The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS): Industrial 2050 Roadmaps: Phase Two – Facilitation for joint Government-Industry Action Plans

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

Section I: Contracting Authority
   I.1)Name, Addresses and Contact Point(s):
      Department of Energy & Climate Change
      3 Whitehall Place, London, SW1A 2AW, United Kingdom
      Tel. +44 3000682951, Email: paul.henderson@decc.gsi.gov.uk
      Contact: Paul Henderson

      Further information can be obtained at: As Above       
      Specifications and additional documents: As Above       
      Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: As Above       
   
   I.2)Type of the contracting authority:
      Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local sub-divisions

   I.3) Main activity:
      General Public Services

   I.4) Contract award on behalf of other contracting authorities:
      The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting authorities: No

Section II: Object Of The Contract: SERVICES
   II.1)Description
      II.1.1)Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority: Industrial 2050 Roadmaps: Phase Two – Facilitation for joint Government-Industry Action Plans
      II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance: SERVICES         
         Service Category: 8

         Region Codes: UK - UNITED KINGDOM         
      II.1.3) Information about a public contract, a framework or a dynamic purchasing system:Not Provided
      
      II.1.5)Short description of the contract or purchase:
      Research and development services and related consultancy services. Research services. System quality assurance planning services. Supervision of project and documentation. Project management consultancy services. Administrative development project services. Energy and related services. The Department of Energy and Climate Change requires a contractor to support delivery of eight sector action plans that build on the recommendations of the ‘Industrial Decarbonisation and Energy Efficiency Roadmaps to 2050’ reports published in March 2015.

The roadmap reports provide an evidence-based foundation upon which future policy can be implemented and actions delivered. The way in which the reports were compiled was designed to ensure they have credibility with industrial, academic and other stakeholders as well as being suitable to contribute to future policy considerations. The next stage of this project is to develop and agree sector action plans that build on this evidence and analysis to set out a clear route for delivering significant reductions in carbon emissions, increased energy efficiency and a strong competitive position for UK energy intensive industry in the decades to come. These action plans will include actions to be taken by s industry, government and others to help with this transition.

The action plans will need to be developed and agreed between government and industry participants, with the relevant trade associations playing a key role in this process.

See the Inivtation to Tender for further detail.
         
      II.1.6)Common Procurement Vocabulary:
         73000000 - Research and development services and related consultancy services.
         
         73110000 - Research services.
         
         72224200 - System quality assurance planning services.
         
         71248000 - Supervision of project and documentation.
         
         72224000 - Project management consultancy services.
         
         75112100 - Administrative development project services.
         
         71314000 - Energy and related services.
         

      II.1.7) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA):
         The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): Yes       
      II.1.8)Lots:
         This contract is divided into lots: No
      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 project contract itself will consist of a small number of different components, which should be reflected in how tenders are structured and prices are explained.

•A set of minimum requirements are set out in the specification, and bidders are asked to submit a core proposition for delivering the project aims and objectives, including answering the principal questions. This will cover the eight most heat intensive industrial sectors (cement, ceramics, chemicals, food and drink, glass, iron and steel, oil refining, and pulp and paper). The core proposition should be the main component of tenders.
•As the project proceeds, additional items of work (beyond the core proposition) may be identified by participants. Tenders should set out how the contractor will handle these discretionary items. All discretionary items of work will need to be signed off by the Department while the project is underway, before they can be taken forward.
•The project is currently set to cover eight sectors, running until July 2016, with a a break-clause in the contract at the end of Part 1 (end March 2016), so that the scope of work to be delivered in Part 2 can be determined in light of budget availability.
•As it proceeds the Department may want to commission more detailed work on some aspects, or extend the timetable to encompass a third part, running to December 2016, subject to budget availability and internal approvals.

Estimated value excluding VAT:
The value of the contract for Part 1 of this project, covering the first four month tranche from Jan 2016 to end March 2016, will be up to £240k excluding VAT (covering both core propositions and scope for discretionary items - see section II.2.1 above). For Part 2 and Part 3, from April 2016 to December 2016, there is a total indicative budget of £150k dependent on budget availability and internal approvals.                  
         Estimated value excluding VAT:
         Range between: 200,000 and 400,000
         Currency: GBP
               
      
      II.2.2)Options: Not Provided         
         II.2.3)Information about renewals:
            This contract is subject to renewal: Not Provided         
   II.3)Duration Of The Contract Or Time-Limit For Completion      
         Duration in months: 8 (from the award of the contract)

   Information About Lots
               
Section III: Legal, Economic, Financial And Technical Information
   III.1)Conditions relating to the contract
      III.1.1)Deposits and guarantees required:
      Not Provided
      
      III.1.2)Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them:
      Not Provided
      
      III.1.3)Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:
      Not Provided
      
      III.1.4)Other particular conditions:
         The performance of the contract is subject to particular conditions: Not Provided      
   III.2)Conditions For Participation
      III.2.1)Personal situation of economic operators, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers:
      Not Provided      
      III.2.2)Economic and financial capacity
         Economic and financial capacity - means of proof required:         
         Not Provided
      
      III.2.3)Technical capacity
         Technical capacity - means of proof required         
         Not Provided      
      III.2.4)Information about reserved contracts: Not Provided   
   III.3)Conditions Specific To Service Contracts
      III.3.1)Information about a particular profession:
         Execution of the service is reserved to a particular profession: Not Provided      
      III.3.2)Staff responsible for the execution of the service:
         Legal persons should indicate the names and professional qualifications of the staff responsible for the execution of the service: Not Provided
Section IV: Procedure
   IV.1)Type Of Procedure
      IV.1.1)Type of procedure: Open
   
   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:
         An electronic auction will be used: No       

   IV.3)Administrative Information
      IV.3.1)File reference number attributed by the contracting authority: 1090/10/2015      
      IV.3.2)Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract: Not Provided
      IV.3.3)Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents or descriptive document:

      Date: 18/12/2015
      Time-limit for receipt of requests for documents or for accessing documents: 17:00
         Payable documents: No       
      
      IV.3.4)Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
         Date: 21/12/2015
         Time: 12:00      
      IV.3.6)Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be drawn up:         English
         
      IV.3.7)Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender Not Provided      
      IV.3.8)Conditions for opening tenders
         Date: 21/12/2015
         Time: 13:00


Section VI: Complementary Information

   VI.1)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: The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement.
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   VI.4)Procedures For Appeal
      VI.4.1)Body responsible for appeal procedures:
      Not Provided

      VI.4.2)Lodging of appeals: Not Provided   
   
      VI.4.3)Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained:
            Not Provided

   VI.5) Date Of Dispatch Of This Notice: 19/11/2015

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