Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2018-09-08
Buyer: Stoke-on-Trent City Council
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 71000000 | 71200000 | 71241000 | 71300000 | 71310000
Estimated value: 54500000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2018-10-16
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: (a) This phase will cover the Technical and Professional Consultancy element, i.e. services. Future frameworks will cover Supplies and Works;
(b) Contracts will be awarded by Stoke-on-Trent City Council. However management of the frameworks will be via a Central Purchasing Body called Sinfra (UK), effectively a franchise of the Swedish purchasing body Sinfra. Contracts will be novated from the Council to Sinfra (UK);
The consultant is required to collect and collate data as part of an energy mapping and modelling study, and present the data digitally on a suitable GIS base. As a minimum this will require extensive:
— Analytical and data management skills (including the ability to identify sufficient accuracy of peak energy demands and annual energy consumptions for heat, cooling and power,
It could also require the following capabilities (either directly or via supply chain/sub-contractor):
— GIS analyst to undertake a modelling of energy (heat, cooling, power) demand calculations and calculating building footprint areas,
— The ability to identify and incorporate Planning and other constraints (flood risks; protected highway corridors; Scheduled Ancient Monuments etc),
The consultant is required to assess local opportunities for assessing the commercial, technical and economic feasibility of a decentralised energy network, including sources of heat, cooling and power generation, as well as potential customers, and develop a strategy to create commercially and technical viable solutions in a given boundary area. The outcome of such activity is a whole life cost-benefit analysis of whether a given investment in a heat network or decentralised energy system is feasible from an economic and/or environmental and/or social point of view. A successful supplier will be able to:
— Assess the feasibility of a district heat network project and/or decentralised energy system from a technical physical point of view,
— Based on the above, provide budget costs for the initial capital investment required for such a scheme,
The consultant will be required to undertake initial master-planning of a decentralised energy scheme, including identifying the feasibility of routing (where appropriate based on the energy mapping, techno-economic feasibility and any other research undertaken). A successful supplier will be able to demonstrate expertise and experience in:
It could also require the following capabilities (either directly or via supply chain/sub-contractor):
The consultant will be required to review the mechanical and electrical services associated with existing plant rooms in prospective buildings to be connected to proposed energy network. This will include:
— Assessing the capability, capacity and suitability of existing plant to manage a district energy supply,
— Where necessary, making recommendations to adapt plant and equipment to ensure suitability with a district energy network.

Eligibility requirements: Suppliers must be able to demonstrate compliance with recognised industry standards.

Award value: 54500000