Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-12-03
Buyer: Scottish and Southern Power Distribution Ltd
Country: UK
Region: UNITED KINGDOM
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Negotiated procedure
CPV classification: 65310000: Electricity distribution
Submission deadline: 2017-01-09
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: SSE is undertaking a tender event to award a Contract for Constraint Management Zone ‘Yeovil’ (CMZ_Y) services.
CMZ Services support peak electrical demand within a defined geographic region through the use of demand reducing and/or demand shifting techniques (such as Demand Reduction and Energy Storage). Services must be available during defined service windows and will be utilised should an outage on the electrical network occur during a service window. CMZ techniques will be offered as a managed service to SSE by a CMZ supplier on the basis that the full contracted capacity is made available during a pre-defined service window. Services will be subject to test operation throughout the year. Please request the PQQ documentation for additional information.
— SSEN is looking to establish a multi year Preferred Supplier Agreement (PSA) with a minimum term of four (4) years subject to renewals of two (2) years up to a maximum duration of eight (8) years.
— The PSA will be for a single CMZ (ZONE) Yeovil (CMZ_Y), a ZONE is determined by geography or region and will contain specific ZONE information as detailed within the ZONE Scope of Works. A map of CMZ_Y can be found embedded within the CMZ ‘Background’ documents.
— Award of the PSA shall follow a successful competitive procurement event conducted in accordance with the Negotiated Procedure under the Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016.
A Pre-Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) shall be followed by an Invitation to Tender (ITT). Award criteria shall be based on the Most Economically Advantageous Tender (M.E.A.T.).
— SSEN has no technique or technology preference in terms of how the service is provided. Any assets utilised shall remain fully within the ownership of the service provider, who it is anticipated will use their assets for other purposes. All maintenance on any asset shall therefore be the responsibility of the service provider also. The service provider shall be responsible for balancing the demand of various customers on their assets when deployed for other purposes outside of a Risk Period; SSEN shall not be drawn into negotiation with other third parties.
— Full availability, within defined Service Windows will be expected. The service provider shall be able to demonstrate, via report, availability of the service across the period irrespective of use. Where the service was not available a deduction shall be made for the period the system was not available.
— Within a set period SSEN will randomly test the service irrespective of whether it is needed to ensure that it is available. Failure to respond will lead to a deduction in payment across that period. Further failure for a re-test within that period will lead to a further deduction. Multiple failures will lead to service termination.
— Failure to provide service when actually required to mitigate a network issue shall result in the provider being liable for the directly attributable damages of SSEN.