Published date: 10 August 2020

Last edited date: 10 August 2020

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 25 September 2020, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Corporate finance and venture capital services - 66122000

  • Energy and related services - 71314000

Location of contract

South West

Value of contract

£12,000,000,000

Procurement reference

BRISTOLCC001-DN484211-90457113

Published date

10 August 2020

Closing date

25 September 2020

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

7 July 2021

Contract end date

5 July 2041

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Competitive dialog

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No


Description

Bristol City Council is seeking to appoint a Strategic Partner to form a long term corporate joint venture with the Council, the City Leap Energy Partnership, to provide and secure low-carbon energy-related investment and expertise to deliver City Leap's Strategic Objectives. The City Leap Energy Partnership will provide opportunities for the development, construction, and financing of low-carbon energy-related projects and delivery of associated services to assist with meeting Bristol's carbon neutrality targets. It will also afford the opportunity to provide certain services (detailed below) to other public bodies in the South West region.
The procurement will be governed by Concession Contracts Regulations 2016 (including any amendments/variations /transitional provisions that apply to this procurement). Interested economic operators are invited to register their interest by completing and returning the Selection Questionnaire, which will be made available on ProContract under project DN484211 on or around the week commencing 03 August 2020. Qualifying respondents to the Selection Questionnaire will be asked to sign a non-disclosure agreement before being provided with further procurement documentation.
NOTE TO BIDDERS: Due to the limitations imposed by the coronavirus pandemic, the Authority will not be holding a briefing event. Subject to the publication of the Selection Questionnaire in the week commencing 03 August 2020, a video, 'Welcome to Bristol's City Leap', will be published online on or around the week commencing 17th August 2020. Interested economic operators, who are registered with ProContract, will be able to access this video via ProContract and will be able to ask clarification questions in accordance with the process set out in section 2.9 of the SQ Guidance. Instructions on how to access the video will be provided to interested economic operators via ProContract in due course.


More information

Previous notice about this procurement

City Leap Energy Partnership

  • Opportunity
  • Published 6 August 2020, last edited 6 August 2020

Additional text

For the avoidance of doubt, it is anticipated that the procurement process will involve multiple stages, including negotiations, and the Council reserves the right to reduce the number of solutions discussed or tenders to be negotiated.The Council is using 'ProContract' (the Council's procurement portal) to manage this procurement and to communicate with all participants. No hard copy documents will be issued. Bidders must ensure that the details of the point of contact nominated are accurate at all times as the Council will not be under any obligation to contact anyone other than the nominated person. SQ submission date is 25.09.2020 12 noon. More information on City Leap is available via this link: www.energyservicebristol.co.uk/cityleap


About the buyer

Contact name

Ade Bakare

Address

Bristol City Council
P O Box 3399
BRISTOL
BS1 9NE
England

Telephone

+44 1179222000

Email

ade.bakare@bristol.gov.uk

Website

https://www.bristol.gov.uk/