Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2019-10-08
Buyer: Local Partnerships
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 09121200 | 09123000 | 09300000 | 09310000 | 09323000
Estimated value: 500000000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2019-11-08
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Greater London Authority (GLA) and Local Partnerships are procuring a framework agreement to succeed the current ‘RE:FIT’ framework. The Framework will allow public bodies and Registered Social Landlords to contract with providers to make carbon savings and/or costs savings through implementing energy efficiency and/or energy generation measures to their buildings or estates. Service providers will identify and implement energy efficiency and/or generation measures enabling organisations to cut running costs, reduce energy consumption and lower carbon emissions. As part of the terms of the Framework Agreement, the Service Provider will guarantee a set level of savings and/or performance over a period of the arrangement.
Greater London Authority (GLA) and Local Partnerships are procuring a framework agreement to succeed the current ‘RE:FIT’ framework. The Framework will allow public bodies and Registered Social Landlords to contract with providers to make carbon savings and/or costs savings through implementing energy efficiency and/or energy generation measures to their buildings or estates.
The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement.
Greater London Authority (GLA) and Local Partnerships are procuring a framework agreement to succeed the current ‘RE:FIT’ framework. The Framework will allow public bodies and Registered Social Landlords to contract with providers to make carbon savings and/or costs savings through implementing energy efficiency and/or energy generation measures to their buildings or estates. Service Providers will identify and implement energy efficiency and/or energy generation measures enabling organisations to cut running costs, reduce energy consumption and lower carbon emissions.
The Framework Agreement will be used for a broad range of measures to reduce CO2 emissions including, but not limited to insulation and building fabric improvements, replacement or upgrading of mechanical and electrical services equipment, water saving devices and the installation of bespoke energy efficiency and generation measures. The contracting authorities are also considering expanding the framework agreement to include retrofit of deep retrofit measures to domestic buildings.
The Framework Agreement may include optional services to support projects such as ongoing maintenance and operation services, and the contracting authorities are also considering whether an option for service providers to fully finance projects.
As part of the terms of the Framework Agreement, the Service Provider will guarantee a set level of savings and/or performance over a period of the arrangement.
Support will be provided to public bodies using the framework by a third party procured by the GLA (in London) and Local Partnerships (outside of London).
The contracting authorities intend to make the framework agreement available for use by Public Sector bodies and Registered Social Landlords. A full list is set out below, (and any future successors to these organisations) is available via
Which include Central Government Departments and their Arm’s Length Bodies and Agencies, Non Departmental Public Bodies, NHS bodies and Local Authorities. No public sector body is committed to place an order under the Framework Agreement.
The Contracting Authority will incorporate a minimum of ten (10) calendar days standstill period at the point that information on the conclusion of the Framework Agreement is communicated to all tenderers. This period allows any unsuccessful tenderer(s) to seek further debriefing information from the Contracting Authority before the conclusion of the Framework Agreement. Such additional information should be requested from the address at I.1 of this notice. If an appeal regarding the conclusion of the Framework Agreement has not been successfully resolved, then the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (SI 2015/102) provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland). Any such action must be started within thirty (30) days beginning with the date when the aggrieved party first knew or ought to have known that grounds for starting proceedings had arisen. The Court may extend the time limit for starting proceedings where the Court considers that there is good reason for doing so, but not as to permit proceedings to be started more than three (3) months after that date. Where the Framework Agreement has not been concluded, the Court may set aside the decision to award the Framework Agreement or order the Contracting Authority to amend any document and may award damages. If the Framework Agreement has been concluded, the Court may only award damages, or where the award procedures have not been followed correctly, declare the Framework Agreement to be ineffective.

Eligibility requirements: No requirement for bidders to be on professional or trade registers in order to bid.

Award value: 500000000