Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2017-02-18
Buyer: South Staffordshire Council
Country: UK
Region: Shropshire and Staffordshire
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 31162000 | 31200000 | 31230000 | 71314000: Energy and related services
Estimated value: 200000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2017-03-20
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: South Staffordshire Council are seeking a supply, and installation contract for an energy storage system to ideally interface with its existing equipment.
Please refer to the Specification document for the full detail and strict requirements. Summary information is listed in section II.2.1 (Scope) of this Notice.
South Staffordshire Council are seeking a supply and installation contract for an energy storage system to ideally interface with its existing equipment.
— The system should allow users to save and store electricity locally and switch to this stored supply at any time. On site renewable energy will need to be integrated with the system to provide the maximum cost benefit, including:
— The warranty for the equipment must be for 15 years — as a minimum a fully-inclusive warranty covering all labour, site repairs and breakdowns, site attendance, all parts supply, install, disposal, and associated administration.
— The system must use Samsung or equivalent SDI batteries that have a 15 year warranty covering replacement of parts and maintenance. If using equivalent, demonstration of their equivalent status will be required before installation.
— A manned response to a system issue shall be within 8 working hours (9:00 to 17:00) during the warranty period.
— Supplied, installed and fully commissioned within 12 weeks or less from issue of the Purchase Order.
Duration — the Agreement term will be from July 2017 for around 12 weeks to cover supply, install and commissioning. The 15 year warranty on the equipment will run past this period.
Note that the participation and process for this tender will be via the electronic tendering portal located at https://supplierlive.proactisp2p.com/Default.aspx
No special legal form is required by the grouping of providers. The contract may be awarded to a single applicant or a consortium or individuals of a consortium but in the case of a consortium or individuals of a consortium liability will be joint and several.
The tenderer must meet the minimum set standards of economic and financial standing to service the term and value of the contract.
Financial checks will be undertaken for economic operators using one or more of the councils current financial assessors; n2check (www.n2check.com),
Dun & Bradstreet (www.dnb.co.uk), Experian (www.experian.co.uk). Tenderers will be assessed according to the level of risk stipulated by the financial assessors used.
1. It is the responsibility of the tenderer to ensure that the appropriate accounts have been filed and that the credit information held is correct.

Eligibility requirements: Please refer to the ITT Questionnaire with regards to the evaluation questions. The tenderer must meet the minimum set standards of economic and financial standing to service the term and value of the contract. Financial checks will be undertaken for economic operators using one or more of the councils current financial assessors; n2check (www.n2check.com), Dun & Bradstreet (www.dnb.co.uk), Experian (www.experian.co.uk). Tenderers will be assessed according to the level of risk stipulated by the financial assessors used. Note: 1. It is the responsibility of the tenderer to ensure that the appropriate accounts have been filed and that the credit information held is correct. 2.Should tenderers wish other financial information to be taken into account to support the economic and financial check this should be submitted with the response to the ITT. South Staffordshire Council reserves the right to request further financial information and to take this into account where necessary in addition to the level of risk stipulated by the financial assessors. 3. For sole traders/partnerships where third party financial assessments are not available the assessment will be undertaken using a financial spread sheet detailing trading account data for the last 3 years. The tendering organisation should hold valid insurance as required by the contract, or a written statement advising that should they be awarded the contract they will have the required levels of insurance in place for the commencement of the contract. Refer to ITT documents. Financial checks: — Any tenderer being given an above average / higher than average risk rating or poorer, by 1 or more of the assessors used, may be rejected. Insurance Levels: — 10 000 000 GBP Employers (Compulsory) Liability Insurance is required in respect of each and every claim. — 5 000 000 GBP Public Liability Insurance is required in respect of each and every claim. — 2 000 000 GBP Professional Indemnity Insurance is required in respect of each and every claim. Failure to achieve or agree to this may lead to disqualification. Refer to ITT documents. Refer to ITT documents. Refer to ITT documents.
The tenderer must meet the minimum set standards of economic and financial standing to service the term and value of the contract. Financial checks will be undertaken for economic operators using one or more of the councils current financial assessors; n2check (www.n2check.com), Dun & Bradstreet (www.dnb.co.uk), Experian (www.experian.co.uk). Tenderers will be assessed according to the level of risk stipulated by the financial assessors used. Note: 1. It is the responsibility of the tenderer to ensure that the appropriate accounts have been filed and that the credit information held is correct. 2.Should tenderers wish other financial information to be taken into account to support the economic and financial check this should be submitted with the response to the ITT. South Staffordshire Council reserves the right to request further financial information and to take this into account where necessary in addition to the level of risk stipulated by the financial assessors. 3. For sole traders/partnerships where third party financial assessments are not available the assessment will be undertaken using a financial spread sheet detailing trading account data for the last 3 years. The tendering organisation should hold valid insurance as required by the contract, or a written statement advising that should they be awarded the contract they will have the required levels of insurance in place for the commencement of the contract. Refer to ITT documents. Financial checks: — Any tenderer being given an above average / higher than average risk rating or poorer, by 1 or more of the assessors used, may be rejected. Insurance Levels: — 10 000 000 GBP Employers (Compulsory) Liability Insurance is required in respect of each and every claim. — 5 000 000 GBP Public Liability Insurance is required in respect of each and every claim. — 2 000 000 GBP Professional Indemnity Insurance is required in respect of each and every claim. Failure to achieve or agree to this may lead to disqualification. Refer to ITT documents.
The tenderer must meet the minimum set standards of economic and financial standing to service the term and value of the contract. Financial checks will be undertaken for economic operators using one or more of the councils current financial assessors; n2check (www.n2check.com), Dun & Bradstreet (www.dnb.co.uk), Experian (www.experian.co.uk). Tenderers will be assessed according to the level of risk stipulated by the financial assessors used. Note: 1. It is the responsibility of the tenderer to ensure that the appropriate accounts have been filed and that the credit information held is correct. 2.Should tenderers wish other financial information to be taken into account to support the economic and financial check this should be submitted with the response to the ITT. South Staffordshire Council reserves the right to request further financial information and to take this into account where necessary in addition to the level of risk stipulated by the financial assessors. 3. For sole traders/partnerships where third party financial assessments are not available the assessment will be undertaken using a financial spread sheet detailing trading account data for the last 3 years. The tendering organisation should hold valid insurance as required by the contract, or a written statement advising that should they be awarded the contract they will have the required levels of insurance in place for the commencement of the contract. Refer to ITT documents.
Financial checks: — Any tenderer being given an above average / higher than average risk rating or poorer, by 1 or more of the assessors used, may be rejected. Insurance Levels: — 10 000 000 GBP Employers (Compulsory) Liability Insurance is required in respect of each and every claim. — 5 000 000 GBP Public Liability Insurance is required in respect of each and every claim. — 2 000 000 GBP Professional Indemnity Insurance is required in respect of each and every claim. Failure to achieve or agree to this may lead to disqualification. Refer to ITT documents.
Refer to ITT documents. Refer to ITT documents.
Refer to ITT documents.