Commercial Services: Y20032 Dynamic Purchasing System for Power Purchase Agreement Providers

UK-West Malling: Petroleum products, fuel, electricity and other sources of energy.
Section I: Contracting Authority
      I.1) Name and addresses
             Kent County Council (t/a LASER)
             1 Abbey Wood Road, West Malling, ME19 4YT, United Kingdom
             Tel. +44 16224768468, Email: csgprocurement@csltd.org.uk
             Main Address: www.commercialservices.org.uk
             NUTS Code: UK
      I.2) Joint procurement
      The contract involves joint procurement: No.
      In the case of joint procurement involving different countries, state applicable national procurement law: Not provided       
      The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body: Yes.
      I.3) Communication
      The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-West-Malling:-Petroleum-products%2C-fuel%2C-electricity-and-other-sources-of-energy./56M7WT4E56
      Additional information can be obtained from: the abovementioned address
      Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to the abovementioned address       
      Electronic communication requires the use of tools and devices that are not generally available. Unrestricted and full direct access to these tools and devices is possible, free of charge, at: Not provided
      I.4) Type of the contracting authority
            Regional or local authority
      I.5) Main activity
            General public services

Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
      II.1.1) Title: Y20032 Dynamic Purchasing System for Power Purchase Agreement Providers       
      Reference Number: Not provided
      II.1.2) Main CPV Code:
      09000000 - Petroleum products, fuel, electricity and other sources of energy.

      II.1.3) Type of contract: SUPPLIES
      II.1.4) Short description: This Dynamic Purchase System (DPS) provides a route, compliant with UK public procurement regulations, for public bodies to procure Power Purchase Agreements. It is intended to help public bodies and renewable energy generators contract together through a relatively simplified and standardised way. With the aim of driving greater and faster expansion of renewable generation assets. The DPS is structured such that Generators who can meet a set of mandatory requirements, set in the Specifications document, will be accepted as approved Suppliers to the DPS. Individual or groups of public bodies will run mini competitions to which approved Suppliers will be invited to bid. The mini competitions will include more detailed specifications relating to the requirements of that/those public bodies. What further specifications could be covered under mini competition is expanded further in the Specification document. To note that Services, Goods and/or Works may be procured through the future       
      II.1.5) Estimated total value:
      Value excluding VAT: 200,000,000       
      Currency: GBP
      II.1.6) Information about lots:
      This contract is divided into lots: No       
   
II.2) Description
      
      II.2.2) Additional CPV codes:
      Not Provided       
      II.2.3) Place of performance:
      UK UNITED KINGDOM
      
      II.2.4) Description of procurement: This Dynamic Purchase System (DPS) provides a route, compliant with UK public procurement regulations,
for public bodies to procure Power Purchase Agreements. It is intended to help public bodies and renewable
energy generators contract together through a relatively simplified and standardised way. With the aim of driving
greater and faster expansion of renewable generation assets.
The DPS is structured such that Generators who can meet a set of mandatory requirements, set in the
Specifications document, will be accepted as approved Suppliers to the DPS. Individual or groups of public
bodies will run mini competitions to which approved Suppliers will be invited to bid. The mini competitions
will include more detailed specifications relating to the requirements of that/those public bodies. What further
specifications could be covered under mini competition is expanded further in the Specification document.
To note that Services, Goods and/or Works may be procured through the future mini competitions run through
this DPS and would be subject to appropriate terms, for example; Works would be carried out utilising
appropriate JCT terms, as agreed between the Supplier and Participating Authority.
      II.2.5) Award criteria:
            Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents            
      II.2.6) Estimated value:
      Value excluding VAT: Not provided       
      Currency: Not provided       
      II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system:
      Duration in months: 72       
      This contract is subject to renewal: No       
      Description of renewals: Not provided
      II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited:
       Not provided
      Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates: Not provided
      II.2.10) Information about variants:
      Variants will be accepted: No
      II.2.11) Information about options:
      Options:       No             
      Description of options: Not provided
      II.2.12) Information about electronic catalogues:
      Tenders must be presented in the form of electronic catalogues or include an electronic catalogue: No
      II.2.13) Information about European Union funds:
      The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No       
      Identification of the project: Not provided             
      II.2.14) Additional information: This opportunity will be completed via csg.delta-esourcing.com, a site managed by BiPSolutions, the electronic tendering suite of the Commercial Services Group .

This DPS is a continuation of the original notice published in OJEU       


Section III: Legal, Economic, Financial And Technical Information
   III.1) Conditions for participation
      III.1.1) Suitability to pursue the professional activity, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers
      List and brief description of conditions:          
      Not Provided       
      III.1.2) Economic and financial standing       
      List and brief description of selection criteria:       
      Not Provided    
      Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required (if applicable) :       
      Not Provided    
      III.1.3) Technical and professional ability
      List and brief description of selection criteria:       
      Not Provided      
      Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required (if applicable) :          
      Not Provided   
      III.1.5) Information about reserved contracts (if applicable)   
      The contract is reserved to sheltered workshops and economic operators aiming at the social and professional integration of disabled or disadvantaged persons: No       
      The execution of the contract is restricted to the framework of sheltered employment programmes: No    
      
   III.2) Conditions related to the contract
         
      III.2.2) Contract performance conditions          
      Not Provided          
      III.2.3) Information about staff responsible for the performance of the contract
      Obligation to indicate the names and professional qualifications of the staff assigned to performing the contract: No

Section IV: Procedure
   IV.1) Description RESTRICTED
      IV.1.1) Type of procedure: Restricted   
   
   IV.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system    
         The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement    
         Framework agreement with several operators       
         Envisaged maximum number of participants to the framework agreement:
Not Provided               
         The procurement involves the setting up of a dynamic purchasing system       
         The dynamic purchasing system might be used by additional purchasers           
         In the case of framework agreements justification for any duration exceeding 4 years: Not Provided    
   
   
   IV.1.6) Information about electronic auction:
      An electronic auction will be used: No
      Additional information about electronic auction: Not provided
   IV.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
      The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: No       
   IV.2) Administrative information
      IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure:
         Notice number in the OJ S: Not provided       
      IV.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
       Date: 31/05/2026 Time: 14:00
      IV.2.3) Estimated date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates: Not Provided       
      IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English,       
      IV.2.6) Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender: Not Provided      
      

Section VI: Complementary Information
   VI.1) Information about recurrence
   This is a recurrent procurement: No    
   Estimated timing for further notices to be published: Not provided
   VI.2) Information about electronic workflows
   Electronic ordering will be used No       
   Electronic invoicing will be accepted No       
   Electronic payment will be used No       
   VI.3) Additional Information: 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.This opportunity is open for use by the wider public sector.

For information relating to eligible users please see the attached procurement documents
For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at:
https://csg.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-West-Malling:-Petroleum-products%2C-fuel%2C-electricity-and-other-sources-of-energy./56M7WT4E56

To respond to this opportunity, please click here:
https://csg.delta-esourcing.com/respond/56M7WT4E56
   VI.4) Procedures for review
   VI.4.1) Review body:
             Commercial Services
       1 Abbey Wood Road, West Malling, ME19 4YT, United Kingdom
       Tel. +44 1622476847, Email: csgprocurement@csltd.org.uk
   VI.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures:
             Commercial Services Kent Ltd
          West Malling, United Kingdom
          Tel. +44 1622476847
   VI.4.3) Review procedure
   Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:    
    Not Provided    
   VI.4.4) Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained:
          Commercial Services Kent Ltd
       West Malling, United Kingdom
   VI.5) Date Of Dispatch Of This Notice: 06/06/2023

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