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Heat Supply Agreement relating to South East London Combined Heat and Power District Heating Network

Southwark Council · award, contract

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Opportunity overview

Southwark Council (Council) and Veolia ES Southwark Limited (Veolia) entered into a PFI Project Agreement (Project Agreement) on 11 February 2008 for integrated waste management services for an initial term of [25] years . The procurement of the Project Agreement was conducted under the Public Services Contracts Regulations 1993 with a total value of 665,000,000.00 GBP. In 2013, the Council entered into a separate heat supply agreement (HSA1) with Veolia for heat supply services by means of a district heating network (Heat Network) to take waste heat from South East London Combined Heat and Power (SELCHP) to certain Council premises. The services in HSA1 were not included in the Project Agreement. HSA1 was entered into pursuant to the exemption set out in Regulation 14(1)(d)(i) of the (now repealed) Public Contracts Regulations 2006. This exemption allowed the Council to directly procure Veolia for the provision of heat supply services not included in the Project Agreement, which had subsequently become necessary due to unforeseen reasons. The HSA1 was entered into on 14 June 2013 and a related contract award notice was published on 3rd August 2013 (OJEU Reference Number: 2013/S 150-261592 ). The original term of the HSA1 as awarded was coterminous with the Project Agreement (i.e. expiring on 10 February 2033 . HSA1 is due to expire on 10 February 2033. The Council is now proposing to make the following modifications to the HSA1 via a Deed of Variation: 1) an extension to the geographical coverage and extent of the Heat Network so that it [includes/covers [insert details]some areas within the wards of Old Kent Road, Nunhead & Queen's Road, Peckham, Rye Lane and St Giles (Geographical Coverage Modification); and 2) an extension to the duration of the contract so that instead of expiring on 10 February 2033 it will expire on 31 March 2050 (Duration Modification). Further information regarding the Geographical Coverage Modification can be found in a map (Figure 1 on page 5) within the Council's published governance document to be found on the Council's website here: https://moderngov.southwark.gov.uk/documents/s130163/Report GW3 SELCHP Heat NetworkPhase2Extension.pdf The Council considers that it is entitled to rely upon Regulation 88(1)(b) of the Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016 (UCR) to modify the HSA1 to incorporate the Geographical Coverage Modification and Duration Modification without requiring a new procurement procedure for the reasons set out in Annex D2. The Council will not enter into the Deed of Variation until the expiry of at least 30 days from the publication of this notice.

Awarded to

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Contract value
£267.9m
Awarded
Not supplied
Contract signed
12 Jun 2013
Award ID
003345-2026-1
Status
active
Identifier
GB-COH 06256521
Location
London, UKI44, N1 9JY, United Kingdom

Classification

  • CPV09323000 — District heating
  • CPV45231100 — General construction work for pipelines
  • CPV45232142 — Heat-transfer station construction work
  • CPV45259000 — Repair and maintenance of plant
  • CPV50410000 — Repair and maintenance services of measuring, testing and checking apparatus
  • CPV71200000 — Architectural and related services
  • CPV71314000 — Energy and related services
  • CPV71315100 — Building-fabric consultancy services
  • CPV71315200 — Building consultancy services
  • CPV71315210 — Building services consultancy services
  • CPV71315300 — Building surveying services
  • CPV71315400 — Building-inspection services
  • CPV71420000 — Landscape architectural services
  • CPV71510000 — Site-investigation services
  • CPV71540000 — Construction management services
  • CPV73220000 — Development consultancy services

Lots

  • District Heating extension of SELCHP facility as set out in this notice. Southwark Council (Council) and Veolia ES Southwark Limited (Veolia) entered into a PFI Project Agreement (Project Agreement) on 11 February 2008 for integrated waste management services for an initial term of [25] years . The procurement of the Project Agreement was conducted under the Public Services Contracts Regulations 1993 with a total value of 665,000,000.00 GBP. In 2013, the Council entered into a separate heat supply agreement (HSA1) with Veolia for heat supply services by means of a district heating network (Heat Network) to take waste heat from South East London Combined Heat and Power (SELCHP) to certain Council premises. The services in HSA1 were not included in the Project Agreement. HSA1 was entered into pursuant to the exemption set out in Regulation 14(1)(d)(i) of the (now repealed) Public Contracts Regulations 2006. This exemption allowed the Council to directly procure Veolia for the provision of heat supply services not included in the Project Agreement, which had subsequently become necessary due to unforeseen reasons. The HSA1 was entered into on 14 June 2013 and a related contract award notice was published on 3rd August 2013 (OJEU Reference Number: 2013/S 150-261592 ). The original term of the HSA1 as awarded was coterminous with the Project Agreement (i.e. expiring on 10 February 2033 . HSA1 is due to expire on 10 February 2033. The Council is now proposing to make the following modifications to the HSA1 via a Deed of Variation: 1) an extension to the geographical coverage and extent of the Heat Network so that it [includes/covers [insert details]some areas within the wards of Old Kent Road, Nunhead & Queen's Road, Peckham, Rye Lane and St Giles (Geographical Coverage Modification); and 2) an extension to the duration of the contract so that instead of expiring on 10 February 2033 it will expire on 31 March 2050 (Duration Modification).Value not stated

Published notice details

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Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
ocds-h6vhtk-06064e
Status
complete
Main Procurement Category
goods
Procurement Method
limited
Procurement Method Details
Negotiated without publication of a contract notice
Review Details
In accordance with Regulation 103 to Regulation 119 of the UCR 2016 (particularly, Regulations 107, 108, 109 and 114 in relation to deadlines).
Why this procedure was chosen
The Council's position is that the proposed modifications to the HSA1 are permitted modifications under Regulation 88(1)(b) of the UCR 2016 on the basis that there is a need for additional works, services or supplies by Veolia, irrespective of value, which have become necessary despite not being included in the initial procurement where a change of contractor (i) cannot be made for economic or technical reasons; and (ii) would cause significant inconvenience or substantial duplication of costs for the Council. The Council considers that the works/services related to the Geographical Coverage Modification are necessary in order to achieve a significant reduction in the local combustion of natural gas via the use of low carbon waste heat from SELCHP in order to meet its environmental obligations and commitments with regard to air quality and becoming carbon neutral by 2030. The Duration Modification is also necessary because a 25-year operational period is required in order for a contractor to amortise its capital costs of building the extension to the Heat Network. The Council also understands that private connections to the extended Heat Network will only sign up to heat supply agreements that are for a period of 20 years or longer. HSA1 is due to expire on 10 February 2033 and does not allow for an appropriate amortization period. The Council has concluded that a change of contractor cannot be made for economic or technical reasons because Veolia owns and operates SELCHP and therefore controls the supply of low carbon waste heat. It is the Council's view that no other supplier can supply enough low carbon heat to the Council at an equal or similar price to serve the required network extension, especially at the temperatures required. Furthermore, it would not be economically viable to use another supplier as they would have to buy the low carbon heat from Veolia to then sell to the Council. The Council considers that Veolia would not sell the low carbon heat to a third party at the same competitive rate as currently supplied to the Council as there is no commercial incentive to do so. The Council also considers that a change of contractor would cause major inconvenience and substantial duplication of costs if it was required to procure a third-party operator to operate and maintain the extension to the Heat Network for the extended duration. Additionally, if a contractor other than Veolia is appointed to operate and maintain the extension to the Heat Network this would mean that different contractors would be operating different parts of the same network, which would be technically and economically unviable in having duplicate control systems, water quality testing and other risk/contract interface implications. For the reasons set out in this notice the Council considers that it is necessary for the additional works/services to be awarded to Veolia for economic or technical reasons and that it would cause significant inconvenience or substantial duplication of costs for the Council to award the required works/services to another contractor.

Legal basis

Id
32014L0025
Scheme
CELEX

Classification

Scheme
CPV
Id
09323000
Description
District heating

Procedure reasons

Entry 1
Scheme
TED_PT_AWARD_CONTRACT_WITHOUT_CALL
Id
D_TECHNICAL
Description
The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator due to absence of competition for technical reasons

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Description
District Heating extension of SELCHP facility as set out in this notice. Southwark Council (Council) and Veolia ES Southwark Limited (Veolia) entered into a PFI Project Agreement (Project Agreement) on 11 February 2008 for integrated waste management services for an initial term of [25] years . The procurement of the Project Agreement was conducted under the Public Services Contracts Regulations 1993 with a total value of 665,000,000.00 GBP. In 2013, the Council entered into a separate heat supply agreement (HSA1) with Veolia for heat supply services by means of a district heating network (Heat Network) to take waste heat from South East London Combined Heat and Power (SELCHP) to certain Council premises. The services in HSA1 were not included in the Project Agreement. HSA1 was entered into pursuant to the exemption set out in Regulation 14(1)(d)(i) of the (now repealed) Public Contracts Regulations 2006. This exemption allowed the Council to directly procure Veolia for the provision of heat supply services not included in the Project Agreement, which had subsequently become necessary due to unforeseen reasons. The HSA1 was entered into on 14 June 2013 and a related contract award notice was published on 3rd August 2013 (OJEU Reference Number: 2013/S 150-261592 ). The original term of the HSA1 as awarded was coterminous with the Project Agreement (i.e. expiring on 10 February 2033 . HSA1 is due to expire on 10 February 2033. The Council is now proposing to make the following modifications to the HSA1 via a Deed of Variation: 1) an extension to the geographical coverage and extent of the Heat Network so that it [includes/covers [insert details]some areas within the wards of Old Kent Road, Nunhead & Queen's Road, Peckham, Rye Lane and St Giles (Geographical Coverage Modification); and 2) an extension to the duration of the contract so that instead of expiring on 10 February 2033 it will expire on 31 March 2050 (Duration Modification).
Has Options
No

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
CPV
Id
45231100
Description
General construction work for pipelines
Entry 2
Scheme
CPV
Id
45232142
Description
Heat-transfer station construction work
Entry 3
Scheme
CPV
Id
45259000
Description
Repair and maintenance of plant
Entry 4
Scheme
CPV
Id
50410000
Description
Repair and maintenance services of measuring, testing and checking apparatus
Entry 5
Scheme
CPV
Id
71200000
Description
Architectural and related services
Entry 6
Scheme
CPV
Id
71314000
Description
Energy and related services
Entry 7
Scheme
CPV
Id
71315100
Description
Building-fabric consultancy services
Entry 8
Scheme
CPV
Id
71315200
Description
Building consultancy services
Entry 9
Scheme
CPV
Id
71315210
Description
Building services consultancy services
Entry 10
Scheme
CPV
Id
71315300
Description
Building surveying services
Entry 11
Scheme
CPV
Id
71315400
Description
Building-inspection services
Entry 12
Scheme
CPV
Id
71420000
Description
Landscape architectural services
Entry 13
Scheme
CPV
Id
71510000
Description
Site-investigation services
Entry 14
Scheme
CPV
Id
71540000
Description
Construction management services
Entry 15
Scheme
CPV
Id
73220000
Description
Development consultancy services

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKI44

Delivery Location

Description
SELCHP facility

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Name
Southwark Council
Id
GB-FTS-171462

Identifier

Legal Name
Southwark Council
No Identifier Rationale
notOnAnyRegister

Address

Street Address
160 Tooley Street
Locality
London
Region
UKI44
Postal Code
SE12QH
Country Name
United Kingdom

Contact

Name
Elaine McLester

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
TED_CE_ACTIVITY
Id
PRODUCTION_TRANSPORT_DISTRIBUTION_GAS_HEAT
Description
Production, transport and distribution of gas and heat
Organisation 2
Name
Veolia ES Southwark Limited
Id
GB-COH-06256521

Identifier

Legal Name
Veolia ES Southwark Limited
Id
06256521
Scheme
GB-COH

Address

Street Address
210 Pentonville Road
Locality
London
Region
UKI44
Postal Code
N1 9JY
Country Name
United Kingdom

Roles

supplier

Details

Scale
large
Organisation 3
Name
The High Court of Justice
Id
GB-FTS-118526

Identifier

Legal Name
The High Court of Justice

Address

Street Address
The Royal Court of Justice, The Strand
Locality
London
Postal Code
WC24 2LL
Country Name
United Kingdom

Roles

reviewBody

Award information

Award 1
Id
003345-2026-1
Status
active

Related lots

1

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-COH-06256521
Name
Veolia ES Southwark Limited

Contracts and changes

Entry 1
Id
003345-2026-1
Award ID
003345-2026-1
Status
active
Date Signed
13 Jun 2013, 00:00

Value

Amount
267,900,000
Currency
GBP

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · London · UKI44 · SE12QH · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKI44

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
  1. 003345-2026award, contract ·