Voluntary ex ante transparency notice
Legal Basis:
Directive 2014/25/EU
Section I: Contracting authority/entity
I.6)Main activityProduction, transport and distribution of gas and heat
Section II: Object
II.1)Scope of the procurement
II.1.2)Main CPV code42961200
II.1.3)Type of contractServices
II.1.4)Short description:
The intention is to award a contract to provide NGN with continual service of the bespoke, business critical system control application that our incumbent supplier provides.
II.1.6)Information about lotsThis contract is divided into lots: no
II.1.7)Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT) (Agree to publish? yes)Value excluding VAT: 499 215.00 GBP
II.2)Description
II.2.1)Title:
II.2.2)Additional CPV code(s)
II.2.3)Place of performanceNUTS code: UKE42
II.2.4)Description of the procurement:
The intention is to award a contract to provide NGN with the continual service of the bespoke, business critical system control application that our incumbent supplier provides.
The direct contract award with Schneider is being driven by a number of factors:
The Schneider SCADA application that is used in NGN (and across the UK Gas has sector) has been developed for NGN with a number of bespoke specialist features (SCADA extensions) which are used to support the operation of gas assets in NGN. These applications have been developed over the years to meet specific safety critical and compliance activities relating to the operation of the network and decision making activities and to make the operation of a SCADA product applicable to the requirements and nature of a gas network.
The applications contain a series of bespoke algorithms and analysis features that aide the safe and effective operation of the network and assets.
II.2.5)Award criteria
II.2.11)Information about optionsOptions: no
II.2.13)Information about European Union fundsThe procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: no
II.2.14)Additional information
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1)Description
IV.1.1)Type of procedureNegotiated procedure without prior call for competition
- The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator for the following reason:
- absence of competition for technical reasons
Explanation:
This work is to extend the current usage of the applications for an extended period. A tender with an alternative provider would require a significant CAPEX investment (both from NGN and an alternative supplier) to re-write and develop an alternative set of applications and their complex algorithms, as well as a very complex migration and testing programme.
IV.1.3)Information about framework agreement
IV.1.8)Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: no
IV.2)Administrative information
IV.2.1)Previous publication concerning this procedure
Section V: Award of contract/concession
V.2)Award of contract/concession
V.2.1)Date of contract award decision:10/07/2018
V.2.2)Information about tendersThe contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: no
V.2.3)Name and address of the contractor/concessionaireSchneider Electric Systems UK Limited
00293260
Telford
United Kingdom
NUTS code: UKG2
The contractor/concessionaire will be an SME: no
V.2.4)Information on value of the contract/lot/concession (excluding VAT) (Agree to publish? yes)Total value of the contract/lot/concession: 499 215.00 GBP
V.2.5)Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3)Additional information:
VI.4)Procedures for review
VI.4.1)Review bodyNorthern Gas Networks
Leeds
United Kingdom
VI.4.2)Body responsible for mediation procedures
VI.4.3)Review procedure
VI.4.4)Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice:11/07/2018
