Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-11-23
Buyer: University of Nottingham
Country: UK
Region: Nottingham
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 09330000: Solar energy | 09332000: Solar installation
Submission deadline: 2016-12-22
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: This tender is for the design, supply ad commissioning of a solar photovoltaic installation to the residential development at Trent Basin, Nottingham.
The installation forms part of a pilot community energy scheme (CES) on the 22 acre Trent Basin site in Nottingham. The project takes a transformational approach to how communities can generate and consume energy. The community energy demonstrator and associated research work is funded by Innovate UK, the Energy Research Accelerator (ERA) and associated industry partners.
One of the key objectives of the project is to create vendor diagnostic business model templates that can be used by any developer to deploy CES as part of their own projects.
The design, supply and installation of solar photovoltaics to the elevation of an existing apartment block
The design, supply and installation of solar photovoltaics to create a temporary farm on an area of vacant land adjacent to the existing dwellings.
All associated site preparation, buildering work, and infrastructure to facility the solar photovoltaic installations.
Infrastructure, controls and monitoring for linking containerised battery solutions, dwellings and proposed solar photovoltaics.
Candidates will be assessed in accordance with Section 5 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (amended), on the basis of information provided in response to the procurement documents. The procurement documents can be accessed at: https://in-tend.co.uk/universityofnottingham
All correspondence and expressions of interest relating to this project MUST be made through the University of Nottingham e-tendering website: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/universityofnottingham/
Once you have registered on the eTendering site a registered user can express interest for a specific procurement project. Log in go to Tenders Current Tenders select the project then View Details and scroll down to the bottom of the page and click Express Interest.
Non compliant expressions of interest will not be considered or acknowledged. The UoN reserves the right to cancel the tender process at any stage. The UoN does not accept any liability for costs incurred in tendering. Variation will be accepted where adequately explained by the tenderer and provided that these variations comply with the standards specified in the selection and claims criteria of the the tender document.
The UoN will incorporate a standstill period at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. That notification will provide full information on the award decision. The standstill period, which will be for a minimum of 10 calendar days, provides time for unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract is entered into
Precise information on deadlines for lodging appeals in accordance with Regulation 86 and 87 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, the Contracting Authority will incorporate a minimum of 10 calendar days standstill period starting from the day when contract award was notified to the bidders. Unsuccessful bidders will be provided with a debrief in the award decision at the start of the standstill period. Tenderers have the right to appeal provided within the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. Any such proceedings must be brought in the High Court of England and Wales.

Eligibility requirements: Candidates will be assessed in accordance with Section 5 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (amended), on the basis of information provided in response to the procurement documents. The procurement documents can be accessed at: https://in-tend.co.uk/universityofnottingham Candidates will be assessed in accordance with Section 5 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (amended), on the basis of information provided in response to the procurement documents. The procurement documents can be accessed at: https://in-tend.co.uk/universityofnottingham As contained in the Questionnaire and various other tender documents. Candidates will be assessed in accordance with Section 5 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (amended), on the basis of information provided in response to the procurement documents. The procurement documents can be accessed at: https://in-tend.co.uk/universityofnottingham See published tender documents.
Candidates will be assessed in accordance with Section 5 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (amended), on the basis of information provided in response to the procurement documents. The procurement documents can be accessed at: https://in-tend.co.uk/universityofnottingham As contained in the Questionnaire and various other tender documents.
Candidates will be assessed in accordance with Section 5 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (amended), on the basis of information provided in response to the procurement documents. The procurement documents can be accessed at: https://in-tend.co.uk/universityofnottingham
As contained in the Questionnaire and various other tender documents.
Candidates will be assessed in accordance with Section 5 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (amended), on the basis of information provided in response to the procurement documents. The procurement documents can be accessed at: https://in-tend.co.uk/universityofnottingham See published tender documents.
See published tender documents.