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Published 5 Sept 2022, 17:04 BST

Official UK procurement notice

DoF - Collaborative Arrangement for the Supply of Natural Gas 2023 - 2026 (ID 4104459)

Official notice

Authority: Department of Finance (Central government)

GoodsOpen procedureSME suitable
Sectors: Petroleum products, fuel, electricity and other sources of energy (09) Delivery: Northern Ireland (UKN)
Published estimate£212,400,000exc. VAT
Submissions closed 7 Oct 2022awarded 24 Oct 2022
Awarded to Firmus Energy (Supply) Limited

What is being bought

Published requirement description

This contract will be for the supply of Natural Gas for a term of 3 years. The anticipated commencement date shall be 1st April 2023 and expire on 31st March 2026. The Contract will used by the Clients listed in Table 1 below. Department of Agriculture Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) DAERA - Loughs Agency DAERA – Agri- food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI) Department of Education (DE) DE –Northern Ireland Council for Intergrated Education (NICIE) DE - Council for the Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment (CCEA) Department for Communities (DfC) DfC - Sport NI DfC – Ulster Supported Employment Ltd (USEL) DfC- Libraries NI DfC – National Museums Northern Ireland (NMNI) DfC - Foras Na Gaeilge DfC - Arts Council NI DfC – Public Records Office NI (PRONI) DfC - Local Government Staff Commission (LGSC) DfC – Northern Ireland Local Government Superannuation Committee (NILGOSC) Department for Economy (DfE) DfE - Labour Relations Agency DfE – Health and Safety Executive Northern Ireland (HSENI) DfE – Bedford Street development Limited (BSDL) DfE - MDRE (Invest NI) DfE – Belfast Metropolitan College (BMC) DfE – Northern Regional College (NRC) DfE – North Western Regional College (NWRC) DfE – Southern Regional College (SRC) DfE – Stranmillis Department of Infrastructure (DfI) DfI – Roads and Rivers DfI – Driver Vehicle Agency (DVA) Department of Finance (DoF) DoF – Properties Division (PD) DoH - Department of health Department of Justice (DoJ) DoJ – Northern Ireland Prison Service (NIPS) DoJ – NI policing board (NIPB) DoJ – Police Ombudsman Northern Ireland (PONI) DoJ – Northern Ireland Courts and Tribunals Service (NICTS) DoJ - Youth Justice Agency DoJ – Probation Board Northern Ireland (PBNI) DoJ - Forensic Science NI (FSNI) DoJ - Prisoner Ombudsman The Executive Office (TEO) TEO - Commissioner for Public Appointments for NI TEO - Equality Commission NI Assembly NI Audit Office PPS (Public Prosecution Service) NI Water Police Service Northern Ireland (PSNI) Translink NI St Mary's University College (SMUCB) Queens University Belfast (QUB) Food Standards Agency NI (FSA NI) Ministry of Defence (MOD) Education Authority (EANI) Northern Ireland Housing Executive (NIIHE) BSO-PALS Belfast Health and Social Care Trust (BHSCT) Western Health and Social Care Trust (WHSCT) Northern Health and Social Care Trust (NHSCT) Southern Health and Social Care Trust (SHSCT) South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust (SEHSCT) NI Ambulance Service (NIAS) NI Fire and Rescue Service (NIFRS) Business Services Organisation (BSO)

  • Recurrence: October 2022

CPV: Coal gas, mains gas or similar gases · Mains gas · Natural gas

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£212,400,000
Delivery: Northern Ireland
Extensions: Renewal due for 1 April 2026Variant bids: not allowed
09121200 Mains gas09123000 Natural gas

What it takes to win
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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).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
How bids were scored
  • Price

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/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
Yes · October 2022
First published
5 Sept 2022, 17:04 BST
Last source update
24 Oct 2022, 14:18 BST
Award evaluation window
7 Oct 2022 – …
FTS notice number
2022/S 000-029925
Classification (CPV)
Coal gas, mains gas or similar gasesMains gasNatural gas
Delivery area
Northern Ireland (UKN)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0365f7 Find a Tender
Review and risk notes
Review procedure

CPD complied with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and, where appropriate, incorporated a standstill period (i.e. a minimum of 10 calendar days) at the point information was communicated to tenderers. That notification provided full information on the award decision. This provided time for the unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract was entered into.

Publisher note: Contract monitoring: the successful contractor’s performance on the contract will be regularly monitored. Contractors not delivering on contract requirements is a serious matter. It means the public purse is not getting what it is paying for. If a contractor fails to reach satisfactory levels of contract performance they will be given a specified time to improve. If, after the specified time, they still fail to reach satisfactory levels of contract performance, the matter will be escalated to senior management in Construction and Procurement Delivery CPD for further action. If this occurs and their performance still does not improve to satisfactory levels within the specified period, it may be regarded as an act of grave professional misconduct and they may be issued with a certificate of unsatisfactory performance and the contract may be terminated. The issue of a certificate of unsatisfactory performance will result in the contractor being excluded from all procurement competitions being undertaken by centres of procurement expertise on behalf of bodies covered by the Northern Ireland Procurement Policy for a period of 12 months from the date of issue of the certificate.

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
7 Oct 2022, 15:00 BST
Submission channel
{"written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
7 Oct 2022, 15:30 BST

Timeline

7 Oct 2022 → 5 Jan 2023 · 4 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    7 Oct 2022, 15:00 BST
  2. Bids opened
    7 Oct 2022, 15:30 BST
  3. Notice published
    24 Oct 2022, 14:18 BST
  4. Bids must remain valid until
    5 Jan 2023, 23:59 GMT

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    24 Oct 2022, 14:18 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £420,000,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 11 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 24 Oct 2022
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Firmus Energy (Supply) LimitedContract£420,000,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
1bids · 1 electronic · 1 from abroad1——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Department of Finance

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentBody governed by public lawGeneral public services 303 Airport Road West, BELFAST, UK, BT3 9EDContact name, email Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • The UK does not have any such bodies with responsibility for review/appeal or mediation proceduresReview body Belfast

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria