Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
Ministry of Justice
102 Petty France
London
SW1H 9AJ
Telephone
+44 02033343555
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UK - United Kingdom
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Ministry or any other national or federal authority
one.5) Main activity
Public order and safety
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
Bradford Heat Network - Combined Court - Supply Agreement
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 09323000 - District heating
two.1.3) Type of contract
Supplies
two.1.4) Short description
Commercial supply agreement for the provision of heating and hot water to Bradford Combined Court via the Bradford Heat Network
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)
Value excluding VAT: £3,300,000
two.2) Description
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKE41 - Bradford
Main site or place of performance
Bradford Combined Court
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Direct award contract for the provision of district heating and hot water to Bradford Combined Court, with a duration of 20 years. This is to be supplied following connection to the Bradford Heat Network.
This agreement covers ongoing supply of district heating and hot water only. A separate contract was signed for works related to connection to the heat network.
Purchasing heat from district heat operators is a key plank in decarbonising the MOJ and HMCTS estates and contributes to achieving the Greening Government Commitments (GGC) and the MOJ’s ambition to achieve net zero carbon by 2050 or earlier.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Price
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: No
two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.1) Type of procedure
Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition in the cases listed below
- The services can be provided only by a particular economic operator for the following reason:
- absence of competition for technical reasons
Explanation:
The contract is being direct awarded on grounds that competition is absent for technical reasons. There is only one district heating network available in Bradford. This is in accordance with Regulation 32(2)(b)(ii) of the PCR 2015.
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes
Section five. Award of contract
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
14 December 2023
five.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Bradford Energy Limited
C/O Pinsent Masons Llp, 1 Park Row,
Leeds
LS1 5AB
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UKE42 - Leeds
National registration number
13567856
The contractor is an SME
No
five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: £3,300,000
Section six. Complementary information
six.3) Additional information
TRANSPARENCY
HM Government requires that tender documentation issued by Government departments for
contracts with a value exceeding £10,000 over the life of the contract are published online
[https://www.contractfinder.businesslink,gov.uk] for the general public. The resulting contract shall
also be published.
The Ministry of Justice may use its discretion to redact information to protect key commercial
interests or on prescribed grounds. Therefore, bidders who wish information not to be published if
successful should secure agreement with the Ministry of Justice prior to submission. Only
documentation relating to awarded contracts will be published.
Key commercial interests would be trade secrets and commercial interests which would be
prejudiced by publication, following the tests in section 43 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
http://www.justice.gov.uk/downloads/information-access-rights/foi/foi-s43-exemptions.pdf
The prescribed grounds for redaction are:
(a) national security
(b) personal data
(c) information protected by intellectual property law;
(d) information which it is not in the public interest to disclose (following the tests under the
Freedom of Information Act 2000)
(e) third party confidential information
(f) IT security; or
(g) prevention of fraud
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
The High Court of England and Wales
Royal Courts of Justice, Strand,
London
WC2A 2LL
Country
United Kingdom