United Kingdom-London: Decarbonisation Programme – Project CoPPA

Type of document: Contract award
Country: United Kingdom
Publication Ref: (2022/S 000-023109/EN)
Nature of contract: Supply contract
Procedure: Negotiated procedure
Type of bid required: Not applicable

Contract award notice
Supplies

Section I: Contracting entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Official name: Network Rail Infrastructure Ltd
Postal address: 1 Eversholt Street
Town: London
Postal code: NW1 2DN
Country: United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 1908781000
Email: Joyce.Gibson@networkrail.co.uk
Internet address(es):
Main address:
Address of the buyer profile:

I.3)Communication
I.6) Main activity:
Railway services

Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title: Decarbonisation Programme – Project CoPPA
II.1.2) Main CPV code: 09300000
II.1.3) Type of contract : Supplies
II.1.4) Short Description:
Network Rail (NR) operates, maintains and develops Britain’s rail tracks, signalling, bridges, tunnels, level crossings and many key stations. As a result, NR is one of the largest purchasers of energy in the United Kingdom (UK) with a total consumption of c.4.5TWh per annum. Her Majesty’s Government (HMG) has made legal commitments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2050. Network Rail as a government owned enterprise is committed to support the achievement of this objective. NR aims to decarbonise its non-traction energy consumption by directly purchasing renewable energy from specific renewable energy projects thus supporting the development of additional renewable energy generation. Network Rail is seeking to secure a corporate Power Purchase Agreement (cPPA) with a renewable energy generator for 45 GWh – 90GWh per annum of renewable energy (Project CoPPA).

II.1.6) Information about lots
The contract is divided into lots: no
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement(excluding VAT)
Value:53320000.00
Currency:GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2)Additional CPV code(s)
Main CPV code: 09310000
II.2.3) Place of performance
Nuts code: Main site or place of performance:
Throughout the UK.

II.2.4) Description of the procurement:
Network Rail buys electricity for its businesses as traction (rail) and non-traction (e.g. managed stations, offices and depots). The procurement is a national contract for a corporate Power Purchase Agreement with a renewable energy generator for 64GWh per annum for non-traction consumption.
The core supplier requirements as detailed in the specification are:
• To provide a specified installed capacity of (63) MWp
• To state the ‘as available’ Delivery Volume of (64)GWh in each Contract Year
• To state the Minimum Technical Availability (93) %
• To provide a fixed PPA price (£/MWh) at NBP indexed to CPI prior to Commercial Operation Date (COD)
• To supply renewable energy for 15 Contract Years from COD, with each 12 month-period following COD being a “Contract Year”.
II.2.5)Award criteria
Quality criterion – Name: Business/Project Plan to COD/Weighting:25Quality criterion – Name: Project Funding/Weighting:10
Price – Weighting:65
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 IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure:
Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
IV.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
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.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:2020/S 227-560770
IV.2.9) Information about termination of call for competition in the form of a periodic indicative notice
The contracting entity will not award any further contracts based on the above periodic indicative notice

Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: 1 Lot No: 0 Title: Decarbonisation Programme – Project CoPPA

A contract/lot is awarded: yes
V.2) Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract:2022-07-28
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received:3
Number of tenders received from SMEs:1
Number of tenders received from other EU Member States:1
Number of tenders received from non-EU Member States:1
Number of tenders received by electronic means:3
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:no
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Official name: EDF Energy Renewables Ltd
National registration number: 06456689
Postal address: Alexander House, 1 Mandarin Road, Rainton Bridge Business Park, Houghton Le Spring, Sunderland DH4 5RA
Town: Sunderland
Postal code: DH4 5RA
Country: United Kingdom
Nuts code:
The contractor is an SME: no

Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Official name: The High Court
Postal address: Little George St, London
Town: London
Postal code: SW1P 3BD
Country: United Kingdom

VI.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Official name: Network Rail Infrastructure Ltd
Postal address: Eversholt Street
Town: London
Postal code: NW1 2DN
Country: United Kingdom

VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice:2022-08-19