Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2017-09-30
Buyer: Leicestershire County Council
Country: UK
Contract type: Works
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 09300000 | 09330000: Solar energy | 31000000 | 38551000 | 71314000: Energy and related services
Estimated value: 20000000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2017-11-03
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Leicestershire County Council seeks, through this procurement, to appoint a single Energy Performance Contractor, who will manage the process of delivering Energy Performance Contracts with the overall aim of saving energy, reducing running costs, generating renewable energy, generating income from energy schemes, reducing carbon emissions and helping the environment by way of the following non-exhaustive list.
The County Council seeks, through this procurement, to appoint a single Energy Performance Contractor, who will manage the process of delivering Energy Performance Contracts with the overall aim of saving energy, reducing running costs, generating renewable energy, generating income from energy schemes, reducing carbon emissions and helping the environment by way of the following non-exhaustive list. Please note not every outcome is not expected to be delivered on every project, but each project will require specific outcomes as set out in the Project Brief.
a) Increase energy efficiency and reduce energy consumption at the buildings the County Council and its Permitted Purchasing Bodies currently manage (including owned, rented and leased buildings) and may run, build or develop in the future (housing, commercial and non-domestic buildings including but not exclusively offices, libraries, day centres, highways depots, leisure centres, industrial units, farms, schools).
b) Generate renewable and low-carbon energy at the buildings the County Council and its Permitted Purchasing Bodies currently manage (including owned, rented and leased buildings) and may acquire, run, manage, build or develop in the future (housing, commercial and non-domestic buildings including but not exclusively offices, libraries, day centres, highways depots, leisure centres, industrial units, farms, schools).
c) Generate renewable, zero or low carbon energy on land that the County Council and its Permitted Purchasing Bodies manage (including owned, rented and leased land) and may own, acquire, manage, build or develop on in the future.
d) Identify and support energy schemes with the potential to generate income for the County Council and its Permitted Purchasing Bodies.
Subject to an Efficiency and Effectiveness Review, the contract may be extended by one renewal of a further 24 month period. Notwithstanding this consideration, the maximum contract length shall be 48 months.
The contract will be let for an initial period of 24 months and, subject to an Efficiency and Effectiveness Review, the contract may be extended by a further 24 month period. Notwithstanding this consideration, the maximum contract length shall be 48 months.
‘Leicestershire County Council (LCC) will incorporate a minimum 10 calendar day standstill period at the point of information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. Applicants/Tenderers who are unsuccessful shall be informed by LCC as soon as possible after the decision has been made as to the reasons why the applicant/tenderer was unsuccessful.
If an appeal regarding the award of the contract has not been successfully resolved, the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by breach of the rules to take legal action. Any such action must be brought within the applicable limitation period. Where a contract has not been entered into, the Court may order the setting aside of the award decision or order for any document to be amended. The purpose of the standstill period referred to above is to allow the parties to apply to the Courts to review the award decision before the contract is entered into’.


Award value: 20000000