Official UK procurement notice
Decarbonisation Programme - Project CoPPA
Authority: NETWORK RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITED (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionNetwork Rail (NR) operates, maintains and develops Britain's rail tracks, signalling, bridges, tunnels, level crossings and many key stations. As a result, NR is one of the largest purchasers of energy in the United Kingdom (UK) with a total consumption of c.4.5TWh per annum. Her Majesty's Government (HMG) has made legal commitments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2050. Network Rail as a government owned enterprise is committed to support the achievement of this objective. NR aims to decarbonise its non-traction energy consumption by directly purchasing renewable energy from specific renewable energy projects thus supporting the development of additional renewable energy generation. Network Rail is seeking to secure a corporate Power Purchase Agreement (cPPA) with a renewable energy generator for 45 GWh - 90GWh per annum of renewable energy (Project CoPPA).
CPV: Electricity · Electricity, heating, solar and nuclear energy
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Network Rail buys electricity for its businesses as traction (rail) and non-traction…Awarded
Network Rail buys electricity for its businesses as traction (rail) and non-traction (e.g. managed stations, offices and depots). The procurement is a national contract for a corporate Power Purchase Agreement with a renewable energy generator for 64GWh per annum for non-traction consumption.
The core supplier requirements as detailed in the specification are:
- To provide a specified installed capacity of (63) MWp
- To state the ‘as available’ Delivery Volume of (64)GWh in each Contract Year
- To state the Minimum Technical Availability (93) %
- To provide a fixed PPA price (£/MWh) at NBP indexed to CPI prior to Commercial Operation Date (COD)
- To supply renewable energy for 15 Contract Years from COD, with each 12 month-period following COD being a “Contract Year”.
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).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
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).
Published sub-criteria (3)
- Business/Project Plan to COD: 25%
- Project Funding: 10%
- price: 65%
Published award criteria (3)
- Business/Project Plan to COD: 25
- Project Funding: 10
- Price: 65
- Price carries 65 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 6.5 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0025 Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016 (Directive 2014/25/EU)
- Procurement category
- Goods
- 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
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 19 Aug 2022, 11:58 BST
- Last source update
- 19 Aug 2022, 11:58 BST
- FTS notice number
2022/S 000-023109- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03604bFind a Tender
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| EDF Energy Renewables Ltd | £53,320,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Decarbonisation Programme - Project CoPPA · EDF Energy Renewables Ltd
- Signed
- 28 Jul 2022
- Value
- £53,320,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3bids · 3 electronic · 2 from abroad | 1 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- The High CourtReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- EDF Energy Renewables LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.