Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2017-09-01
Buyer: Scottish Enterprise
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 48610000: Database systems | 72212482 | 72320000 | 73110000 | 79310000
Estimated value: 420000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2017-10-10
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Scottish Enterprise has a requirement to tender for Low Carbon energy Market Intelligence Service; this will be a 4 Lot contract with subscription to a renewable and low carbon power market intelligence database; renewable and low carbon heat market intelligence; energy systems technologies market intelligence database and an offshore renewable energy projects database. The contract for the provision of these databases is for a period of approximately 2 years and 5 months, commencing in November 2017 and concluding 31.3.2020. SE would also like to reserve the option to extend the contract for an additional year at the end of the specified term, subject to a SE internal project and budget approval process.
Scottish Enterprise requires a renewable and low carbon power market intelligence database that provides coverage of a range of different renewable and low carbon power technologies. As a minimum, SE would expect the database to cover all of the following below;
Lot 1 — Renewable and Low Carbon Power Market Intelligence Database 40 000 GBP — 55 000 GBP excluding VAT.
Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in regulations 58 of the Public
Scottish Enterprise requires a renewable and low carbon heat market intelligence database that provides coverage of a range of different renewable and low carbon heat technologies. As a minimum, SE would expect the database to cover all of the following below;
Lot 2 — Renewable and Low Carbon Heat Market Intelligence Database 25 000 GBP — 34 000 GBP excluding VAT.
Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in regulations 58 of the Public
Scottish Enterprise requires an energy systems technologies market intelligence database that provides coverage of a range of different energy systems technologies. As a minimum, SE would expect the database to cover all of the following below;
Lot 3 — Energy Systems Technologies Market Intelligence Database 17 000 GBP — 26 000 GBP excluding VAT.
Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in regulations 58 of the Public
Scottish Enterprise requires an offshore renewable energy projects database that tracks commercial-scale offshore wind farm projects around the world. SE's preferred solution would also track offshore wind test and demonstration projects, as well as wave and tidal energy projects.
Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in regulations 58 of the Public
Q4B.1.2, For Lot 1 only Bidders will be required to have an annual turnover of a minimum 55 000 GBP for the last 2 years.
Q4B.3, For Lot 1 only Where turnover information is not available for the time period requested, the bidder will be required to state the date which they
Q4B.4, For Lot 1 only Bidders will be required to state the value for the liquidity ratio. The Liquidity ratio should be equal to or greater that 0.8


Award value: 420000