Official UK procurement notice
Asset Investment Decision Support Tool C55
Authority: NORTHERN GAS NETWORKS LIMITED (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Copperleaf system has been implemented at NGN to support 4 areas:
Monetised Risk Annual Reporting
Regulatory Business Plan submission
CAPEX & REPEX programme valuation
Business as usual outperformance of the NOMs target
CPV: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
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How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
- Price
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Negotiated without publication of a contract notice
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0025 Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016 (Directive 2014/25/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 6 Dec 2021, 11:27 GMT
- Last source update
- 6 Dec 2021, 11:27 GMT
- FTS notice number
2021/S 000-030191- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02fd66Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
New works/services, constituting a repetition of existing works/services and ordered in accordance with the strict conditions stated in the directive
- Published justification
Copperleaf were awarded the implementation project after being identified as the preferred (and least cost) supplier from an OJEU process in 2017. The current contract with Copperleaf expires in May 2022.
Justification for Single Source:
- It would take at least 9 months to implement a different system to meet the same requirements, which is expected would bear a significant cost in terms of Capex, as well as an increased licence fee, however in order to ensure that reporting requirements can be met, this system would need to be in place for April 2022.
2.The implementation of the decision support tool C55 or any other equivalent system has not been budgeted for in RIIO-GD2.
- If the contract was not renewed with Copperleaf in May 2022, we would lose access to the system and would be unable to meet our annual reporting requirements for NARMs. Previously this was done using excel spreadsheets, however these are now obsolete and do not produce the data requirements from Ofgem as part of RRP.
- In addition to the Capex cost avoidance and increased license fee, it is anticipated that Copperleaf will provide a further discount due to a longer contract period.
Based on the above justification, NGN's intention is to single source this contract to Copperleaf.
- Review procedure
This notice will be published for 10 calendar days.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coppeleaf Technologies Inc. | £1,680,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 030191-2021-1 · Coppeleaf Technologies Inc.
- Signed
- 6 Dec 2021
- Value
- £1,680,000
- Status
- active
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Northern Gas NetworksReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Coppeleaf Technologies Inc.Awarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.