Section one: Contracting entity
one.1) Name and addresses
BRITNED DEVELOPMENT LIMITED
London
Contact
Elliot Leighton
elliot.leighton@nationalgrid.com
Telephone
+44 7866792545
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UK - United Kingdom
Internet address(es)
Main address
one.3) Communication
Access to the procurement documents is restricted. Further information can be obtained at
Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted electronically via
one.6) Main activity
Electricity
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
Britned Allocation and Nomination Platform
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
This Contract Notice is Mirrored on TED Enotices. Britned are tendering to procure a new capacity Allocation and Nomination IT Platform. This Platform shall allow BritNed to replace functionalities currently performed and hosted by other systems and shall improve BritNed's system driven business functions. The Platform will need to perform a variety of different 24/7 operative commercial use cases (further detail is provided in the detailed description and tender documents).
To register your interest in this procurement event and to obtain the pre-qualification documents applicants are to email elliot.leighton@nationalgrid.com using the wording 'Registering Interest for Britned Allocation and Nomination Platform' and include in the body of the message (if you have them) your Ariba AN numbers (Network ID), name, email address and contact phone number for all contacts who will need to receive Ariba messages and administer your online submissions.
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
- NL - Netherlands
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
BritNed Development Limited is tendering for a new capacity Allocation and Nomination IT Platform for the commercial operation of the BritNed Interconnector. The new IT Platform shall allow BritNed to replace functionalities currently hosted and performed by other systems and shall furthermore help to improve BritNed's system driven business functions. The Platform will need to perform a variety of critical 24/7 commercial operations processes such as:
- Different user roles setup and management
- Receipt and/or calculation, verification, management and processing of Interconnector Capability and Net Transfer Capacity
- Calculation, verification, management and processing of Available Transfer Capacity
- Calculation, verification, management and processing of Offered Capacity for all auction types
- Enabling and facilitation of Explicit Auctions and Implicit Auctions/Market Coupling interfacing at various timescales (Long-term, Day Ahead and Intraday) with different auction products and product settings
- Facilitation of Secondary Market activities
- Credit management
- Settlement, invoicing and auditing processes for all timescales
- Calculation / receipt, management and publication of Transmission Rights
- Transmission Rights Curtailment
- Nominations at Long Term, Day Ahead and Intraday timescales
- Backup Power Purchase Management
- Interfaces to TSOs for Physical Transmission Rights (PTRs) nomination
- Market Notifications to customers and for regulatory purposes
- Publications to Platform users and external systems
- Business data management, extractions and reporting functions
- Market interfacing throughout the whole commercial process (to TSOs, customers, regulators, Power Exchanges, data warehouses, other IT supplier platforms)
The selected supplier shall as part of this tender deliver a customised IT development to establish the new platform for BritNed. Furthermore, the supplier shall offer the solution in form of a turn-key-agreement as a managed service to BritNed. Meaning that the supplier shall not only develop, but also host and operate the platform on behalf of BritNed after the completion of the initial development. Therefore, the supplier will be asked to provide an option for a 24/7 helpdesk function for BritNed and its customers to handle any system process related issues, as well as a 24/7 technical support function to deal with technical issues and failures of the platform or its interfaces that need IT engineering intervention.
The platform shall be hosted to comply with high performance, availability and cyber security requirements. For this, the supplier needs to ensure that that the stated performance, security and availability levels within the business requirements documentation can be met and that the platform contains of a hot standby setup with a geographically separated Disaster Recovery site to ensure operation to all times.
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
36
This contract is subject to renewal
Yes
Description of renewals
After the initial contract duration a further renewal of agreed services may be exercised.
two.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted: Yes
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
As listed in the PQQ documentation.
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.1.4) Objective rules and criteria for participation
List and brief description of rules and criteria
As listed in the PQQ documentation.
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.1) Type of procedure
Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
four.1.4) Information about reduction of the number of solutions or tenders during negotiation or dialogue
Recourse to staged procedure to gradually reduce the number of solutions to be discussed or tenders to be negotiated
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
2 September 2021
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.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
Britned Development Limited
London
Country
United Kingdom