Public procurement notice: Prior Information Notice Without Call For Competition
Published: 2018-09-27
Buyer: Crown Commercial Service
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
CPV classification: 30237475 | 34144900: Tram cars | 34928500 | 34928510 | 34928530
Estimated value: 500000000 GBP

Technical requirements: Crown Commercial Service (CCS) as the Authority intends to put in place an Agreement for the provision of Smart Energy Cities Products and Services to be utilised by Central Government Departments and all other UK Public Sector Bodies, including Local Authorities, Health, Police, Fire and Rescue, Education and Devolved Administrations.
The proposed scope of the agreement will provide provisions for both products and services required to deliver a “Smart Energy City” including smart sensors and monitoring equipment, electric vehicle charging points, data analytics and flexible energy usage services.
The full scope and lotting structure of this agreement will be determined as a result of our market engagement. If you would like to participate, please contact the team on smart-energy-cities@crowncommercial.gov.uk.
A Smart Energy City is a climate-friendly one, which optimises urban energy systems, thereby improving the quality of life for its citizens. The Smart Energy City is highly energy efficient, and is increasingly powered by renewable energy sources. This is driven by intelligent sources of data utilising the most up to date technologies and innovation.
The aim of the agreement is to provide users with accurate data and feedback on their energy usage, emissions and pollution to help drive improvement. This will include the growing area of Electric Vehicle Charging Points with the potential for utilising Vehicle to Grid technologies in line with growing trends for decentralised energy sources.
In order to provide a contracting vehicle to the public sector, we are proposing to deliver an agreement covering products and services related to:
Please note the scope of the agreement is subject to change following feedback from suppliers, industry experts and public sector bodies as part of our schedule of engagement. If you would like to participate, please contact the team on smart-energy-cities@crowncommercial.gov.uk.
Crown Commercial Service invites suggestions and feedback on the proposed structure of the agreement from the market including industry experts, specialists and suppliers.
To participate in market engagement please email smart-energy-cities@crowncommercial.gov.uk with the following details:
Crown Commercial Service (CCS) will use an eSourcing system for this competition and reserves the right to use an electronic auction. The eSourcing system we will use is https://crowncommercialservice.bravosolution.co.uk.
Please note that, to register, you must have a valid DUNS number (as provided by Dun and Bradstreet) for the organisation which you are registering, who will be entering into a contract if invited to do so.
The date in II.3) is the estimated date of publication, please refer to the CCS pipeline page http://ccs-agreements.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/procurement-pipeline for updates and monitor Tenders Electronic Daily for the publication of the OJEU contract notice.
The Cyber Essentials scheme is mandatory for Central Government Contracts which involve handling personal information and providing certain ICT products and services. The Government is taking steps to further reduce the levels of cyber security risk in its supply chain through the Cyber Essentials scheme. The scheme defines a set of controls which, when properly implemented, will provide organisations with basic protection from the most prevalent forms of threat coming from the internet.
To participate in the procurement for Smart Energy Cities Products and Services, bidders who will be holding personal user data will be required to demonstrate that they comply with the technical requirements prescribed by Cyber Essentials Plus for the services under and in connection with the procurement.
These bidders may be awarded a framework contract but shall not enter into any call off contracts with buyers until they are able to demonstrate to CCS that they meet the technical requirements prescribed by the Cyber Essentials Plus Scheme for services under and in connection with this procurement.


Award value: 500000000