Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2018-01-30
Buyer: National Procurement Service (Welsh Government)
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 45300000 | 45400000 | 70333000 | 71314300: Energy-efficiency consultancy services
Estimated value: 55000000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2018-02-28
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Welsh Government Warm Homes — Arbed is the Welsh Government’s flagship all-Wales, area based Fuel Poverty and Energy Efficiency provision for residential properties. It is part of the Welsh Government Warm Homes Programme, which also includes the demand-led Welsh Government Warm Homes — Nest.
The Scheme Manager will work with Wales’ 22 Local Authorities to identify, develop and deliver suitable Area Based Energy Improvement Schemes, which will specifically target reduction in Fuel Poverty in Wales, year on year, focusing delivery to counter Severe Fuel Poverty in preference to baseline Fuel Poverty.
This tender will secure a Scheme Manager to manage an end to end service to deliver the Warm Homes Arbed 3 project. The service includes the marketing and targeting of dwelling houses in partnership with Local Authorities and to a lesser extent Registered Social Landlords. The Scheme Manager will scope, design and deliver Energy Efficiency Measures to dwellings resulting in benefits of reduced energy costs and/or improved comfort and wider outcomes for householders and carbon savings for Wales. The service will ensure householders are engaged throughout and are given a full and timely understanding of how they will take full advantage of improvements.
Bidders are invited to submit Bids to become the successful Service Provider to manage and deliver an All-Wales Area-Based Fuel Poverty Scheme (Arbed), whilst achieving and maintaining consistently the highest services and standards throughout the term of the Agreement.
The Contract will be for a period of three years with an option for the Client to extend the Contract for a further period of two years (this may be in the form of one or multiple extensions.
It is the intention of the Buying Organisation that the Service Provider(s) shall pay, and shall procure that its sub-Contractors shall pay, the Living Wage to their respective employees, for any services provided throughout the duration of this Agreement.
The Welsh Ministers will not be liable for any bidder costs arising from the non award of this framework.
The authority is using eTenderwales to carry out this procurement process: https://etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.shtml
All tender documentation and associated information for this opportunity is available on the eTenderWales website.
Bidders will need to locate the following Project and ITT on eTenderWales in order to access the tender documentation:
If you are unable to find the relevant Project or ITT whilst using the eTenderWales system, please contact the helpdesk on 0800 3684852.
Questions regarding the content of the tender must be issued to NPS/Welsh Government through the eTenderWales messaging portal.
NOTE: The authority is using eTenderwales to carry out this procurement process. To obtain further information record your interest on Sell2Wales at http://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/search_switch.aspx?ID=76231
Under the terms of this contract the successful supplier(s) will be required to deliver Community Benefits in support of the authority’s economic and social objectives. Accordingly, contract performance conditions may relate in particular to social and environmental considerations. The Community Benefits included in this contract are:
Details of your Community Benefits plan where added value can be created during the servicing of this agreement in the economic, social and environmental areas.


Award value: 55000000