Award

ESC21188 - Unlocking Clean Energy in Greater Manchester

  • ENERGY SYSTEMS CATAPULT LIMITED

F15: Voluntary ex ante transparency notice

Notice identifier: 2023/S 000-004044

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-03a45e

Published 9 February 2023, 2:29pm



Section one: Contracting authority/entity

one.1) Name and addresses

ENERGY SYSTEMS CATAPULT LIMITED

7Th Floor, Cannon House,18 The Priory Queensway

BIRMINGHAM

B46BS

Contact

Jim Owen

Email

procurement@es.catapult.org.uk

Telephone

+44 7967337541

Country

United Kingdom

Region code

UKG31 - Birmingham

Companies House

08705784

Internet address(es)

Main address

https://es.catapult.org.uk/

one.4) Type of the contracting authority

Body governed by public law

one.5) Main activity

Other activity

Energy Conservation RD&I


Section two: Object

two.1) Scope of the procurement

two.1.1) Title

ESC21188 - Unlocking Clean Energy in Greater Manchester

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 79000000 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.1.4) Short description

Time extension of the original support detailed below is required.

The aims of this work are:

• to get a baseline understanding for how energy is procured by partner LAs and other

popular procurement methods

• to understand the needs of key stakeholders in the procurement process

• to identify potential barriers/issues to change or adopting new energy business models

Activities

• Audit of current energy procurement processes in partner LAs including process diagram

• Explore any other predominant energy procurement processes used by other non-partner

LAs

• Audit of current energy contracts in place for partner LAs

• Engagement with LA procurement teams and Crown Commercial Service to understand

needs and whether they experience issues with purchasing new energy products/services

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: £100,000

two.2) Description

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UK - United Kingdom

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

The aims of the services are:

• to get a baseline understanding for how energy is procured by partner LAs and other

popular procurement methods

• to understand the needs of key stakeholders in the procurement process

• to identify potential barriers/issues to change or adopting new energy business models

Activities

• Audit of current energy procurement processes in partner LAs including process diagram

• Explore any other predominant energy procurement processes used by other non-partner

LAs

• Audit of current energy contracts in place for partner LAs

• Engagement with LA procurement teams and Crown Commercial Service to understand

needs and whether they experience issues with purchasing new energy products/services

two.2.5) Award criteria

Quality criterion - Name: Quality / Weighting: 85

Price - Weighting: 15

two.2.11) Information about options

Options: 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 procurement falls outside the scope of application of the regulations

Explanation:

An extension of the procurement support has been agreed past contract end date. The budget of the original contract had not been used up fully and further support is required due to new procurement events being added to the programme.

Therefore we are extending the time of the agreement in accordance with Reg 72 section b ii - would cause significant inconvenience or substantial duplication of costs for the contracting authority, provided that any increase in price does not exceed 50% of the value of the original contract;

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/concession

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

five.2) Award of contract/concession

five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

29 June 2021

five.2.2) Information about tenders

The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No

five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor/concessionaire

Procur3d Consulting Ltd

London

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code
  • UK - United Kingdom
Companies House

12407336

The contractor/concessionaire is an SME

Yes

five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot/concession (excluding VAT)

Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot/concession: £100,000

Total value of the contract/lot/concession: £100,000


Section six. Complementary information

six.3) Additional information

An extension of the procurement support has been agreed past contract end date. The budget of the original contract had not been used up fully and further support is required due to new procurement events being added to the programme.

six.4) Procedures for review

six.4.1) Review body

Royal Courts of Justice

London

Country

United Kingdom