Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-06-03
Buyer: Department of Energy and Climate Change
Country: UK
Region: UNITED KINGDOM
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 72314000: Data collection and collation services | 72316000: Data analysis services | 72322000 | 90700000 | 90711000
Estimated value: 8243000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2016-07-08
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: To provide Greenhouse Gas (GHG) and Air Quality Pollutant Inventories to the UK Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) and the UK Department for the Environment Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), respectively. Together these inventories are known as the UK National Atmospheric Emissions Inventory, or NAEI. These inventories will enable the UK Government to better understand UK GHG and air quality pollutant emissions, track the effectiveness of policies designed to mitigate them and meet domestic and international reporting requirements.
For background information, the full specification and further information on this project please see the ITT.
To provide Greenhouse Gas (GHG) and Air Quality Pollutant Inventories to the UK Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) and the UK Department for the Environment Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), respectively. Together these inventories are known as the UK National Atmospheric Emissions Inventory or NAEI. These inventories will enable the UK Government to better understand UK GHG and air quality pollutant emissions, track the effectiveness of policies designed to mitigate them and meet domestic and international reporting requirements.
In order to meet UNFCCC and EU reporting obligations, as well as meet the needs of the UK Climate Change Act, the UK is required to produce an Inventory of GHGs by source and sink, covering the period 1990 to the latest Inventory year (current year — 2). This Inventory must adhere to UNFCCC reporting guidelines and IPCC (2006) methodological guidelines, and the compilation of the Inventory must meet the strict and challenging deadlines of the international reporting cycle. International Inventory submission will consist of a National Inventory Report (NIR) and Common Reporting Framework (CRF) data tables.
In addition to the Inventory itself, there will be a need to use and adapt the underlying database to meet a number of additional requirements:
The UK submits air quality emissions estimates on an annual basis to the EC, under the National Emissions Ceilings Directive (NECD) and the UNECE under the Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution (CLRTAP). These submissions are supported by an Informative Inventory Report, detailing the methodologies used to derive the Inventory data. In addition, the Air Quality Pollutant Inventory helps Government track pollutant emissions (both now and in the future), and supports modelling of pollutant concentrations in order to measure compliance with air quality standards. Compilation has to be in line with UNECE good practice guidance and EMEP/EEA air pollutant emission inventory guidebook.
The contract is expected to run for 3 years 7 months with an option to extend for up to a further year (see additional info for more).
For background information, the full specification and further information on this project please see the ITT.
The Authority has a budget of 6 418 000 GBP, excluding VAT, based on a 3 years, 7 months-long Contract. This is the maximum value and the Authority will not accept a submission with a price that is greater than this value. In addition, Defra's individual maximum budget is 2 498 000 GBP, excluding VAT, while DECC's maximum budget is 3 920 000 GBP, excluding VAT. Defra and DECC will not accept a submission where their individual costs are higher than this budget. The compliance of bids with these cost ceilings will be evaluated on a pass/fail basis, as per Section 17 of the ITT. Bids will also be subject to an additional evaluation criterion that allocates a score based on a comparison with the lowest price bid. This is also described in Section 17 of the ITT. The Contract may potentially be extended for up to a further 12 months at the end of this period, at the Authority's discretion.
For background information, the full specification and further information on this project please see the ITT.
DECC's Standard Terms and Conditions of Contract will apply to this Contract. These are attached to this Invitation to Tender in Annex A of the ITT.
(8) Subject to Condition 18(9) neither Party shall be liable to the other Party for any indirect, special or consequential loss; or any loss of profits, turnover, business opportunities or damage to goodwill.
(9) Notwithstanding Condition 18(8), the Contractor agrees that the Authority may, amongst other things, recover from the Contractor, the following losses incurred by the Authority to the extent that they arise as a result of the Contractor's default:
(a) Any additional operational and/or administrative costs and expenses incurred by the Authority, including costs relating to time spent by or on behalf of the Authority in dealing with the consequences of the Contractor's default;
(c) The additional cost of procuring alternative arrangements for the provision of the Services, which shall include any incremental costs associated with procuring such alternative arrangements above those which would have been payable under the Contract;


Award value: 8243000