The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS): Marginal Abatement Cost Curves (MACCs) and Business as Usual (BAU) emissions projections for all countries and sectors covered by the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) over the period 2016 to 2050

UK-London: Environmental services.

Section I: Contracting Authority
   I.1)Name, Addresses and Contact Point(s):
      Department of Energy and Climate Change
      3 Whitehall Place, London, SW1A 2AW, United Kingdom
      Email: Michael.conroy@decc.gsi.gov.uk
      Attn: Michael Conroy or Alexei Mulkoor at Alexei.mulko@decc.gsi.gov.uk

      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:
      Environment

   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: Marginal Abatement Cost Curves (MACCs) and Business as Usual (BAU) emissions projections for all countries and sectors covered by the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) over the period 2016 to 2050
      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:The notice involves a public contract                                                       
      
      II.1.5)Short description of the contract or purchase:
      Environmental services. Environmental management. Environmental impact assessment other than for construction. Environmental standards other than for construction. Environmental indicators analysis other than for construction. Environmental Impact Assessment EIA services other than for construction. Environmental monitoring other than for construction. Environmental planning. Environmental information systems. Environmental quality control services. DECC is looking for a contractor or contractors to produce Business As Usual (BAU) emissions projections and marginal abatement cost curves (MACCs) for all countries and sectors covered by the EU ETS over the period 2016 to 2050. The BAU emissions projections and MACCs need to be consistent with DECC projections of fossil fuel prices and economic growth and should be disaggregated by country and by sector. The outputs of the project will be new data, which will be used as inputs into DECC’s in-house Carbon Price Model, and an accompanying technical report. The contract with the chosen supplier will be for one year with the option to extend to two years by mutual consent.
         
      II.1.6)Common Procurement Vocabulary:
         90700000 - Environmental services.
         
         90710000 - Environmental management.
         
         90711000 - Environmental impact assessment other than for construction.
         
         90711200 - Environmental standards other than for construction.
         
         90711300 - Environmental indicators analysis other than for construction.
         
         90711400 - Environmental Impact Assessment EIA services other than for construction.
         
         90711500 - Environmental monitoring other than for construction.
         
         90712000 - Environmental planning.
         
         90714100 - Environmental information systems.
         
         90714500 - Environmental quality control 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:
      This contract will run for 1 year with a maximum value of 70,000 GBP; there is an option to extend for up to a further 12 months giving the overall maximum value over 2 years of 140,000 GBP         
         Estimated value excluding VAT: 140,000
         Currency: GBP
                        
      
      II.2.2)Options: No          
         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: 24 (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: No       
   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:         
         
         Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met:
         a statement of the undertaking's overall turnover and, where appropriate, of turnover in the area covered by the contract for a maximum of the last two financial years available, depending on the date on which the undertaking was set up or the economic operator started trading, as far as the information on these turnovers is available.
      
      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: No       
      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: No
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: Yes       
            If yes, additional information about electronic auction
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Access Code: Y92ZN37M4D

   IV.3)Administrative Information
      IV.3.1)File reference number attributed by the contracting authority: TRN1124/01/2016      
      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:


         Not Provided      
      
      IV.3.4)Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
         Date: 29/03/2016
         Time: 23:59      
      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
         Duration in month(s): 3
      
      IV.3.8)Conditions for opening tenders
         Date: 30/03/2016
         Time: 09:00
         Place:
         3 Whitehall place, London
         Persons authorised to be present at the opening of tenders: Yes
            Department of Energy and Climate Change staff


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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GO-2016224-PRO-7804520 TKR-2016224-PRO-7804519
   
   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: 24/02/2016

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