Public procurement notice: Prior Information Notice Without Call For Competition
Published: 2017-10-26
Buyer: Welsh Government
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
CPV classification: 71314000: Energy and related services | 71314300: Energy-efficiency consultancy services

Technical requirements: Welsh Government is developing a new Energy Service to provide the technical, commercial and project management support needed to deliver energy and resource efficiency and renewable energy projects that contribute to our energy and decarbonisation targets.
This new service will bring together a number of existing strands of work, that currently exist under the Local Energy Service and Green Growth Wales areas of work.
The Welsh Government Energy Service will initially provide delivery support including pipeline development and opportunity identification, technical feasibility, commercial, procurement and project management expertise to existing and new clients of the Local Energy and Green Growth Wales services in the areas of energy and resource efficiency, and renewable energy. The Welsh Government Energy Service however is expected to be flexible enough to respond to new opportunities as they arise.
This support includes scoping opportunities, identifying projects, and supporting clients to take appropriate strategic projects through to delivery. A number of existing functions are not included within this contract, and the successful bidders will be required to work with them to ensure delivery: Local Energy investment fund, Salix Finance, Invest to Save Green Growth and Re:fit Cymru (or any replacements of those services that come into existence during the life of this contract). Outside of this service, other support will continue to be provided through the Rural Development Programme and Business Wales. The successful bidder will be expected to work effectively alongside these.
The Welsh Government Energy Service will operate across the sectors previously supported by the Local Energy and Public Sector services. Although the needs of these sectors are different, key functions are similar between them:
Pipeline development; Opportunity identification; Technical feasibility; Financial and commercial advice and support; Procurement advice and support; Technical project management; and Leadership engagement and support for decision making.
It is anticipated that the Welsh Government Energy Service will commence in April 2018. Some functions may rely on a transition period from existing support operations, and so may not begin immediately. We expect the contract to run for a maximum of 4 years.
The value of call off contract(s) will vary year on year and will be dictated by the availability of funding.
This Prior Information Notice (PIN) and the ‘Meet the Buyer’ event are hoped to provide an opportunity for interested parties to highlight any important views on the proposed new service before the tendering period begins and to give interested organisations an opportunity to consider whether they wish to form consortia to bid for the Framework.
The PIN and proposed ‘Meet the Buyer’ event are intended to assist potential bidders (individual organisations or consortia) to identify the capabilities and experience necessary to deliver the services.
A key aim of the revised service design is to create greater integration in our support and use the specialists we procure to greatest effect. This PIN and the event enables interested bidders to clarify our needs and the expectations we have for the service.
This notice (and the forthcoming ‘Meet the Buyer’ event) are aimed to provide prior information and to support market engagement only. It is not compulsory for those intending to bid once a specification is published to reply to this PIN, and responding does not confer any advantage to bidders.
Please note: Recording your interest in this notice does not book a place on the Meet the Buyer event, nor will it result in you automatically being invited to tender.
Welsh Government Aberystwyth Office, Rhodfa Padarn, Llanbadarn Fawr, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, SY23 3UR.
You must book your place using the following link: https://wales.business-events.org.uk/en/events/welsh-government-energy-service-meet-the-buyer/