Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
3-8 Whitehall Place
London
SW1A 2HH
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UK - United Kingdom
Internet address(es)
Main address
www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-energy-security-and-net-zero
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
General public services
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
Energy and Net Zero Professional Services
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 71314000 - Energy and related services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero as the Authority intends to put in place a Collaborative Agreement for the provision of professional services related to Energy & Net Zero to be utilised by the Department and its Partner Organisations (POs).
The purpose of this PIN is to provide advance notice that the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero is to consider undertaking a tender exercise to set up a new commercial agreement. Once available the ITT documentation for this procurement may be freely accessed from the Department.
The lotting structure of this framework will be determined following the market engagement.
two.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT: £500,000,000
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: Yes
two.2) Description
two.2.1) Title
Lot No
1
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 09300000 - Electricity, heating, solar and nuclear energy
- 09310000 - Electricity
- 09320000 - Steam, hot water and associated products
- 09330000 - Solar energy
- 09340000 - Nuclear fuels
- 31121300 - Wind-energy generators
- 71314000 - Energy and related services
- 71314100 - Electrical services
- 71314200 - Energy-management services
- 71314300 - Energy-efficiency consultancy services
- 71314310 - Heating engineering services for buildings
- 72220000 - Systems and technical consultancy services
- 72224000 - Project management consultancy services
- 73000000 - Research and development services and related consultancy services
- 73220000 - Development consultancy services
- 75130000 - Supporting services for the government
- 79311400 - Economic research services
- 79311410 - Economic impact assessment
- 79410000 - Business and management consultancy services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UK - United Kingdom
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
The provision of professional services related to Energy and Net Zero
two.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice
1 February 2024
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
The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero invites suggestions and feedback from the market on the scope of the Energy & Net Zero Framework including its lots and structure.
The Department will be running supplier engagement events, consisting of virtual sessions. To receive details of forthcoming events, please email enzps@energysecurity.gov.uk.
Presentations will be made available after the session(s).
The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero uses the Jaggaer eSourcing Portal as its eSourcing tool. Jaggaer will be used for this competition. To register as a supplier, please visit https://beisgroup.ukp.app.jaggaer.com/ and follow the instructions to register as a supplier.
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.
Services will be delivered primarily within the United Kingdom, with some limited requirements overseas.
The value in II.1.5 is an indicative value over the lifetime of the framework (4 years).
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 risk in its supply chain through the Cyber Essentials scheme. The scheme defines a set of control 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 compliant for the services under and in connection with the procurement.
The services that arise from this 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 Framework Agreement Schedule, “Security Requirement and Plan”, to meet Framework Agreement requirements. This will be released at the ITT stage.