Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
National Highways
Bridge House, 1 Walnut Tree Close
Guildford
GU1 4LZ
MSA-ESSProcurement@nationalhighways.co.uk
Telephone
+44 3001235000
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UK - United Kingdom
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://nationalhighways.co.uk/
one.3) Communication
Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
National or federal Agency/Office
one.5) Main activity
General public services
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
Motorway Service Area Energy Storage Systems
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 31440000 - Batteries
two.1.3) Type of contract
Supplies
two.1.4) Short description
National Highways is developing a procurement strategy to procure the supply, installation and maintenance of Energy Storage Systems throughout England. Energy Storage Systems deliver temporary provision of supplementary electricity capacity as well as load balancing (decreasing demands on the permanent electricity networks) at various locations without upgrade of supply, in accordance with National Highways’ standards and objectives.
This contract will contribute to the Government's commitment of a minimum of six high powered electric vehicle charge points at all Motorway Service Areas (MSA) in England by 2023 by enabling rollout at locations where existing DNO (Distribution Network Operator) or National Grid capacity is insufficient to support delivering the commitment within the required timescales up to the estimated value of £8.83m and the cost of adding new capacity is commercially unviable.
two.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT: £8,830,000
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.2) Description
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 31158100 - Battery chargers
- 31210000 - Electrical apparatus for switching or protecting electrical circuits
- 31220000 - Electrical circuit components
- 31600000 - Electrical equipment and apparatus
- 31670000 - Electrical parts of machinery or apparatus
- 31680000 - Electrical supplies and accessories
- 44100000 - Construction materials and associated items
- 44110000 - Construction materials
- 44140000 - Products related to construction materials
- 44190000 - Miscellaneous construction materials
- 45223810 - Prefabricated constructions
- 45251100 - Construction work for power plant
- 45310000 - Electrical installation work
- 45315000 - Electrical installation work of heating and other electrical building-equipment
- 45317300 - Electrical installation work of electrical distribution apparatus
- 45320000 - Insulation work
- 50532000 - Repair and maintenance services of electrical machinery, apparatus and associated equipment
- 63712600 - Vehicle refuelling services
- 71314000 - Energy and related services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UK - United Kingdom
Main site or place of performance
Sites throughout England which will be specified in the tender documents.
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
National Highways will be procuring a NEC 4 Engineering Construction Contract (ECC) for a duration of up to 2 years (and is approximately from 11/10/22 to 10/10/24), for the supply and installation of Energy Storage Systems throughout England.
The procurement route to be used will be the Crown Commercial Service Heat Networks and Electricity Generation Assets Dynamic Purchasing System and tenders are programmed to be invited in April 2022.
The solution is to deliver temporary provision of supplementary electricity capacity as well as load balancing (decreasing demands on the permanent electricity networks) without upgrade of supply, in accordance with National Highways’ standards and objectives. National Highways’ objective is for this to contribute to the Government's commitment of a minimum of six high powered electric vehicle charge points at all MSAs in England by the end of 2023, by enabling rollout at locations where DNO (Distribution Network Operator) or National Grid capacity is insufficient to support delivering the commitment within the required timescales up to the value of £8.83m (excluding VAT). The full specification of our requirements will be released with tender documentation.
two.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice
26 April 2022
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
To tender for this opportunity, suppliers will need to register on the National Highways E-sourcing portal BRAVO.
If you have a Bravo account;
Please reply with your company Bravo username and the contact name/email address associated with your account to MSA-ESSProcurement@nationalhighways.co.uk.
If you do not have a Bravo account;
Register your company on the National Highways e-sourcing portal BRAVO (this is only required once):
a) Browse to the e-Sourcing Portal: https://highways.bravosolution.co.uk and click the link to register.
b) Accept the terms and conditions and click 'continue'
c) Enter your correct business and user details - Note the username you chose and click 'Save' when complete - You will shortly receive an email with your unique password (please keep this secure).
d) Once registered, please reply with your company Bravo username and the contact name/email address associated with your account to MSA-ESSProcurement@nationalhighways.co.uk.
If you encounter any problems with the above, please contact the Bravo helpdesk who can assist you:
Phone: 0800 368 4850
E-mail: help@bravosolution.co.uk
Note – if your company details change or have a change of email/mailbox then you can update this yourselves via Bravo. National Highways will not have control over your Bravo accounts.
Tenderers will also need to register on Crown Commercial Services HELGA Dynamic Purchasing System. Tenderers can register on the HELGA DPS by emailing rm3824@crowncommercial.gov.uk. We recommend starting registration as soon as possible to ensure you are registered in time for tender invitation.