Public procurement notice: Voluntary Ex Ante Transparency Notice
Published: 2020-12-24
Buyer: HealthTrust Europe LLP (HTE) acting as agent for the University Hospitals of Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust (‘UHCW’)
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Contract award without prior publication
CPV classification: 31000000 | 31500000 | 31527260 | 71314000: Energy and related services | 71314200: Energy management services
Estimated value: 500000000 GBP
Award criteria: Lowest price

Technical requirements: The framework agreement is intended to provide access energy consultancy and LED lighting solutions providers. This tender will be split into two individual lots which combined shall encompass utilities (Energy Consultancies and LED Lighting Solutions) framework.
Lot 1 Energy Consultancies — this will cover energy consultancies who can provide a holistic approach to utilities management covering procurement, carbon solutions, bureau services/ bill checking and energy solutions. This will provide participating authorities to a one stop solution to their energy needs.
Lot 2 LED Lighting Solutions — this lot will cover providers who can supply, install and offer ongoing maintenance for LED Lighting suitable for healthcare providers. The providers are expected to provide energy and carbon reduction through energy efficiency lighting solutions. In addition offer funding guidance if and when required by the participating authority.
This lot will focus on LED lighting to support participating authorities in reducing energy consumption, carbon emissions, ongoing maintenance costs and improve lighting services.
The tenderer is expected to provide LED lighting solutions for the following areas but not limited to:
• site survey to establish potential savings on energy bills, maintenance costs and carbon emissions savings based on LED implementation and submit a business case for consideration;
• proposal for LED lighting and recommendations with energy, carbon and cost savings for supply and installation of proposed lighting;
• all suppliers will need to guarantee energy consumption reduction for the duration of the contract term.
The terms and conditions of this framework agreement and any resulting call- off contract is appended to the ITT. These terms include provisions requiring the payment by the supplier of an ABI management charge in consideration of the award of this framework agreement, the management and administration by HTE of the overall contract structure and associated documentation, as well as the requirement to submit regular management information to HTE.
This exercise will be conducted on the HTE Bravo portal. Candidates wishing to be considered must register expressions of interest as follows: register on the HTE portal at https://healthtrusteurope.bravosolution.co.uk Login to the portal with username/password. Click the PQQs/ITTs Open to All Suppliers link. These are the PQQs/ITTs open to any registered supplier. Click on the relevant PQQ/ITT to access the content. Click the Express Interest button at the top of the page. This will move the PQQ/ITT into your My PQQs/My ITTs page. You can access any attachments by clicking Buyer Attachments in the PQQ/ITT Details box. Follow the onscreen instructions to complete the PQQ/ITT. Submit your reply using the Submit Response button at the top of the page. If you require any further advice, contact the Bravo eTendering Help Desk at help@bravosolution.co.uk Sid4Gov HTE utilises the sid4gov supplier information database. Candidates should register on sid4gov at https://sid4gov.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/organisation/register and submit their sid4gov company profile for publication on the database. Candidates already registered on sid4gov must ensure information is up to date. Where access to sid4gov is unavailable, please contact the sid4gov helpdesk at sid4gov@gps.gsi.gov.uk Please note that sid4gov does not pre-populate any fields of the PQQ on HTE's Bravo portal. Candidates must complete the qualification and technical envelopes of the PQQ in Bravo in full.
Tenderers for this lot are expected to provide a holistic approach to utility management and offer the following services.
(a) Energy procurement and account management — covering procurement contracts for water, gas and electricity meters. In addition, supporting participating authorities with queries and resolutions for the everyday management of supply contracts.
(b) Carbon compliance services — assisting participating authorities with any compliance and legislative areas for carbon compliance services.
(c) Bureau services/bill checking — supporting participating authorities with invoice validation, data management with reporting functions and other bureau services.
(d) Energy solutions/monitoring — covering technology solutions for energy generation, efficiency, control and monitoring software.


Winner: Amber Energy Solutions Ltd
Award value: 500000000