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| Title: | Annual Fuel Poverty Modelling for England |
| Notice type: | Contract Notice |
| Authority: | The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) |
| Nature of contract: | Services |
| Procedure: | Open |
| Short Description: | The Department of Energy and Climate Change (“DECC”) wishes to appoint a contractor to undertake the annual Fuel Poverty Modelling for England. The purpose of the project is to enable the department to produce annual fuel poverty National Statistics on the number of households in fuel poverty based on the Low Income High Cost (LIHC) definition, the associated fuel poverty gap and the new Government target based on the fuel poverty energy efficiency rating of a household. The supplier will deliver the baseline annual fuel poverty datasets. This includes using information from various national datasets about household characteristics to model: (a) the fuel consumption the household requires to maintain an adequate standard of warmth and meet other basic energy needs; (b) fuel prices for each household; (c) the full income of all the household members; and (d) creation of key variable flags and simulated Policy impacts, which are not available directly from the English Housing Surveys (EHS). The supplier is expected to fully quality assure and document all data validation, assumptions, processing and analysis to National Statistics standards and should be made available to the department for quality assurance purposes. In addition, the contract also includes undertaking specified fuel poverty analysis, such as the provision of sub-national estimates of fuel poverty, uncertainty analysis and methodological development and testing. We are looking for a collaborative partner who will bring both statistical and energy modelling expertise along with an understanding of Government energy policy to successfully deliver the annual Fuel Poverty Modelling contract, which forms part of a National Statistics time-series for England. Consortium bids are welcomed. The contract will be made up of 5 key components with specific deliverables as listed in the specification. The bid should be disaggregated by component, and for each component, the raw data that is extracted, validated and adapted for use in the fuel poverty modelling should be fully documented and quality assured as part of the process. The primary data source for the Fuel Poverty Modelling is the English Housing Survey (EHS) but includes other Official sources. In brief, the 5 components include: •Modelling the energy requirement for each household in the EHS, using a BREDEM model (or equivalent. •Modelling the fuel prices for each household using annual EHS and National Fuel Prices data •Modelling the full income of all household members in the EHS •Derivation of household level fuel poverty datasets and documentation detailing each of the above components along with fuel poverty levels and the associated fuel poverty gap, further split by key policy, socio-demographic and housing characteristics. •Project management including regular update meetings with the Department and any overheads For each component, all data validation, assumptions, processing and code should be logged and made available to the department for quality assurance purposes. The contract must remain sufficiently flexible so that it reacts to changes in either the methodology of the fuel poverty modelling, the EHS, or both. A section of the budget will need to be retained for unplanned important work that DECC deem important and needs to be carried out by the contractor To ensure that potential bidders have opportunity to seek further clarification of our requirements for this contract, the department will respond to all questions electronically, uploading Q&A via the OJEU portal. Any questions submitted within 24 hours of the tender deadline will not be answered. For background information, the full specification and further information on this project please see the ITT. |
| Published: | 20/01/2016 12:28 |
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Section I: Contracting Authority
I.1)Name, Addresses and Contact Point(s):
Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC)
3 Whitehall Place, London, SW1Y 2AW, United Kingdom
Tel. +44 3000688048, Email: bex.newell@decc.gsi.gov.uk, URL: www.decc.gsi.gov.uk,, URL: www.delta-esourcing.com
Contact: Dr Bex Newell, Attn: Dr Bex Newell
Electronic Access URL: www.delta-esourcing.com
Electronic Submission URL: www.delta-esourcing.com
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: Annual Fuel Poverty Modelling for England
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:
Research and development services and related consultancy services. Research and experimental development services. Research services. Research and development consultancy services. Research consultancy services. Social research services. The Department of Energy and Climate Change (“DECC”) wishes to appoint a contractor to undertake the annual Fuel Poverty Modelling for England. The purpose of the project is to enable the department to produce annual fuel poverty National Statistics on the number of households in fuel poverty based on the Low Income High Cost (LIHC) definition, the associated fuel poverty gap and the new Government target based on the fuel poverty energy efficiency rating of a household.
The supplier will deliver the baseline annual fuel poverty datasets. This includes using information from various national datasets about household characteristics to model: (a) the fuel consumption the household requires to maintain an adequate standard of warmth and meet other basic energy needs; (b) fuel prices for each household; (c) the full income of all the household members; and (d) creation of key variable flags and simulated Policy impacts, which are not available directly from the English Housing Surveys (EHS). The supplier is expected to fully quality assure and document all data validation, assumptions, processing and analysis to National Statistics standards and should be made available to the department for quality assurance purposes. In addition, the contract also includes undertaking specified fuel poverty analysis, such as the provision of sub-national estimates of fuel poverty, uncertainty analysis and methodological development and testing.
We are looking for a collaborative partner who will bring both statistical and energy modelling expertise along with an understanding of Government energy policy to successfully deliver the annual Fuel Poverty Modelling contract, which forms part of a National Statistics time-series for England. Consortium bids are welcomed.
The contract will be made up of 5 key components with specific deliverables as listed in the specification. The bid should be disaggregated by component, and for each component, the raw data that is extracted, validated and adapted for use in the fuel poverty modelling should be fully documented and quality assured as part of the process. The primary data source for the Fuel Poverty Modelling is the English Housing Survey (EHS) but includes other Official sources. In brief, the 5 components include:
•Modelling the energy requirement for each household in the EHS, using a BREDEM model (or equivalent.
•Modelling the fuel prices for each household using annual EHS and National Fuel Prices data
•Modelling the full income of all household members in the EHS
•Derivation of household level fuel poverty datasets and documentation detailing each of the above components along with fuel poverty levels and the associated fuel poverty gap, further split by key policy, socio-demographic and housing characteristics.
•Project management including regular update meetings with the Department and any overheads
For each component, all data validation, assumptions, processing and code should be logged and made available to the department for quality assurance purposes.
The contract must remain sufficiently flexible so that it reacts to changes in either the methodology of the fuel poverty modelling, the EHS, or both. A section of the budget will need to be retained for unplanned important work that DECC deem important and needs to be carried out by the contractor
To ensure that potential bidders have opportunity to seek further clarification of our requirements for this contract, the department will respond to all questions electronically, uploading Q&A via the OJEU portal. Any questions submitted within 24 hours of the tender deadline will not be answered.
For background information, the full specification and further information on this project please see the ITT.
II.1.6)Common Procurement Vocabulary:
73000000 - Research and development services and related consultancy services.
73100000 - Research and experimental development services.
73110000 - Research services.
73200000 - Research and development consultancy services.
73210000 - Research consultancy services.
79315000 - Social research 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: Not Provided
II.2)Quantity Or Scope Of The Contract
II.2.1)Total quantity or scope:
It is intended that this contract will run initially from 01 April 2016 until 31 March 2018 for two years, therefore modelling the fuel poverty levels in 2015 and 2016, which are deliverable in:
•Spring 2017 (2015 Fuel Poverty estimates)
•Spring 2018 (2016 Fuel Poverty estimates)
In addition, there will be an option for two single year extensions to the contract (at the end of the initial two year period, and if extended, at the end of first years extension).
Therefore, the total budget, excluding VAT, for a 4 year contract (assuming the extensions are agreed) is a maximum of £1,400,000. Suppliers should not exceed the upper ceiling of this budget in real terms but allow an inflationary index for this period
There are 5 key components within the contract that should be priced individually, with an allocation from the budget for any unplanned ad-hoc work:
•Component 1 (Modelling household energy requirements)
•Component 2 (Modelling fuel prices)
•Component 3 (Modelling household incomes)
•Component 4 (Derivation of annual Fuel Poverty datasets and documentation)
•Component 5 (Project Management)
There will be a contract break by 30 June 2017, where the authority will decide whether to continue with individual components within this contract.
For Components 1 to 4, tenderers should consider what they will need to do to achieve the outcomes in the specification, presenting work packages including methodological detail where appropriate. Component 5 should include project plans, risk managements plans and identification of any inter-dependencies between components.
Estimated value excluding VAT:
Range between: 500,000 and 1,400,000
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
Not Provided
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: TRN 1116/12/2015
IV.3.2)Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract: No
IV.3.3)Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents or descriptive document:
Date: 18/02/2016
Time-limit for receipt of requests for documents or for accessing documents: 23:59
IV.3.4)Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date: 19/02/2016
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: 19/02/2016
Time: 12:00
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.
For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at:
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-London:-Research-and-development-services-and-related-consultancy-services./DH3U5C49TW
To respond to this opportunity, please click here:
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/DH3U5C49TW
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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: 20/01/2016
ANNEX A
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UK-London: Research and development services and related consultancy services.
Section I: Contracting Authority
Title: UK-London: Research and development services and related consultancy services.
I.1)Name, Addresses And Contact Point(s)
Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC)
3 Whitehall Place, London, SW1Y 2AW, United Kingdom
Tel. +44 3000688048, Email: bex.newell@decc.gsi.gov.uk, URL: www.decc.gsi.gov.uk,, URL: www.delta-esourcing.com
Contact: Dr Bex Newell, Attn: Dr Bex Newell
I.2)Type Of Purchasing Body
Not Provided
Section II: Object Of The Contract
II.1)Description
II.1.1)Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority/entity: Annual Fuel Poverty Modelling for England
II.1.2)Short description of the contract or purchase:
Research and development services and related consultancy services. Research and experimental development services. Research services. Research and development consultancy services. Research consultancy services. Social research services. The Department of Energy and Climate Change (“DECC”) wishes to appoint a contractor to undertake the annual Fuel Poverty Modelling for England. The purpose of the project is to enable the department to produce annual fuel poverty National Statistics on the number of households in fuel poverty based on the Low Income High Cost (LIHC) definition, the associated fuel poverty gap and the new Government target based on the fuel poverty energy efficiency rating of a household.
The supplier will deliver the baseline annual fuel poverty datasets. This includes using information from various national datasets about household characteristics to model: (a) the fuel consumption the household requires to maintain an adequate standard of warmth and meet other basic energy needs; (b) fuel prices for each household; (c) the full income of all the household members; and (d) creation of key variable flags and simulated Policy impacts, which are not available directly from the English Housing Surveys (EHS). The supplier is expected to fully quality assure and document all data validation, assumptions, processing and analysis to National Statistics standards and should be made available to the department for quality assurance purposes. In addition, the contract also includes undertaking specified fuel poverty analysis, such as the provision of sub-national estimates of fuel poverty, uncertainty analysis and methodological development and testing.
We are looking for a collaborative partner who will bring both statistical and energy modelling expertise along with an understanding of Government energy policy to successfully deliver the annual Fuel Poverty Modelling contract, which forms part of a National Statistics time-series for England. Consortium bids are welcomed.
The contract will be made up of 5 key components with specific deliverables as listed in the specification. The bid should be disaggregated by component, and for each component, the raw data that is extracted, validated and adapted for use in the fuel poverty modelling should be fully documented and quality assured as part of the process. The primary data source for the Fuel Poverty Modelling is the English Housing Survey (EHS) but includes other Official sources. In brief, the 5 components include:
•Modelling the energy requirement for each household in the EHS, using a BREDEM model (or equivalent.
•Modelling the fuel prices for each household using annual EHS and National Fuel Prices data
•Modelling the full income of all household members in the EHS
•Derivation of household level fuel poverty datasets and documentation detailing each of the above components along with fuel poverty levels and the associated fuel poverty gap, further split by key policy, socio-demographic and housing characteristics.
•Project management including regular update meetings with the Department and any overheads
For each component, all data validation, assumptions, processing and code should be logged and made available to the department for quality assurance purposes.
The contract must remain sufficiently flexible so that it reacts to changes in either the methodology of the fuel poverty modelling, the EHS, or both. A section of the budget will need to be retained for unplanned important work that DECC deem important and needs to be carried out by the contractor
To ensure that potential bidders have opportunity to seek further clarification of our requirements for this contract, the department will respond to all questions electronically, uploading Q&A via the OJEU portal. Any questions submitted within 24 hours of the tender deadline will not be answered.
For background information, the full specification and further information on this project please see the ITT.
II.1.3)Common procurement vocabulary:
73000000 - Research and development services and related consultancy services.
73100000 - Research and experimental development services.
73110000 - Research services.
73200000 - Research and development consultancy services.
73210000 - Research consultancy services.
79315000 - Social research services.
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Type of Procedure
IV.1.1)Type of procedure (as stated in the original notice): Open
IV.2)Administrative Information
IV.2.1)File reference number attributed by the contracting authority/entity: TRN 1116/12/2015
IV.2.2)Notice reference for electronically submitted notice
Original Notice sent via: OJS eSender
Notice Reference: 2016 - 171911
IV.2.3)Notice to which this publication refers: Not Provided
IV.2.4)Date of dispatch of the original Notice: 20/01/2016
Section VI: Complementary Information
1: Complementary Information
VI.1)This notice involves: Additional Information
VI.3)Information to be corrected or added
VI.3.1) Modification of original information submitted by the contracting authority
VI.3.2) In the corresponding tender documents
VI.3.3)Text to be corrected in the original notice:
VI.3.4)Dates to be corrected in the original notice: Not Provided
VI.3.5)Addresses and contact points to be corrected:
Not Provided
VI.3.6)Text to be added in the original notice:
Place of text to be added:
Text to be added:
VI.4)Other 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.
To view this notice, please click here:
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=187730758
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VI.5)Date of dispatch: 03/02/2016
Annual Fuel Poverty Modelling for England
UK-London: Research and development services and related consultancy services.
Section I: Contracting Authority
Title: UK-London: Research and development services and related consultancy services.
I.1)Name, Addresses And Contact Point(s)
Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC)
3 Whitehall Place, London, SW1Y 2AW, United Kingdom
Tel. +44 3000688048, Email: bex.newell@decc.gsi.gov.uk, URL: www.decc.gsi.gov.uk,, URL: www.delta-esourcing.com
Contact: Dr Bex Newell, Attn: Dr Bex Newell
I.2)Type Of Purchasing Body
Not Provided
Section II: Object Of The Contract
II.1)Description
II.1.1)Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority/entity: Annual Fuel Poverty Modelling for England
II.1.2)Short description of the contract or purchase:
Research and development services and related consultancy services. Research and experimental development services. Research services. Research and development consultancy services. Research consultancy services. Social research services. The Department of Energy and Climate Change (“DECC”) wishes to appoint a contractor to undertake the annual Fuel Poverty Modelling for England. The purpose of the project is to enable the department to produce annual fuel poverty National Statistics on the number of households in fuel poverty based on the Low Income High Cost (LIHC) definition, the associated fuel poverty gap and the new Government target based on the fuel poverty energy efficiency rating of a household.
The supplier will deliver the baseline annual fuel poverty datasets. This includes using information from various national datasets about household characteristics to model: (a) the fuel consumption the household requires to maintain an adequate standard of warmth and meet other basic energy needs; (b) fuel prices for each household; (c) the full income of all the household members; and (d) creation of key variable flags and simulated Policy impacts, which are not available directly from the English Housing Surveys (EHS). The supplier is expected to fully quality assure and document all data validation, assumptions, processing and analysis to National Statistics standards and should be made available to the department for quality assurance purposes. In addition, the contract also includes undertaking specified fuel poverty analysis, such as the provision of sub-national estimates of fuel poverty, uncertainty analysis and methodological development and testing.
We are looking for a collaborative partner who will bring both statistical and energy modelling expertise along with an understanding of Government energy policy to successfully deliver the annual Fuel Poverty Modelling contract, which forms part of a National Statistics time-series for England. Consortium bids are welcomed.
The contract will be made up of 5 key components with specific deliverables as listed in the specification. The bid should be disaggregated by component, and for each component, the raw data that is extracted, validated and adapted for use in the fuel poverty modelling should be fully documented and quality assured as part of the process. The primary data source for the Fuel Poverty Modelling is the English Housing Survey (EHS) but includes other Official sources. In brief, the 5 components include:
•Modelling the energy requirement for each household in the EHS, using a BREDEM model (or equivalent.
•Modelling the fuel prices for each household using annual EHS and National Fuel Prices data
•Modelling the full income of all household members in the EHS
•Derivation of household level fuel poverty datasets and documentation detailing each of the above components along with fuel poverty levels and the associated fuel poverty gap, further split by key policy, socio-demographic and housing characteristics.
•Project management including regular update meetings with the Department and any overheads
For each component, all data validation, assumptions, processing and code should be logged and made available to the department for quality assurance purposes.
The contract must remain sufficiently flexible so that it reacts to changes in either the methodology of the fuel poverty modelling, the EHS, or both. A section of the budget will need to be retained for unplanned important work that DECC deem important and needs to be carried out by the contractor
To ensure that potential bidders have opportunity to seek further clarification of our requirements for this contract, the department will respond to all questions electronically, uploading Q&A via the OJEU portal. Any questions submitted within 24 hours of the tender deadline will not be answered.
For background information, the full specification and further information on this project please see the ITT.
II.1.3)Common procurement vocabulary:
73000000 - Research and development services and related consultancy services.
73100000 - Research and experimental development services.
73110000 - Research services.
73200000 - Research and development consultancy services.
73210000 - Research consultancy services.
79315000 - Social research services.
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Type of Procedure
IV.1.1)Type of procedure (as stated in the original notice): Open
IV.2)Administrative Information
IV.2.1)File reference number attributed by the contracting authority/entity: TRN 1116/12/2015
IV.2.2)Notice reference for electronically submitted notice
Original Notice sent via: OJS eSender
Notice Reference: 2016 - 171911
IV.2.3)Notice to which this publication refers: Not Provided
IV.2.4)Date of dispatch of the original Notice: 20/01/2016
Section VI: Complementary Information
1: Complementary Information
VI.1)This notice involves: Correction
VI.3)Information to be corrected or added
VI.3.1) Modification of original information submitted by the contracting authority
VI.3.2) In the original Notice
VI.3.3)Text to be corrected in the original notice:
VI.3.4)Dates to be corrected in the original notice:
Place of dates to be modified: IV.3.4)Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date: 19/02/2016
Time: 12:00
Instead of: 19/02/2016 Time: 12:00
Read: 26/02/2016 Time: 12:00
VI.3.5)Addresses and contact points to be corrected:
Not Provided
VI.3.6)Text to be added in the original notice: Not Provided
VI.4)Other 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.
To view this notice, please click here:
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=187736022
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VI.5)Date of dispatch: 03/02/2016
View Award Notice
Section I: Contracting Authority
I.1) Name, Addresses and Contact Point(s):
Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC)
3 Whitehall Place, London, SW1Y 2AW, United Kingdom
Tel. +44 3000688048, Email: bex.newell@decc.gsi.gov.uk
Contact: Dr Bex Newell
Main Address: http://www.decc.gsi.gov.uk, Address of the buyer profile: http://www.delta-esourcing.com
NUTS Code: UK
I.2) Joint procurement:
The contract involves joint procurement: No
In the case of joint procurement involving different countries, state applicable national procurement law: Not Provided
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body: No
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 Of The Contract
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title: Annual Fuel Poverty Modelling for England
Reference number: TRN 1116/12/2015
II.1.2) Main CPV code:
73000000 - Research and development services and related consultancy services.
II.1.3) Type of contract: SERVICES
II.1.4) Short description: The Department of Energy and Climate Change (“DECC”) awarded a contract to undertake the annual Fuel Poverty Modelling for England. The purpose of the contract is to enable the department to produce annual fuel poverty National Statistics on the number of households in fuel poverty based on the Low Income High Cost (LIHC) definition, the associated fuel poverty gap and the new Government target based on the fuel poverty energy efficiency rating of a household.
The contract is for 2 years with an option to extend up to a further 24 months through two single year extensions.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)
Value: 1,400,000
Currency:GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s):
73000000 - Research and development services and related consultancy services.
73100000 - Research and experimental development services.
73110000 - Research services.
73200000 - Research and development consultancy services.
73210000 - Research consultancy services.
79315000 - Social research services.
II.2.3) Place of performance
Nuts code:
UK - UNITED KINGDOM
Main site or place of performance:
UNITED KINGDOM
II.2.4) Description of the procurement: The Department of Energy and Climate Change (“DECC”) awarded a contract to undertake the annual Fuel Poverty Modelling for England. The purpose of the contract is to enable the department to produce annual fuel poverty National Statistics on the number of households in fuel poverty based on the Low Income High Cost (LIHC) definition, the associated fuel poverty gap and the new Government target based on the fuel poverty energy efficiency rating of a household.
The contract is for 2 years with an option to extend up to a further 24 months through two single year extensions.
II.2.5) Award criteria:
Quality criterion - Name: Modelling Energy Requirements / Weighting: 40
Quality criterion - Name: Modelling Fuel Prices / Weighting: 10
Quality criterion - Name: Modelling Income / Weighting: 20
Quality criterion - Name: Derivation of Fuel Poverty Datasets / Weighting: 20
Quality criterion - Name: Project Management / Weighting: 10
Quality criterion - Name: 0 / Weighting: 0
Quality criterion - Name: 0 / Weighting: 0
Quality criterion - Name: 0 / Weighting: 0
Price - Weighting: 10
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
II.2.14) Additional information: Within each of the components listed in II.2.5 above, bids were assessed against the following criterion: Understanding requirements; Quality assurance and documentation; Delivery and management; Pricing; and Skills and knowledge. Each of these criteria had a different weighting dependent on the component.
Component 1: Modelling Energy Requirements;Component 2: Modelling Fuel Prices;Component 3: Modelling Income;Component 4: Derivation of Fuel Poverty Datasets;Component 5: Project Management.
Understanding Requirements - 35% for Component 1, 20% for Component 2, 35% for Component 3, 20% for Component 4 and 15% for Component 5;
Quality Assurance and documentation - 25% for Component 1, 20% for Component 2, 25% for Component 3, 25% for Component 4, and 10% for Component 5;
Delivery and Management - 20% for Component 1, 20% for Component 2, 20% for Component 3, 35% for Component 4, and 35% for Component 5;
Pricing - 10% for Component 1, 20% for Component 2, 10% for Component 3, 10% for Component 4, 30% for Component 5;
Skills and Knowledge - 10% for Component 1, 20% for Component 2, 10% for Component 3, 10% for Component 4, 10% for Component 5.
Within these criteria, there are some sub-criteria that the tender will be marked against. These too are weighted within the main criteria as follows:
•Understanding Requirements
oOverall understanding of the requirements and adding value: 30%
oMethodology: 70%
•Delivery and Management
oProject Planning: 50%
oRisks Management 50%
Other criteria do not have any sub-criterion.
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1)Type of procedure: Open
IV.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement: No
IV.1.6) Information about electronic auction
An electronic auction has been used: No
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
Not Provided
IV.2.9) Information about termination of call for competition in the form of a prior information notice
The contracting authority will not award any further contracts based on the above prior information notice: No
Section V: Award of contract
Award Of Contract (No.1)
Contract No: TRN 1116/12/2015
Lot Number: Not Provided
Title: Annual Fuel Poverty Modelling for England
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
V.2) Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract: 31/03/2016
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 5
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 0 (SME - as defined in Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC)
Number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 5
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
Contractor (No.1)
Building Research Establishment Limited (BRE)
Bucknalls Lane, Garston, Watford, WD25 9XX, United Kingdom
Tel. +44 1923664000, Email: John.Riley@bre.co.uk
Internet address: http://www.bre.co.uk/
NUTS Code: UK
The contractor is an SME: No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot: 1,400,000
Total value of the contract/lot: 1,400,000
Currency: GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
The contract is likely to be subcontracted: No
Section VI: Complementary information
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 review
VI.4.1) Review body
Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC)
3 Whitehall Place, London,, SW1Y 2AW, United Kingdom
Tel. +44 3000688048, Email: bex.newell@decc.gsi.gov.uk
Internet address: http://www.decc.gsi.gov.uk
VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures: Not Provided
VI.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Not Provided
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice: 11/05/2016