United Kingdom-DURHAM: NEPO232 Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure

Type of document: Contract Notice
Country: United Kingdom
Publication Ref: (2023/S 000-014993/EN)
Nature of contract: Supply contract
Type of bid required: Global bid

Contract notice
Supplies

Section I: Contracting authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Official name: THE ASSOCIATION OF NORTH EAST COUNCILS LIMITED
Postal address: Durham County Council,C/o Ros Layfield, Legal & Democr
Town: DURHAM
Postal code: DH15UL
Country: United Kingdom
Contact Person: Michelle Armstrong
Email: fleet@nepo.org
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:
electronically via:
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
I.5) Main activity
General public services

Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title: NEPO232 Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure

Reference number: NEPO232
II.1.2) Main CPV code: 09310000
II.1.3) Type of contract: Supplies
II.1.4) Short Description: The Association of North East Council Trading as the North East Procurement Organisation (NEPO) are seeking to establish a multi supplier framework agreement for the installation and operation of electric vehicle charging infrastructure on behalf of a public sector body under a call-off contractual arrangement. This framework and future call-offs are relevant for the installation of electric vehicle infrastructure and units. This can be provided by the public sector body themselves, a national Government department (such as LEVI/OZEV/Levelling Up), or via a third party intermediatory such as the North East Combined Authority.
NEPO is looking to award a procurement solution to assist the longer-term investment in the regional electric vehicle charging infrastructure (EVCI). This investment is needed to upgrade, operate, and maintain the current network and resource expansion to establish a sustainable long-term future.
The intention is to establish a multi-supplier Framework Agreement for use by NEPO Member Authorities and Associate Members.
II.1.5) Estimated total value:
Value excluding VAT: 500000000 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)
09310000, 45200000

II.2.3) Place of performance
Nuts code:
II.2.4) Description of the procurement:
The Council have opted to procure the NEPO232 EV charging Infrastructure Framework Contract under the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (PCR15) competitive negotiated procedure. This procedure has been adopted due to the operational and commercial complexities of procuring such a Framework Contract. However, in accordance with the procedure, NEPO reserves the right to accept the initial Tender without further negotiation. Tenderers should note that any negotiation permitted is in the absolute discretion of NEPO.
The Council retains absolute discretion in deciding whether any changes will be implemented, and Tenderers should therefore be prepared to sign up to the tender as drafted.
Any resulting Framework Contract will consist of:
The Contract Particulars (to be filled in with the relevant details following Framework Contract award);
The Framework Agreement for EV Charging Infrastructure; and
The Invitation to Tender; and
The successful Tender documentation
The Framework Contract will be subject to English law and the exclusive jurisdiction of the English Courts.
Any Framework Contract award will be conditional on the Framework Contract being approved in accordance with the Council’s internal procedures and the Council being generally able to proceed and will allow the standstill period of a minimum of 10 calendar days to elapse before sending confirmation of Framework Contract Award to the successful supplier.
The Council communicate through the Open e-tendering system; therefore, all correspondence regarding this Tender will be issued to the named person registered on Open. It is the Contractor’s responsibility to ensure the correct named person is registered on Open.

Tenders must be submitted using the link above. Tenders submitted via postal, or email methods will not be accepted.
If you need technical assistance from the Open Support team, this can be requested via open.support@nepo.org
PLEASE NOTE: Open is accessible 24/7 however, technical support is available Monday – Thursday 8:30 – 5pm and Friday 8.30 – 4.30pm
If you need some guidance on how to submit your response through Open, please visit to access the available Training Guides.
II.2.5) Award criteria

II.2.7) Duration of the contract,framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 72
This contract is subject to renewalyes Description of renewals:It is anticipated that this framework agreement will be renewed prior to it’s conclusion.

II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
Envisaged number of candidates: 15
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates: A maximum of 15 tenderers will be shortlisted from this selection questionnaire process and invited to tender. If there are at least 15 suitably qualified tenderers that pass the minimum criteria. If there are less than 15 tenderers that pass the minimum criteria, then only those tenderers that pass will be invited to tender. If there are more than 15 tenderers that pass the minimum criteria, then the 15 highest scoring tenderers only will be invited to tender.

II.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted yes
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

Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure:
Competitive procedure with negotiationIV.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: 2023-06-26
IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted:EN

Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1) Information about recurrence:
This is a recurrent procurement: no
VI.2) Information about electronic workflows
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Official name: NEPO
Postal address: Northern Design Centre
Town: Abbotts Hill, Baltic Business Quarter
Postal code: NE8 3DF
Country: United Kingdom
E-mail: michelle.armstrong@nepo.org

VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
NEPO is a Central Purchasing Body as defined in the Public Contract Regulations 2015 (PCR15). As a Central Purchasing Body NEPO may provide central purchasing activity on behalf of contracting authorities (as defined by PCR15).NEPO intends to make the future framework agreement available for use by all contracting authorities throughout all administrative regions of the UK including but not limited to: central government departments and their agencies, local government departments and their agencies, non-departmental public bodies, central government, NHS and HSC bodies (including ambulance services), local authorities, emergency services (including police and fire rescue), coastguard emergency services, educational establishments (including academies), registered social landlords, registered charities and any public body established by or under the Scotland Act 1998 or any Act of the Scottish Parliament. Please see the following websites for further details:

A complete list of permissible users is shown on the NEPO website below:
Organisations wishing to access the NEPO agreement will be required to register as a NEPO Associate Member in the first instance. Further information can be found at: www.nepo.org

VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice:2023-05-25