place of performance
Nuts code: UKN
II.2.4) Description of the procurement:
This procurement is on behalf of the NI Public sector and is being progressed in conjunction with the Department of Finance, Energy Unit. EU. . The current contract for the supply of Natural gas will expire on 31.3.2017. This procurement will establish a 2 year framework through which arrangements for the supply of Natural gas will be entered into. This procurement exercise involves collaboration across a number of public sector organisations and the framework arrangement will be open to all bodies covered by the NI Public Procurement Policy. NIPPP. . Furthermore, the framework will be open for the Ministry of Justice as they operate a number of sites within Northern Ireland. Further information is contained in the tender documents.
II.2.5) Award criteria

II.2.6) Estimated value:
Value excluding VAT: 1000000.00 Currency: GBP
II.2.7) Duration of the contract,framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 24
This contract is subject to renewalyes Description of renewals:Renewal due 2019.

II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
II.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted: no
II.2.11) Information about options
Options: no
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:no

Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1) Conditions for participation
III.1.2) Economic and financial standing
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
III.1.3) Technical and professional ability
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents

III.2.2) Contract performance conditions: Appropriate NIUAR license in place.

Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure:
Open procedure
IV.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement
Framework agreement with several operators
Envisaged maximum number of participants to the framework agreement:7
In the case of framework agreements,provide justification for any duration exceeding 4 years:
NA.IV.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement(GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: yes
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date: 2017-02-24 Local time: 15:00
IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted:EN
IV.2.6) Minimum time frame during which the tender must maintain the tender
Tender must be valid until:2017-03-31
IV.2.7) Conditions for opening tenders
Date: 2017-02-24 Local time: 15:30

Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1) Information about recurrence:
This is a recurrent procurement: yes
Estimated timing for further notices to be published:2019.
IV.2) Information about electronic workflows
VI.3) Additional information:
Contract Monitoring. The successful contractor’s performance on the contract will be regularly monitored. Contractors not delivering on contract requirements is a serious matter. It means the public purse is not getting what it is paying for. If a contractor fails to reach satisfactory levels of contract performance they will be given a specified time to improve. If, after the specified time, they still fail to reach satisfactory levels of contract performance, the matter will be escalated to senior management in CPD for further action. If this occurs and their performance still does not improve to satisfactory levels within the specified period, it may be regarded as an act of grave professional misconduct and they may be issued with a Certificate of Unsatisfactory Performance and the contract may be terminated. The issue of a Certificate of Unsatisfactory Performance will result in the contractor being excluded from all procurement competitions being undertaken by Centres of Procurement Expertise on behalf of bodies covered by the Northern Ireland Procurement Policy for a period of twelve months from the date of issue of the certificate. The Framework Agreement is being let by Central Procurement Directorate on behalf of any public sector organisations requiring services in Northern Ireland including:- Government Departments; Agencies; Non-departmental Public Bodies; or other Contracting Authority (including subsidised bodies or other grant recipients). A list of potential organisations is included in the tender documents. This framework Agreement will be used to progress the Government’s wider social, economic and environmental objectives)). Details can also be found at. .
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Official name: The UK does not have such bodies with responsibility for appeal / mediation procedures.
Town: Not applicable
Country: United Kingdom
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice:2017-01-20