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Notice Summary |
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Title: | Evaluation of the Green Deal and Energy Company Obligation Programme |
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 supplier in relation to the undertaking of the evaluation of Green Deal and the Energy Company Obligation (ECO) focusing on the delivery of the schemes against their objectives and lessons for the future. DECC expects that some project requirements will develop over the life of the evaluation and expects the successful contractor to be sufficiently flexible to respond to emerging information needs. At any one time the team will be working across a number of policy issues and so should be willing to rearrange work schedules and respond to information requests, which will occasionally be urgent. |
Published: | 24/05/2013 17:07 |
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Section I: Contracting Authority
I.1)Name, Addresses and Contact Point(s):
Department of Energy and Climate
3 Whitehall Place, London, SW1A 2AW, United Kingdom
Tel. +44 3000682934, Email: david.johnson@decc.gsi.gov.uk, URL: www.decc.gov.uk, URL: www.delta-esourcing.com
Contact: David Johnson, Attn: David Johnson
Electronic Access URL: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/X7QWBAFA32
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: Evaluation of the Green Deal and Energy Company Obligation Programme
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 services. The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) wishes to appoint a supplier in relation to the undertaking of the evaluation of Green Deal and the Energy Company Obligation (ECO) focusing on the delivery of the schemes against their objectives and lessons for the future. DECC expects that some project requirements will develop over the life of the evaluation and expects the successful contractor to be sufficiently flexible to respond to emerging information needs. At any one time the team will be working across a number of policy issues and so should be willing to rearrange work schedules and respond to information requests, which will occasionally be urgent.
II.1.6)Common Procurement Vocabulary:
73110000 - 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: No
II.2)Quantity Or Scope Of The Contract
II.2.1)Total quantity or scope:
In responding to this Invitation To Tenders bidders should therefore put forward lower, middle and upper cost proposals as per the pricing schedule to allow the Department to understand how the needs of the evaluation would be met at different pricing levels. For the purposes of this Invitation To Tender lower cost proposals should not exceed £1.6m, middle costs proposals should not exceed £2.5m and upper cost proposals should not exceed £3.5m. In bidding against these ranges bidders should set out how their costs calculated on a per project basis as per the pricing schedule. This contract will run for 20 months with a possible 12 month extension.
Estimated value excluding VAT:
Range between: 1,600,000 and 2,900,000
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: 20 (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: Not Provided
IV.3)Administrative Information
IV.3.1)File reference number attributed by the contracting authority: 518/05/2013
IV.3.2)Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract: No
IV.3.3)Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents or descriptive document:
Payable documents: No
IV.3.4)Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date: 03/07/2013
Time: 11:00
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
Duration in month(s): 6
IV.3.8)Conditions for opening tenders
Not Provided
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: Not Provided
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, and the contract will be awarded on the basis of the most economically advantageous tender.
For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at:
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-London:-Research-services./X7QWBAFA32
To respond to this opportunity, please click here:
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/X7QWBAFA32
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VI.4)Procedures For Appeal
VI.4.1)Body responsible for appeal procedures:
Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC)
3 Whitehall Place, London, SW1Y 2AW, United Kingdom
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: 24/05/2013
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