United Kingdom-Durham: Electricity distribution and related services

Type of document: Invitation to tender
Country: United Kingdom
OJEU Ref: (2016/S 051-085795/EN)
Nature of contract: Supply contract
Procedure: Negotiated procedure
Regulation of procurement: EU – with participation by GPA countries
Type of bid required: Mixed global and partial bid

Contract notice
Supplies
Directive 2004/17/EC
Section I: Contracting authority/entity
I.1) Name addresses and contact point(s):
Northumbrian Water Limited
Boldon House, Wheatlands Way, Pity Me
Durham
Postal code: DH1 5FA
United Kingdom
For the attention of: Philip Carvel
Phone: +44 8456047468
Email: philip.carvel@nwl.co.uk
Internet Address(es):
General address of the contracting authority: www.nwl.co.uk
Further information can be obtained from: The above mentioned contact point(s)
Specifications and additional documents (including documents for competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained from: The above mentioned contact point(s)
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: The above mentioned contact point(s)
I.2) Main activity:
Water
I.3) Contract award on behalf of other contracting authorities/entities:
The contracting entity is purchasing on behalf of other contracting entities: no
Section II: Object of the contract:
II.1) Description:
II.1.1) Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority/entity:
Power Purchase Agreements.
II.1.2) Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance:
Supplies
Type of supplies contract: A combination of these
Nuts code: UKC, UKJ
II.1.3) Information about a public contract, a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system (DPS):
The notice involves the establishment of a framework agreement
II.1.4) Information on framework agreement:
Framework agreement with several operators
maximum number of participants to the framework agreement envisaged: 4
Duration of the framework agreement in years: 20
II.1.5) Short description of the specific contract:
Northumbrian Water is seeking partners who will secure 100 % of the required funding and then deliver renewable energy solutions for its sites. Our intention is to award a maximum of 4 frameworks for wind and solar. These two sources of renewable energy will be our initial focus. There will be 2 lots, with a maximum of 2 suppliers for each lot. Bidders may bid for both lots or just 1 lot.
The framework supplier(s) will finance, project manage, design, procure, construct, operate and maintain the installations. Partners will be offered the exclusive opportunity to develop detailed proposals which allow Northumbrian Water to enter into a long term power purchase contract with the supplier(s). Northumbrian Water will co-ordinate with the framework suppliers to identify and review proposals.
II.1.6) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV): 65300000
II.1.7) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA):
The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): YES
II.1.8) Lots:
The contract is divided into lots:yes
Tenders may be submitted for one or more lots
II.1.9) Information about variants:
Variants will be accepted: NO
II.2) Quantity or scope of the contract:
II.2.1) Total quantity or scope:
The total quantity or scope is difficult to forecast at this stage as it is dependant on the success of each development. However we believe that it should be possible to create multiple developments in the required range given the available footprints for potential development across our estate. We have not given precise energy requirements as the size of our sites can very considerably.
II.2.2) Information about options:
Options: yes
Description of these options: Northumbrian Water envisages that any agreement would be up to 20 years to allow the schemes to pay back.
II.2.3) Information about renewals:
This contract is subject to renewal: no
II.3)Duration of the contract or time limit for completion:
Duration in months: 240 (from the award of the contract)

Information about lots
Lot No: 1; Lot title: Wind Energy
1) Short description: Northumbrian Water is seeking partners who will secure 100 % of the required funding and then deliver renewable energy solutions for its sites. This Lot is reserved for a maximum of two framework suppliers for wind energy generation. The framework supplier(s) will finance, project manage, design, procure, construct, operate and maintain the installations. Partners will be offered the exclusive opportunity to develop detailed proposals which allow Northumbrian Water to enter into a long term power purchase contract with the supplier(s). Northumbrian Water will co-ordinate with the framework suppliers to identify and review proposals.

2) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV): 65300000
3) Quantity or scope:
The total quantity or scope is difficult to forecast at this stage as it is dependant on the success of each development. However we believe that it should be possible to create multiple developments in the required range given the available footprints for potential development across our estate. We have not given precise energy requirements as the size of our sites can very considerably. More detailed information will be made available in the tender documents.
Lot No: 2; Lot title: Solar Energy
1) Short description: Northumbrian Water is seeking partners who will secure 100 % of the required funding and then deliver renewable energy solutions for its sites. This Lot is reserved for a maximum of two framework suppliers for solar energy generation. The framework supplier(s) will finance, project manage, design, procure, construct, operate and maintain the installations. Partners will be offered the exclusive opportunity to develop detailed proposals which allow Northumbrian Water to enter into a long term power purchase contract with the supplier(s). Northumbrian Water will co-ordinate with the framework suppliers to identify and review proposals.

2) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV): 65300000
3) Quantity or scope:
The total quantity or scope is difficult to forecast at this stage as it is dependant on the success of each development. However we believe that it should be possible to create multiple developments in the required range given the available footprints for potential development across our estate. We have not given precise energy requirements as the size of our sites can very considerably. More detailed information will be made available in the tender documents.
Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1) Conditions relating to the contract:
III.1.1) Deposits and guarantees required:
Bonds and/or parent company guarantees of performance and financial standing may be required.

III.1.2) Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them:
III.1.3) Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:
Consortia may be required to form a legal entity prior to any award.

III.1.4) Other particular conditions:
The performance of the contract is subject to particular conditions: no
III.2) Conditions for participation:
III.2.1) Personal situation of economic operators, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers:
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: III.2.2) Economic and financial ability:
III.2.3) Technical capacity:
III.2.4) Information about reserved contracts:
III.3) Conditions specific to services contracts:
III.3.1) Information about a particular profession:
III.3.2) Staff responsible for the execution of the service:

Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Type of procedure:
IV.1.1) Type of procedure:
NEGOTIATED
Some candidates have already been selected (if appropriate under certain types of negotiated procedures): NO
IV.2) Award criteria
IV.2.1) Award criteria:
The most economically advantageous tender in terms of the criteria stated in the specifications, in the invitation to tender or to negotiate or in the descriptive document
IV.2.2) Information about electronic auction:
IV.3) Administrative information:
IV.3.1) File reference number attributed by the contracting authority/entity:
NW1289
IV.3.2) Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract:
No
IV.3.3) Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents or descriptive document:
Payable documents: No
IV.3.4) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate:
15.04.2016 – 16:00
IV.3.5) Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be drawn up:
EN
IV.3.6) Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender:
IV.3.7) Conditions for opening of tenders
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1) Information about recurrence:
This is a recurrent procurement: No
VI.2) Information about European Union funds:
The contract is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No
VI.3) Additional information:
Applicants are asked to note that this procurement process will be conducted electronically with all documents and communication being managed through the Northumbrian Water e-Sourcing Spend Management portal hosted by Ariba. Expressions of interest must be sent to the e-mail address philip.carvel@nwl.co.uk before the deadline date of 15.4.2016 by 16:00. Each party submitting an expression of interest by providing all the information detailed below will be given access to the tender documents as soon as they are made available on the Ariba portal. All the requirements of the tender, including the deadline for submission, will be available via the Ariba portal. When sending an expression of interest, applicants must provide the following information:
1) Full company name;
2) Main contact details of the person who will be given access to the Ariba portal:
— Name;
— Job title;
— E-mail address;
— Telephone number
3) An indication of the Lot(s) your company is interested in bidding for
Dates and estimated values shown in this Contract Notice are indicative only at this stage.

VI.4) Procedures for appeal
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice: 09.03.2016