The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS): Programme management contractor for UK hydrogen for heat demonstration

UK-London: Research and development services and related consultancy services.


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

I.1) Name and addresses:
       Department for Business Energy and Industrial Strategy
       1 Victoria Street, London, SW1H 0ET, United Kingdom
       Tel. +44 3000682805, Email: jon.saltmarsh@beis.gov.uk
       Contact: Jon Saltmarsh
       Main Address: https://www.delta-esourcing.com, Address of the buyer profile: https://www.delta-esourcing.com
       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    
   Tenders or requests to participate must be sent: to the abovementioned 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
   II.1.1) Title: Programme management contractor for UK hydrogen for heat demonstration          
         Reference number: NB/JS 20 April 2017          
   II.1.2) Common Procurement Vocabulary:       
      73000000 - Research and development services and related consultancy services.
   II.1.3) Type of contract: SERVICES
   II.1.4) Short description:
   The Department intends to appoint a programme management contractor to manage the delivery of a programme to demonstrate and de-risk the use of hydrogen for heating in UK homes and businesses. The contractor will provide the programme and technical expertise to co-ordinate a complex hydrogen innovation programme. This programme will serve to support and inform future policy appraisal in Government and to inform the development of policies and measures to meet UK carbon budgets. The programme is intended to run over 3 years and will consist of 9 packages of: (1) Programme management (2) Definition of a hydrogen quality standard (3) Establishing an appliance and equipment testing capability (4) Development of domestic hydrogen appliances (5) Understanding commercial appliances (6) Understanding industrial appliances (7) Assessment of suitability of existing buildings (8) Trialling hydrogen appliances in unoccupied buildings (7) Preparations for testing appliances in domestic setting.          
   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):       
      73000000 - Research and development services and related consultancy services.       
   II.2.3) Place of performance:       
      Region Codes:               
         UK - UNITED KINGDOM    
   II.2.4) Description of the procurement:       
      The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy is looking to undertake an innovation programme of up to £25 million to de-risk and demonstrate the use of hydrogen for heat in UK homes and businesses and the Department intends to appoint a programme management contractor to manage the delivery of this programme.
   II.2.5) Award Criteria :      
      Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents    
   II.2.6) Estimate value
      Value excluding VAT (give figures only) : 5,000,000 - GBP       
   II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system                    
      Duration in months - 36              
      This contract is subject to renewal : Not Provided    
   II.2.10) Information about variants                 
      Variants will be accepted : NO           
   II.2.11) Information about 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.2.14) Additional information          
      Next steps - Organisations that are interested in applying for this contract and have further questions should contact Jon Saltmarsh at BEIS (contact info above). BEIS will be organising a supplier day in the week commencing 12th June 2017    


II.3) Estimated Date of publication       
   26/06/2017            
Section III: Legal, Economic, Financial And Technical Information

III.1) Conditions for participation
   III.1.1) Suitability to pursue the professional activity, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers
      List and brief description of conditions:          
         Not Provided       
   III.1.2) Economic and financial standing       
      List and brief description of selection criteria:       
         Not Provided    
      Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required (if applicable) :          
         Not Provided    
   III.1.3) Technical and professional ability
      List and brief description of selection criteria:       
         Not Provided      
      Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required (if applicable) :          
         Not Provided                  

III.2) Conditions related to the contract    
   III.2.2) Contract performance conditions          
      Not Provided    
      
Section IV: Procedure   

IV.1) Description                
   IV.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system             
         The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement - Not Provided
         In the case of framework agreements justification for any duration exceeding 4 years:                
            Not Provided    
   IV.1.6) Information about electronic auction
         An electronic auction will be used - NO              
   IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA )
         The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA) - YES
IV.2) Administrative information                    
   IV.2.5) Scheduled date for start of award procedures: Not Provided    

Section VI: Complementary Information       
VI.2) Information about electronic workflows                        
VI.3) Additional Information:       
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https://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=253346240
GO-2017421-PRO-10052709 TKR-2017421-PRO-10052708        
         
VI.4) Procedures For Appeal
   VI.4.1) Body responsible for appeal procedures:
      
             Department of Business Energy and Industrial Strategy
       1 Victoria Street, London, SW1H 0ET, United Kingdom
       Tel. +44 3000682805    
   VI.4.3) Review procedure
      Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:                
         Not Provided       

VI.5) Date Of Dispatch Of This Notice: 21/04/2017