Official UK procurement notice
Provision of Energy Transition Adviser and Project Coordinator for ORION
Authority: Shetland Islands Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe requirement is for Project Coordination and Energy Transition Advisor Services for a six month period with an option for the Council at its sole discretion to extend for a further period or periods of six months up to a total contract length of 3 years. The services required are for the ORION Project which has broad underlying aims of: making significant progress towards greener forms of fuel as an alternative to fossil fuels; tackling fuel poverty in Shetland by, among other things, creating affordable alternatives to existing energy provision; and for Shetland, particularly Sullom Voe, continuing as an energy hub and maintaining high levels of well-paid employment. The successful tenderer shall contribute to these aims by providing strategy and planning, governance and management support, coordinating and leading on networking, advising on project activity and promotion, all as more fully described in the tender documents.
CPV: Energy and related services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1The type of contract to be awarded is a services contract for the provision of…AwardedRenewal
The type of contract to be awarded is a services contract for the provision of advisory and project management services.
It will be a regulated procurement in terms of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 and the Procurement Reform (Scotland) Act 2014. The estimated total contract value for the provision of the required services over the maximum term of three years is 300,000 GBP.
The tendering process being followed is a restricted procedure with a view to receiving five tenders for evaluation.
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 (2)
- Quality Submission: 60%
- price: 40%
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality Submission: 60
- Price: 40
- Economic & financial standing
Economic Operators must include up to date financial information that confirms the tenderer’s financial capacity to fulfil the terms of the contract. Audited accounts and bank references are the preferred evidence but other relevant financial documents and data can be supplied by tenderers that do not hold company status.
Minimum: Three years accounts and business reports for the contracting entity; A current bank reference report at a minimum value of 50,000 GBP; Evidence of current Employers and Public Liability Insurances to the minimum extent of 10,000,000 GBP and 5,000,000 GBP respectively; Evidence o… - Technical & professional ability
4C.1.2 of the SPD (Scotland): Bidders will be required to provide examples that demonstrate that they have the relevant experience to deliver the services as described in part II.1.4 of the Contract Notice.
No questions from Section D of Part IV of the SPD (Scotland) (Quality assurance schemes and environmental management standards) will be used, so no statements for those questions are listed in this Contract Notice.
- Staff
- Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
- Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Restricted procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/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
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 8 Oct 2021, 09:44 BST
- Last source update
- 7 Jan 2025, 10:00 GMT
- Authority reference
I/14/21- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-000282- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02e9adFind a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic payment
Publisher note: Please note that it is an essential requirement of the procurement process that Tenderers fully complete and submit a satisfactory Single Procurement Document (SPD) and satisfy all requirements specified or referred to in the Contract Notice and Procurement Documents. The contract shall be subject to Scots Law and the jurisdiction of the Scottish Courts. GBP means Great British Pounds. III.1.2 - Economic operators who do not obtain a satisfactory financial evaluation may not be considered for contract award. The UK has left the EU and the transition period after EU came to an end on 31 December 2020.From 1 January 2021, relevant references to the EU and EU procurement legislation will either be updated or removed from the Public Contracts Scotland site where appropriate. This will be an ongoing process. Despite the reference to the EU Directives embedded in the header of the Contract Notice, the EU Directives do not apply to this procurement. III.1.2 - A Bank Reference Mandate Form is included with the procurement documents for completion by economic operators where a Bank Reference is not submitted direct by the economic operator. The Council will carry out an Equifax check where a Bank Reference cannot be obtained and this will form part of the economic and financial evaluation of economic operators. For the avoidance of doubt Tenders are not required for Stage 1, the Selection stage. The draft Invitation to Tender document is for information only and will distributed in final form to those economic operators who are to be invited to tender at Stage 2 of the procedure. VI.4.1 - Review body. The review body noted is Lerwick Sheriff Court, but Economic Operators should contact the Contracting Authority in the first instance if any issue needs to be addressed. The court may be contacted where legal proceedings are contemplated. (SC Ref:786995)
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 8 Nov 2021, 15:00 GMT
- Submission channel
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- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 90 days from the deadline
Timeline
8 Nov 2021 → 7 Jan 2025 · 3 dates- Submission deadline8 Nov 2021, 15:00 GMT
- Invitations to tender expected12 Nov 2021
- Notice published7 Jan 2025, 10:00 GMT
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete7 Jan 2025, 10:00 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| NewByrne Consultants LtdSME | £49,680 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 000282-2025-I/14/21-1 · NewByrne Consultants LtdSME
- Signed
- 7 Mar 2022
- Value
- £49,680
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3bids · 3 electronic | 3 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Lerwick Sheriff CourtReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- NewByrne Consultants LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.