Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
The Minister for the Cabinet Office acting through Crown Commercial Service
9th Floor, The Capital, Old Hall Street
Liverpool
L3 9PP
energynetzero@crowncommercial.gov.uk
Telephone
+44 7824334136
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UK - United Kingdom
Internet address(es)
Main address
one.2) Information about joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
one.3) Communication
Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Ministry or any other national or federal authority
one.5) Main activity
Other activity
Public procurement
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
Provision of Power Purchasing Agreement
Reference number
RM6289
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 31120000 - Generators
two.1.3) Type of contract
Supplies
two.1.4) Short description
Crown Commercial Service (CCS) as the Authority intends to put in place a Pan Public Sector Collaborative Agreement for the Provision of Power Purchasing Agreements to be utilised by Central Government Departments and all other UK Public Sector Bodies, including Local Authorities, Health, Police, Fire and Rescue, Education and Devolved Administrations.
The lotting structure of this framework will be determined as a result of the market engagement.
Further information is included in the Additional Information section VI.3.
two.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT: £21,000,000
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.2) Description
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 09300000 - Electricity, heating, solar and nuclear energy
- 09310000 - Electricity
- 09330000 - Solar energy
- 09331000 - Solar panels
- 09331100 - Solar collectors for heat production
- 09331200 - Solar photovoltaic modules
- 09332000 - Solar installation
- 31120000 - Generators
- 31121000 - Generating sets
- 31121100 - Generating sets with compression-ignition engines
- 31121110 - Power converters
- 31121300 - Wind-energy generators
- 31121310 - Windmills
- 31121320 - Wind turbines
- 31121330 - Wind turbine generators
- 31121331 - Turbine rotors
- 31121340 - Wind farm
- 31122000 - Generator units
- 31122100 - Fuel cells
- 31158000 - Chargers
- 31158100 - Battery chargers
- 31160000 - Parts of electric motors, generators and transformers
- 31161000 - Parts for electrical motors and generators
- 31161300 - Generator rotors
- 31161900 - Voltage-control systems
- 31170000 - Transformers
- 31174000 - Power supply transformers
- 31200000 - Electricity distribution and control apparatus
- 31210000 - Electrical apparatus for switching or protecting electrical circuits
- 31422000 - Battery packs
- 31710000 - Electronic equipment
- 31711150 - Electrical capacitors
- 31711151 - Fixed capacitors
- 31711152 - Variable or adjustable capacitors
- 31711440 - Receiver or amplifier valves and tubes
- 34514800 - Offshore platforms
- 45251100 - Construction work for power plant
- 45251120 - Hydro-electric plant construction work
- 45251142 - Wood-fired power station construction work
- 45251143 - Compressed-air generating plant construction work
- 45251160 - Wind-power installation works
- 45251220 - Cogeneration plant construction work
- 45259000 - Repair and maintenance of plant
- 45259900 - Plant upgrade work
- 45310000 - Electrical installation work
- 45315100 - Electrical engineering installation works
- 45315300 - Electricity supply installations
- 45315400 - High voltage installation work
- 45315500 - Medium-voltage installation work
- 45315600 - Low-voltage installation work
- 45315700 - Switching station installation work
- 45317000 - Other electrical installation work
- 45317100 - Electrical installation work of pumping equipment
- 45317200 - Electrical installation work of transformers
- 45317300 - Electrical installation work of electrical distribution apparatus
- 45317400 - Electrical installation work of filtration equipment
- 45350000 - Mechanical installations
- 45351000 - Mechanical engineering installation works
- 50324100 - System maintenance services
- 50514300 - Sleeving repair services
- 50530000 - Repair and maintenance services of machinery
- 50532000 - Repair and maintenance services of electrical machinery, apparatus and associated equipment
- 50532200 - Repair and maintenance services of transformers
- 50532300 - Repair and maintenance services of generators
- 50700000 - Repair and maintenance services of building installations
- 51100000 - Installation services of electrical and mechanical equipment
- 51111000 - Installation services of electric motors, generators and transformers
- 51111100 - Installation services of electric motors
- 51111200 - Installation services of generators
- 51111300 - Installation services of transformers
- 51112000 - Installation services of electricity distribution and control equipment
- 51112100 - Installation services of electricity distribution equipment
- 51112200 - Installation services of electricity control equipment
- 51120000 - Installation services of mechanical equipment
- 63121100 - Storage services
- 65300000 - Electricity distribution and related services
- 65310000 - Electricity distribution
- 65320000 - Operation of electrical installations
- 65400000 - Other sources of energy supplies and distribution
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UK - United Kingdom
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Crown Commercial Service (CCS) as the Authority intends to put in place a Pan Public Sector Collaborative Agreement for the Provision of Power Purchasing Agreement to be utilised by Central Government Departments and all other UK Public Sector Bodies, including Local Authorities, Health, Police, Fire and Rescue, Education and Devolved Administrations.
two.2.14) Additional information
The lotting structure of this framework will be determined as a result of the market engagement.
two.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice
23 June 2023
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes
Section six. Complementary information
six.3) Additional information
A Future Opportunity on contract finder can be found here: https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/0a98768f-d70a-4f6b-9ec9-93ea0987757a
This Prior Information Notice is to signal an intention to commence market engagement with those within the energy market.
Crown Commercial Service intends to hold market engagement sessions during February 2023 and March 2023 with suppliers interested in potentially bidding for the resulting framework contract[s]. If you are interested in attending a market engagement session please express your interest by emailing energynetzero@crowncommmercial.gov.uk. Further details will be provided to you.
Your email must clearly state: the name of your organisation, and contact details for the individual(s) who will participate in the market engagement.
Crown Commercial Service (CCS) will use an eSourcing system for this competition and reserves the right to use an electronic auction. The eSourcing system we will use is https://crowncommercialservice.bravosolution.co.uk.
Please note that, to register, you must have a valid DUNS number (as provided by Dun and Bradstreet) for the organisation which you are registering, who will be entering into a contract if invited to do so.
The value in II.1.5 is an indicative value over 4 years.
The date in II.3) is the estimated date of publication, please refer to the CCS website page https://www.crowncommercial.gov.uk/agreements/upcoming Crown for updates and monitor Find A Tender Service for the publication of the contract notice.
The Cyber Essentials scheme is mandatory for Central Government Contracts which involve handling personal information and providing certain ICT products and services. The Government is taking steps to further reduce the levels of cyber security risk in its supply chain through the Cyber Essentials scheme. The scheme defines a set of controls which, when properly implemented, will provide organisations with basic protection from the most prevalent forms of threat coming from the internet.
To participate in this procurement, bidders will be required to demonstrate that they are Cyber Essentials certified for the services under and in connection with the procurement.
The service that arise from this framework will involve the supplier holding material that has been assigned a protective marking under the Government Security Classifications Scheme (April 2014) of OFFICIAL/SENSITIVE. Bidders will be required to implement their solution in accordance with the RM6289 Provision of Power Purchasing Agreement Schedule, “Security Requirement and Plan”, to meet RM6289 Provision of Power Purchasing requirements. This will be released at the ITT stage.