The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS): The administration/delivery of a financial support scheme for heat networks, known as the Heat Networks Investment Project (HNIP)

UK-London: Loan brokerage services.


Preliminary Questions
   This notice is for prior information only: Yes
   This notice aims at reducing time-limits for receipt of tenders: No
   This notice is a call for competition: No
         
Section I: Contracting Authority

I.1) Name and addresses:
       Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS)
       3 Whitehall Place, London, SW1A 2AW, United Kingdom
       Email: HNIPProcurement@beis.gov.uk
       Main Address: www.delta-esourcing.com, Address of the buyer profile: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-business-energy-and-industrial-strategy
       NUTS Code: UK
      Specifications and additional documents: As Above
I.2) Joint procurement:
   The contract involves joint procurement: No.
   The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body: No .

I.3) Communication          
   Further 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 subdivisions
I.5) Main activity:    
   General public services

Section II: Object
      
II.1) Scope of the procurement - 1
   II.1.1) Title: The administration/delivery of a financial support scheme for heat networks, known as the Heat Networks Investment Project (HNIP)    
          Reference number: TRN: 1232/11/2016T
   II.1.2) Common Procurement Vocabulary:       
      66190000 - Loan brokerage services.
   II.1.3) Type of contract: SERVICES
   II.1.4) Short description:    
      Government is currently running the first funding round for HNIP as a pilot. This PIN concerns the potential procurement of the delivery of the full scheme expected to open in 2017.

BEIS is seeking to appoint suppliers to administer the HNIP. For further information about the scheme please view the website listed below.

We envisage that a separate procurement for the IT element of this scheme will be undertaken via a Crown Commercial Service framework.

Supplier day

BEIS will be holding a Supplier Day in London on 6 December 2016 to provide potential suppliers with further information ahead of the launch of the tender exercise, which is expected to take place in Spring 2017. This will also enable us to understand likely timelines for set up of the scheme, possible delivery models, and budgets for the procurement.          
   II.1.5) Estimated total value:       
      Value excluding VAT (give figures only) : 5,000,000 - GBP
   II.1.6) Information about lots:
      This contract is divided into lots: No          
      Maximum number of lots that may be awarded to one tenderer: Not Provided       
      The contracting authority reserves the right to award contracts combining the following lots or groups of lots: Not Provided

II.2) Lot Description          
   II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s):       
      66000000 - Financial and insurance services.          
      66150000 - Financial markets administration services.          
      66113000 - Credit granting services.       
   II.2.3) Place of performance:       
      Region Codes:               
         UK - UNITED KINGDOM    
   II.2.4) Description of the procurement:       
      This PIN concerns the potential procurement of suppliers to administer the delivery of the full HNIP scheme expected to open in 2017.

See website below for further scheme information:

https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/consultation-on-the-heat-networks-investment-project-hnip

Services required may include:

•Administration of financial support including grants & loans & financial due diligence of applicants (public & private sector bodies)
•Communications & marketing of the scheme
•Supporting applicants through the applications process & beyond
•Production & design of supporting guidance & materials
•Basic & detailed assessment (scoring & ranking) of applications & award
•Monitoring & reporting

Expected contract duration: 4 years ending 2020/21, with potential to extend for up to a further 2 years

We envisage a separate procurement for the IT element of this scheme, to be undertaken via a Crown Commercial Service framework.    
   II.2.14) Additional information          
      A Supplier Day will be held in London on 6 December 2016.

Interested parties wishing to receive further information and/or participate in the supplier day should respond to the following email address: HNIPProcurement@beis.gov.uk. Responses should be received by BEIS by 28 November 2016. Non-attendance at the Supplier Day does not preclude you from further involvement in the tender process.    


II.3) Estimated Date of publication
         01/05/2017
      
      
Section IV: Procedure   

IV.1) Description       
   IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA )
         The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA) - YES

Section VI: Complementary Information    
VI.3) Additional Information:       
   https://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=226040329
To view this notice, please click here:
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=226040329
GO-2016117-PRO-9076493 TKR-2016117-PRO-9076492        

VI.5) Date Of Dispatch Of This Notice: 07/11/2016