Opportunity

Y20032 Dynamic Purchasing System for Power Purchase Agreement Providers

  • Kent County Council (t/a LASER)

F02: Contract notice

Notice reference: 2023/S 000-015989

Published 6 June 2023, 2:05pm



Section one: Contracting authority

one.1) Name and addresses

Kent County Council (t/a LASER)

1 Abbey Wood Road

West Malling

ME19 4YT

Email

csgprocurement@csltd.org.uk

Telephone

+44 16224768468

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code

UK - United Kingdom

Internet address(es)

Main address

www.commercialservices.org.uk

one.2) Information about joint procurement

The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body

one.3) Communication

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

https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-West-Malling:-Petroleum-products%2C-fuel%2C-electricity-and-other-sources-of-energy./56M7WT4E56

Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address

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

one.4) Type of the contracting authority

Regional or local authority

one.5) Main activity

General public services


Section two: Object

two.1) Scope of the procurement

two.1.1) Title

Y20032 Dynamic Purchasing System for Power Purchase Agreement Providers

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

This Dynamic Purchase System (DPS) provides a route, compliant with UK public procurement regulations, for public bodies to procure Power Purchase Agreements. It is intended to help public bodies and renewable energy generators contract together through a relatively simplified and standardised way. With the aim of driving greater and faster expansion of renewable generation assets. The DPS is structured such that Generators who can meet a set of mandatory requirements, set in the Specifications document, will be accepted as approved Suppliers to the DPS. Individual or groups of public bodies will run mini competitions to which approved Suppliers will be invited to bid. The mini competitions will include more detailed specifications relating to the requirements of that/those public bodies. What further specifications could be covered under mini competition is expanded further in the Specification document. To note that Services, Goods and/or Works may be procured through the future

two.1.5) Estimated total value

Value excluding VAT: £200,000,000

two.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

two.2) Description

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UK - United Kingdom
Main site or place of performance

UNITED KINGDOM

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

This Dynamic Purchase System (DPS) provides a route, compliant with UK public procurement regulations,

for public bodies to procure Power Purchase Agreements. It is intended to help public bodies and renewable

energy generators contract together through a relatively simplified and standardised way. With the aim of driving

greater and faster expansion of renewable generation assets.

The DPS is structured such that Generators who can meet a set of mandatory requirements, set in the

Specifications document, will be accepted as approved Suppliers to the DPS. Individual or groups of public

bodies will run mini competitions to which approved Suppliers will be invited to bid. The mini competitions

will include more detailed specifications relating to the requirements of that/those public bodies. What further

specifications could be covered under mini competition is expanded further in the Specification document.

To note that Services, Goods and/or Works may be procured through the future mini competitions run through

this DPS and would be subject to appropriate terms, for example; Works would be carried out utilising

appropriate JCT terms, as agreed between the Supplier and Participating Authority.

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

72

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.2.13) Information about European Union Funds

The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No

two.2.14) Additional information

This opportunity will be completed via csg.delta-esourcing.com, a site managed by BiPSolutions, the electronic tendering suite of the Commercial Services Group .

This DPS is a continuation of the original notice published in OJEU


Section four. Procedure

four.1) Description

four.1.1) Type of procedure

Restricted procedure

four.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system

The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement

Framework agreement with several operators

The procurement involves the setting up of a dynamic purchasing system

The dynamic purchasing system might be used by additional purchasers

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

31 May 2026

Local time

2:00pm

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

English


Section six. Complementary information

six.1) Information about recurrence

This is a recurrent procurement: No

six.3) Additional information

The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement.This opportunity is open for use by the wider public sector.

For information relating to eligible users please see the attached procurement documents

For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at:

https://csg.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-West-Malling:-Petroleum-products%2C-fuel%2C-electricity-and-other-sources-of-energy./56M7WT4E56" target="_blank">https://csg.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-West-Malling:-Petroleum-products%2C-fuel%2C-electricity-and-other-sources-of-energy./56M7WT4E56

To respond to this opportunity, please click here:

https://csg.delta-esourcing.com/respond/56M7WT4E56" target="_blank">https://csg.delta-esourcing.com/respond/56M7WT4E56

GO Reference: GO-202366-PRO-23131681

six.4) Procedures for review

six.4.1) Review body

Commercial Services

1 Abbey Wood Road

West Malling

ME19 4YT

Email

csgprocurement@csltd.org.uk

Telephone

+44 1622476847

Country

United Kingdom

six.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures

Commercial Services Kent Ltd

West Malling

Telephone

+44 1622476847

Country

United Kingdom

six.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained

Commercial Services Kent Ltd

West Malling

Country

United Kingdom