Tender, utilities: UK-Belfast: telecommunications facilities

UK-Belfast: telecommunications facilities

2010/S 162-249930

CONTRACT NOTICE - UTILITIES

Services

SECTION I: CONTRACTING ENTITY

• I.1)
  NAME, ADDRESSES AND CONTACT POINT(S)

  Attn: E-mail: NIE Energy Limited (NIEES)
  Woodchester House
  Graeme Hunter
  BT9 5NWBelfast
  UNITED KINGDOM
  procurement@nieenergy.co.uk

  Further information can be obtained at: As in above-mentioned contact point(s)

  Specifications and additional documents (including documents for a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained at:Attn: Tel. E-mail: NIE Energy Ltd
  Woodchester House
  Graeme Hunter
  BT9 5NWBelfast
  UNITED KINGDOM
  +44 2894483657
  procurement@nieenergy.co.uk

  Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to:Attn: Tel. E-mail: NIE Energy Limited
  Woodchester House, Newforge Lane
  Graeme Hunter
  BT9 5NWBelfast
  UNITED KINGDOM
  +44 2894483657
  procurement@nieenergy.co.uk

• I.2)
  MAIN ACTIVITY OR ACTIVITIES OF THE CONTRACTING ENTITY

  Electricity

SECTION II: OBJECT OF THE CONTRACT

• II.1)
  DESCRIPTION
• II.1.1)
  Title attributed to the contract by the contracting entity

  ES1001 - automated telephone and internet services.

• II.1.2)
  Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance

  Services

  Service category: No 27

  Main place of performance Northern Ireland.

  NUTS code UKN0

• II.1.3)
  The notice involves

  The establishment of a framework agreement

• II.1.4)
  Information on framework agreement

  Framework agreement with a single operator

  Estimated total value of purchases for the entire duration of the framework agreement:

  estimated cost excluding VAT 400 000 GBP

• II.1.5)
  Short description of the contract or purchase(s)

  NIE Energy Limited (the Client) supplies electricity to around 790 000 business and domestic customers in Northern Ireland of which approximately 250 000 have an innovative keypad meter (pre-pay) installed. These customers can purchase energy from any number of local retail outlets, through the clients call centre, their automated 24 hour telephone vending service or via the internet. In addition to the keypad vending service the Client provides domestic customers with an account balance enquiry service and a bill payment facility.

  The Client wishes to consider options to expand the range of automated telephone and internet services on offer to domestic customers and introduce similar services, where appropriate, to 39 000 business customers.

  Further details are contained within the Project Information Memorandum available from the Client.

  Parties interested in the provision of these services and wish to request a copy of the Project Information Memorandum should contact procurement@nieenergy.co.uk.

• II.1.6)
  Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

  32523000, 72400000

• II.1.7)
  Contract covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

  Yes

• II.1.8)
  Division into lots

  No

• II.1.9)
  Variants will be accepted

  No

• II.2)
  QUANTITY OR SCOPE OF THE CONTRACT
• II.2.1)
  Total quantity or scope

  Information related to the quantity or scope is detailed in ES1001Automated telephone and internet services project information memorandum document (PIM) available from the contracting entity on request.

  estimated cost excluding VAT 400 000 GBP

• II.2.2)
  Options

  No

• II.3)
  DURATION OF THE CONTRACT OR TIME LIMIT FOR COMPLETION

  Duration in months: 36 (from the award of the contract)

SECTION III: LEGAL, ECONOMIC, FINANCIAL AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION

• III.1)
  CONDITIONS RELATING TO THE CONTRACT
• III.1.1)
  Deposits and guarantees required

  To be detailed in Tender enquiry document.

• III.1.2)
  Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions regulating them

  To be detailed in Tender enquiry document.

III.1.3)
Legal form to be taken by the grouping of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded

• III.1.4)
  Other particular conditions to which the performance of the contract is subject

  Yes

  To be detailed in the Tender enquiry document.

• III.2)
  CONDITIONS FOR PARTICIPATION
• III.2.1)
  Personal situation of economic operators, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers

  Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: Applicants must provide information requested in the Contracting Entity's Pre-qualification questionnaire (contained within the PIM document).

  The information will be used to assess the suitability of bidders for participation in the tender process.

  2 paper copies and four CD ROM copies are required.

  The non-submission of all of the requested information may result in exclusion from the tender process.

  The PIM document can be obtained as set out in Annex A.II.

• III.2.2)
  Economic and financial capacity

  Applicants must provide the information requested in the Contracting Entity's Pre-qualification questionnaire contained within the Project information memorandum (PIM).

• III.2.3)
  Technical capacity

  Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met Applicants must provide the information requested in the Contracting Entity's Pre-qualification questionnaire contained within the Project information memorandum (PIM).

• III.2.4)
  Reserved contracts

  No

• III.3)
  CONDITIONS SPECIFIC TO SERVICES CONTRACTS
• III.3.1)
  Execution of the service is reservedto a particular profession

  No

• III.3.2)
  Legal persons should indicate the names and professional qualifications of the staff responsible for the execution of the service

  No

SECTION IV: PROCEDURE

• IV.1)
  TYPE OF PROCEDURE
• IV.1.1)
  Type of procedure

  Negotiated

  Candidates have already been selected No

• IV.2)
  AWARD CRITERIA
• IV.2.1)
  Award criteria

  The most economically advantageous tender in terms ofthe criteria stated in the specifications or in the invitation to tender or to negotiate

• IV.2.2)
  An electronic auction will be used

  No

• IV.3)
  ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
• IV.3.1)
  File reference number attributed by the contracting entity

  ES1001

• IV.3.2)
  Previous publication concerning the same contract

  No

• IV.3.3)
  Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents

  Payable documents No

• IV.3.4)
  Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate

  24.9.2010 - 14:00

• IV.3.5)
  Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be drawn up

  English.

IV.3.6)
Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender

IV.3.7)
Conditions for opening tenders

SECTION VI: COMPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

• VI.1)
  THIS IS A RECURRENT PROCUREMENT

  No

• VI.2)
  CONTRACT(S) RELATED TO A PROJECT AND/OR PROGRAMME FINANCED BY COMMUNITY FUNDS

  No

• VI.3)
  ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

  This notice is a request for suitable companies to register their interest in participating in the tender procedure for this contract.

  A pre-qualification selection procedure will be undertaken, which will include the issue of a Project information memorandum document which contains a Pre-qualification questionnaire.

  The selection procedure may also include the issue of a request for further information.

  Those companies who submit the information requested in this notice and the Pre-qualification questionnaire contained within the Project information memorandum by the deadline for receipt of participation requests will be considered for the pre-qualification procedure.

  Those companies who are successful in the pre-qualification procedure will be invited to respond to an Invitation to tender.

  NIEES shall not be held responsible for the making of payment for any costs or expenses whatsoever incurred by a company registering their interest in participating in the tendering procedure or incurred by a company in the preparation and submission of a tender or participation in the tender procedure.

  NIEES reserves the right to terminate this procurement at any time.

VI.4)
PROCEDURES FOR APPEAL

VI.4.1)
Body responsible for appeal procedures

VI.4.2)
Lodging of appeals

VI.4.3)
Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained

• VI.5)
  DATE OF DISPATCH OF THIS NOTICE:

  19.8.2010