Opportunity

The Supply of Mains Metered Electricity and Natural Gas to Sites Throughout the UK

  • Transport UK Holdings Limited
  • Abellio East Anglia Limited
  • Abellio East Midlands Limited
  • West Midlands Trains Limited

F05: Contract notice – utilities

Notice reference: 2024/S 000-002817

Published 26 January 2024, 4:49pm



Section one: Contracting entity

one.1) Name and addresses

Transport UK Holdings Limited

58 Robertson Street

Glasgow

G2 8DU

Contact

Matthew Luty

Email

matthewl@fpaconsulting.co.uk

Telephone

+44 1332604321

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code

UKM - Scotland

Companies House

SC488448

Internet address(es)

Main address

https://www.transport-uk.com

one.1) Name and addresses

Abellio East Anglia Limited

2nd Floor St Andrews House, 18-20 St Andrew Street

London

EC4A 3AG

Contact

Matthew Luty

Email

matthewl@fpaconsulting.co.uk

Telephone

+44 1322604321

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code

UKI - London

Companies House

07861414

Internet address(es)

Main address

https://www.fpaconsulting.co.uk

one.1) Name and addresses

Abellio East Midlands Limited

2nd Floor St Andrews House, 18-20 St Andrew Street

London

EC4A 3AG

Contact

Matthew Luty

Email

matthewl@fpaconsulting.co.uk

Telephone

+44 1332604321

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code

UKI - London

Companies House

09860485

Internet address(es)

Main address

https://www.fpaconsulting.co.uk

one.1) Name and addresses

West Midlands Trains Limited

2nd Floor St Andrews House, 18-20 St Andrew Street

London

EC4A 3AG

Contact

Matthew Luty

Email

matthewl@fpaconsulting.co.uk

Telephone

+44 1332604321

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code

UKI - London

Companies House

09860466

Internet address(es)

Main address

https://www.fpaconsulting.co.uk

one.2) Information about joint procurement

The contract involves joint procurement

one.3) Communication

The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at

https://www.fpaconsulting.co.uk

Additional information can be obtained from another address:

FPA Consulting Limited

1 St Andrews House, Vernon Gate

Derby

DE1 1UJ

Contact

Matthew Luty

Email

tenders@fpaconsulting.co.uk

Telephone

+44 1322604321

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code

UKF11 - Derby

Internet address(es)

Main address

https://www.fpaconsulting.co.uk

Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted to the above-mentioned address

one.6) Main activity

Railway services


Section two: Object

two.1) Scope of the procurement

two.1.1) Title

The Supply of Mains Metered Electricity and Natural Gas to Sites Throughout the UK

Reference number

E12201

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 09000000 - Petroleum products, fuel, electricity and other sources of energy

two.1.3) Type of contract

Supplies

two.1.4) Short description

Transport UK Holdings Limited (TUK) wish to undertake a group procurement exercise to explore the benefits of aggregating the mains metered electricity and natural gas volumes of Abellio East Anglia Limited, Abellio East Midlands Limited and West Midlands Trains Limited (TOCs) under a single approach to the supply market.

TUK will not directly enter into supply contracts and the legal entities for any resultant contract(s) awarded will be the following TUK owned TOCs:

1. Abellio East Anglia Limited

2. Abellio East Midlands Limited

3. West Midlands Trains Limited

The estimated annual consumption aggregated over all three TOCs is as follows:

Half Hourly Electricity - 38 GWh

Non-Half Hourly Electricity - 6 GWh

Natural Gas - 20 GWh

The Contract duration will be for a minimum period of 6-months commencing 1st April 2024.

Prices for 12-month and 24-month Contract durations will also be requested.

Subject to any changes notified to Bidders in accordance with the Tender Conditions, the following indicative timescales shall apply to this Procurement Process. The activities and dates outlined below are for information purposes only and may be subject to change.

Publication of Tender Opportunity - 26/01/2024

Deadline for submission of Clarification Requests - 16:00 hrs on 12/02/2024

Final date for response to Clarification Requests - 16:00 hrs on 16/02/2024

Closing date for submission of Tender Proposals - 16:00 hrs on 26/02/2024

Issue of Notifications of Contract Award(s) and Commencement of Standstill Period - 08/03/2024

End of Standstill Period - 18/03/2024

Commencement of Contract(s) - 01/04/2024

The criteria for Bidder selection will be the most economically advantageous tender taking into account compliance to the specification requirement together with service support package. Further information is available within the Tender documents.

two.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: Yes

Tenders may be submitted for all lots

The contracting authority reserves the right to award contracts combining the following lots or groups of lots:

The Contracting Entities reserve the right to award supply Contracts as either Lot 1, Lot 2 or Lot 3 individually, or as a combination of Lot 1 and Lot 2, which mutually excludes award of Lot 3.

two.2) Description

two.2.1) Title

Lot 1 - Individual Commodity Bid for each Train Operating Company

Lot No

1

two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

  • 09121200 - Mains gas
  • 09310000 - Electricity

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKD - North West (England)
  • UKE - Yorkshire and the Humber
  • UKF - East Midlands (England)
  • UKG - West Midlands (England)
  • UKH - East of England
  • UKI - London

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

Lot 1 - Individual Commodity Bid for each Individual Train Operating Company (TOC)

Supplies of the following commodities are required to all TOCs:

Half Hourly Electricity

Non-Half Hourly Electricity

Natural Gas

Individual prices for both Conventional and 100% Renewable Energy will be requested per commodity per TOC requirement as detailed within the Tender documents.

Bidders may submit prices for any of the commodity requirements per TOC and in isolation.

two.2.5) Award criteria

Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents

two.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system

Duration in months

6

This contract is subject to renewal

No

two.2.10) Information about variants

Variants will be accepted: No

two.2.11) Information about options

Options: No

two.2) Description

two.2.1) Title

Lot 2 - Individual Commodity Bids for all Individual Train Operating Companies Combined

Lot No

2

two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

  • 09121200 - Mains gas
  • 09310000 - Electricity

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKD - North West (England)
  • UKE - Yorkshire and the Humber
  • UKF - East Midlands (England)
  • UKG - West Midlands (England)
  • UKH - East of England
  • UKI - London

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

Lot 2 - Individual Commodity Bids for all Individual Train Operating Companies (TOCs) Combined.

Supplies of the following commodities are required to all TOCs:

Half Hourly Electricity

Non-Half Hourly Electricity

Natural Gas

Individual prices for both Conventional and 100% Renewable Energy will be requested per commodity for all TOC's combined requirement as detailed within the Tender documents.

Bidders must submit prices for the individual commodity requirement for all three TOCs based on their aggregated consumption.

two.2.5) Award criteria

Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents

two.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system

Duration in months

6

This contract is subject to renewal

No

two.2.10) Information about variants

Variants will be accepted: No

two.2.11) Information about options

Options: No

two.2) Description

two.2.1) Title

Lot 3 - All Commodity Bid for all Train Operating Companies Combined

Lot No

3

two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

  • 09121200 - Mains gas
  • 09310000 - Electricity

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKD - North West (England)
  • UKE - Yorkshire and the Humber
  • UKF - East Midlands (England)
  • UKG - West Midlands (England)
  • UKH - East of England
  • UKI - London

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

Lot 3 - All Commodity Bid for all Train Operating Companies (TOCs) Combined.

Supplies of the following commodities are required to all TOCs:

Half Hourly Electricity

Non-Half Hourly Electricity

Natural Gas

Individual prices for both Conventional and 100% Renewable Energy will be requested for all commodities for all TOC's combined requirement as detailed within the Tender documents.

Bidders must submit prices for the total commodity requirement for all three TOCs based on their total combined aggregated consumption.

two.2.5) Award criteria

Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents

two.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system

Duration in months

6

This contract is subject to renewal

No

two.2.10) Information about variants

Variants will be accepted: No

two.2.11) Information about options

Options: No


Section three. Legal, economic, financial and technical information

three.1) Conditions for participation

three.1.1) Suitability to pursue the professional activity, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers

List and brief description of conditions

All parties expressing an interest must be a UK supplier of mains metered electricity/natural gas, fully licensed by OFGEM and signatory to all relevant utility market regulation agreements.

Copies of supply licenses must be provided as evidence of the above.

three.1.2) Economic and financial standing

Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents

three.1.3) Technical and professional ability

Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents

three.2) Conditions related to the contract

three.2.2) Contract performance conditions

As stated within the procurement documents.


Section four. Procedure

four.1) Description

four.1.1) Type of procedure

Open procedure

four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: No

four.2) Administrative information

four.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate

Date

26 February 2024

Local time

4:00pm

four.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted

English

four.2.6) Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender

Tender must be valid until: 18 March 2024

four.2.7) Conditions for opening of tenders

Date

27 February 2024

Local time

12:00pm


Section six. Complementary information

six.1) Information about recurrence

This is a recurrent procurement: No

six.3) Additional information

To register your interest in this notice and receive the tender documents you should submit an email expression of interest to the following address:

tenders@fpaconsulting.co.uk

six.4) Procedures for review

six.4.1) Review body

Transport UK Holdings Limited

58 Robertson Street

Glasgow

G2 8DU

Country

United Kingdom