Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2017-06-03
Buyer: Northern Ireland Authority for Utility Regulation
Country: UK
Region: NORTHERN IRELAND
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 09000000 | 09300000 | 09310000 | 31200000 | 65300000: Electricity distribution and related services
Estimated value: 1105000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2017-07-03
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: DoF — Northern Ireland Authority for Utility Regulation — Provision of Gas, Electricity and Water Technical Consultancy.
DoF — Northern Ireland Authority for Utility Regulation — Provision of Gas, Electricity and Water Technical Consultancy The UR require a single Contract for engineering advice and consultancy support to the Utility Regulator. UR. that covers all utility sectors gas, electricity and water. The Contract will allow support on individual assignments to be called off as and when work is required. The Contract will be divided into three lots under which the suppliers can bid for one, two or all three. UR would expect to have a maximum of 2 Contractors to call upon from any given lot. It should also be noted that DfE have requested to be included on this Contract with regards to the Gas to the West.
The figure in II.1.5 is the upper limit of an est contract value ranging from 360 000 to 540 000 GBP). This range reflects the potential scale of the contract and takes into account changes to the scope/and or scale which may result from operational requirements. The pricing strategy applied and the setting of cost/profit margins are a commercial decision for EO's when bidding for this competition.
DoF — Northern Ireland Authority for Utility Regulation — Provision of Gas, Electricity and Water Technical Consultancy The UR require a single Contract for engineering advice and consultancy support to the Utility Regulator. UR. that covers all utility sectors gas, electricity and water. The Contract will allow support on individual assignments to be called off as and when work is required. The Contract will be divided into three lots under which the suppliers can bid for 1, 2 or all 3. UR would expect to have a maximum of 2 Contractors to call upon from any given lot. It should also be noted that DfE have requested to be included on this Contract with regards to the Gas to the West.
The figure in II.1.5 is the upper limit of an est contract value ranging from 360 000 to 540 000 GBP). This range reflects the potential scale of the contract and takes into account changes to the scope/and or scale which may result from operational requirements. The pricing strategy applied and the setting of cost/profit margins are a commercial decision for EO's when bidding for this competition.
DoF — Northern Ireland Authority for Utility Regulation — Provision of Gas, Electricity and Water Technical Consultancy The UR require a single Contract for engineering advice and consultancy support to the Utility Regulator. UR. that covers all utility sectors gas, electricity and water. The Contract will allow support on individual assignments to be called off as and when work is required. The Contract will be divided into three lots under which the suppliers can bid for one, two or all three. UR would expect to have a maximum of 2 Contractors to call upon from any given lot. It should also be noted that DfE have requested to be included on this Contract with regards to the Gas to the West.
The figure in II.1.5 is the upper limit of an est contract value ranging from 385 000 to 577 500 GBP). This range reflects the potential scale of the contract and takes into account changes to the scope/and or scale which may result from operational requirements. The pricing strategy applied and the setting of cost/profit margins are a commercial decision for EO's when bidding for this competition.
The successful contractor's performance on the contract will be regularly monitored. Contractors not delivering on contract requirements is a serious matter. It means the public purse is not getting what it is paying for. If a contractor fails to reach satisfactory levels of contract performance they will be given a specified time to improve. If, after the specified time, they still fail to reach satisfactory levels of contract performance, the matter will be escalated to senior management in CPD for further action. If this occurs and their performance still does not improve to satisfactory levels within the specified period, it may be regarded as an act of grave professional misconduct and they may be issued with a Certificate of Unsatisfactory Performance and the contract may be terminated. The issue of a Certificate of Unsatisfactory Performance will result in the contractor being excluded from all procurement competitions being undertaken by Centres of Procurement Expertise on behalf of bodies covered by the Northern Ireland Procurement Policy for a period of twelve months from the date of issue of the certificate.. . The Authority expressly reserves the rights:. . (I). not to award any contract as a result of the procurement process commenced by publication of this notice;. (II). to make whatever changes it may see fit to the content and structure of the tendering Competition;. (III). to award (a) contract(s) in respect of any part(s) of the [services] covered by this notice; and. (IV). to award contract(s) in stages.. . and in no circumstances will the Authority be liable for any costs incurred by candidates..
CPD will comply with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and, where appropriate, will incorporate a standstill period (i.e. a minimum of 10 calendar days) at the point information on the award of contract is communicated to tenderers. That notification will provide full information on the award decision. This provides time for the unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract is entered into.


Award value: 1105000